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12/07/2004 12:45:25 PM · #1 |
| For the last two challenges I fond good subjects right on the side of the road; but I wondered what the people passing by must have thought. I mean there I am, taking a picture of something that you might not thing someone would want a picture of. In a way it makes me feel kind of silly almost to the point that I do not want to get out of the car and take the picture. Does anybody else get that way too. |
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12/07/2004 12:49:59 PM · #2 |
| That's why I walk to work instead of driving. Lose 30 minutes walking but gain photo opportunities :) |
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12/07/2004 12:50:26 PM · #3 |
Never really thought about it much, guess I just get to involved in thing once I get started.
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12/07/2004 12:51:49 PM · #4 |
| I was out at lunch doing some scouting around and I'm sure some peopel were wondering what the gug with the camera was thinking, and I even thought that for a moment. Then I said, you know dean, i do not care what those people might think, because I'm sure I'll be happy I stopped when I start looking at my pics |
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12/07/2004 12:51:54 PM · #5 |
i have no idea what you're talking about. :P
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12/07/2004 12:55:41 PM · #6 |
I feel silly using a tripod in daylight. I`m tripodphobic.
This infrared shot nearly killed me with the long exposures and lots of people in a car park behind me :)
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12/07/2004 12:56:14 PM · #7 |
| I whip out a camera and just take pictures...I do get a lot of weird looks (like for my accidental photos)) but it's all for the sake of art, eh? :D |
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12/07/2004 01:08:31 PM · #8 |
I agree to some extent. For instance, when I'm at the mall I love to people watch, and occasionally I see something that really gets me ... an expression or something someone does. I think, "what a great photo that would be," but I feel self-conscious whipping out a big camera in front of everyone. Then I could kick myself for not capturing the moment. Other times, like in the park, I'm not so concerned. But, as spectre013 said, once I'm involved with what I'm doing, it takes my focus off the discomfort.
I, too, am trying to get past it. My mom says people notice less about us than we think. Maybe we feel we're being watched because we notice more than most and assume everyone else does, too. Anyhow, as it's unlikely that I'll ever see them again, I try not to allow my mind to worry. And who knows? Maybe our "boldness" will inspire someone else.
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12/07/2004 01:08:55 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by sannok:
I whip out a camera and just take pictures...I do get a lot of weird looks (like for my accidental photos)) but it's all for the sake of art, eh? :D |
By the way, for those of us who are animal lovers you should really put a warning on threads like that. Please don't take it personally, but I have a very tender spot for animals and just hated to flip onto that thread without warning. :( |
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12/07/2004 01:18:16 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by dipaulk:
By the way, for those of us who are animal lovers you should really put a warning on threads like that. Please don't take it personally, but I have a very tender spot for animals and just hated to flip onto that thread without warning. :( |
Ah, sorry, I didn't think about that. I'm a huge animal lover, too...that's part of the reason why I took those photos. I'll keep that in mind next time... |
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12/07/2004 01:30:21 PM · #11 |
Feeling odd all the time in the places that others consider 'targets for terrorists' but had I not pushed the comfort zone in a mall at one of the busiest days of the season, this shot would have walked on by me.
I'll do it again even if it does feel odd. ;)
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12/07/2004 01:38:30 PM · #12 |
| I don't care what people think. When I have my camera in my hands I am in a world of my own:) |
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12/07/2004 01:41:55 PM · #13 |
| Sometimes I am aware that people are looking at me when I am sometimes spending time in a place like a train station with hundreds of people trying to compose a bit of rusted metal. When I do notice them and feel uncomfortable, I act like I know my shit and I am almost dancing with that piece of rusted metal :) That's when the tables turn. You are not seen as silly but, creative beyond their imagination. |
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12/07/2004 01:42:51 PM · #14 |
I don't really feel silly, for some reason I'm quite happy to do things I would never otherwise do so long as their is a camera in my hand. Getting over the silliness was particularly important for me - its pretty obvious that most of my shots aren't of subjects that are frequently photographed, so oftentimes I must look really bizarre pointing my camera at the things I do.
For one of my current challenge entries - that involved lying on the ground in the middle of downtown. All sorts of fun :). I would like a bigger fancier camera when doing this - that way I could at least pretend to be in artschool or something :P. |
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12/07/2004 01:56:10 PM · #15 |
I've felt silly at times, but I've gotten over it for the most part.
I'm amused when strangers on the street start making comments. One time someone shouted 'you need to pay to shoot that!'. |
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12/07/2004 02:00:29 PM · #16 |
Yeah I feel silly when I'm walking over to what I saw driving by until I start looking through the lens -- then it's just me and the subject.
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12/07/2004 02:05:00 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by sannok:
Originally posted by dipaulk:
By the way, for those of us who are animal lovers you should really put a warning on threads like that. Please don't take it personally, but I have a very tender spot for animals and just hated to flip onto that thread without warning. :( |
Ah, sorry, I didn't think about that. I'm a huge animal lover, too...that's part of the reason why I took those photos. I'll keep that in mind next time... |
Thank you so much for your kind response. I was really expecting to get blasted. :) I honestly couldn't read the thread. I just clicked out of it hurridly, so sorry if I prejudged. |
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12/07/2004 02:07:16 PM · #18 |
Who was it that postulated there was a direct correlation between discomfort and quality?
i.e. the sillier you look while taking a picture, the better the picture will be? ;)
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12/07/2004 02:17:11 PM · #19 |
Never.But I feel silly and uncomfortable taking pictures of people or when people are milling about, but if I'm alone and see something - I forget everything around me and I don't notice if anyone does approach.
I love working in macro and don't mind getting dirty, so it is not unusual to see me on my knees or on my stomach or back.
Originally posted by puma:
For the last two challenges I fond good subjects right on the side of the road; but I wondered what the people passing by must have thought. I mean there I am, taking a picture of something that you might not thing someone would want a picture of. In a way it makes me feel kind of silly almost to the point that I do not want to get out of the car and take the picture. Does anybody else get that way too. |
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12/07/2004 02:19:48 PM · #20 |
I WANT people to watch me. I hand those who are actually watching me business cards. ;)
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12/07/2004 02:47:52 PM · #21 |
Story time!
I was out with my husband on a popular jogging path. He suggested an image that required that I get a super low angle. I thought about it. Put my backpack on the ground. Layed down on my stomach to frame the shot through the view finder. I was taking a little longer than my dear husband might have expected. An advanced-in-years jogger came toward us and passed by. I waited for him to exit the frame. Twenty feet away he turned around and jogged back to ask if I was o.k. I looked up, and there was my beloved standing over me with arms crossed. I guess the jogger thought he'd just beaten me to the ground, and kindly, had stopped to see about the situation.
Moral: There are plenty of nice people in the world and most of the time the curious are only that, curious. (I'm curious, but that's another story.)
Did I feel silly? No. Not really. I accept the fact that not everyone does what I do, but then, I don't put on running shoes and sweats and run around in public. :) (When you think about it, almost everything we do appears silly to someone at some time. If you have reason for doing what you're doing you are far ahead of most.)
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12/07/2004 02:58:30 PM · #22 |
If they look at you funny, tell them you must know what you are doing because my camera cost more than $1,000.00 And if they were as good as you they would understand.
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12/07/2004 03:02:20 PM · #23 |
Oh yeah! Sure. Try standing under an umbrella being held by someone else getting soaked at 2am in the morning, on the side of the road!
I *really* struggled with my internal sense of character. But it *was* a character building exercise :)
Though I do wonder who the passer-bys thought the most silly - the guy with the camera at 2am in the city - or the nutcase getting soaked holding the umbrella! (That's called "dedication" I think :P )
Message edited by author 2004-12-07 20:04:23. |
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12/07/2004 05:56:45 PM · #24 |
do you mean, did i feel silly, lying on my back in front of the church after service, taking this image?
no, i didn't feel silly, but i laughed out loud when i overheard some little old ladies wondering if i was ok...
once you become comfortable having your camera out in public, you'll find yourself doing more and more silly things, setting up your camera in stranger places than you would normally...
   
like lying on the ground, in the floor, or setting up on a restaurant counter in broad daylight...
edit: added a few more images
Message edited by author 2004-12-07 23:10:48. |
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12/07/2004 06:09:40 PM · #25 |
I'm not usually embarrassed, but I wondered about my family until about this time last year. Looking for a good shot for a local photo contest, I found a great spot, but needed to wait until traffic was a lot lower,- so I went back at a little after midnight. It was a downtown event, and there were still some people mingling about. As I stood high on a planter in the middle of the busiest street in town, looking down the street through my lens, I heard "That's my mom!"
I finished my shot and turned and saw my oldest daughter and her 3 friends (who all know me well) laughing and enjoying my fun. She didn't know I was going to be there, and I didn't know she was going to be there. I don't think she was surprised to see me standing there.
Message edited by author 2004-12-07 23:10:04. |
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