[Leica] San Francisco

[Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>]

My wife and I publish two Scenic books of San Francisco. We spent a lot of
time roaming the city, day, night, all seasons, over a couple of years. We
were approached a couple of times by beggars, but really had no problems.
Last summer I taught a Leica Workshop in San Francisco. 24 Leica toting
folks, wandering the city. I may be doing it again this coming March or
April. A lot of the folks even photograph the street people. I have
photographed in the SFO streets many hundreds of times.

My only comment is, the best one can do is to be "aware" of your
surroundings and "who" is there, or near, or approaching. You should never
be blasé about your surroundings. Always have a plan. And don't
purposefully put yourself into a situation that has the potential to turn
ugly.

Jim


At 07:29 PM 1/26/99 -0800, you wrote:
>
>While I'm on the subject of damage and pets: Although I frequently shoot on
>the streets in San Francisco, sometimes under rather tricky conditions I
>don't get much attention from muggers. I have a 80 lb German Shepherd who
>accompanies me. We've done tracking and protection work together, so I don't
>worry about his instincts or my back side. I can just "focus" on the job at
>hand. It's reassuring.
>
>--Gib
>