[Leica] Raleigh Street Photos

[ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)]

Thanks jay--

I'm no street photography expert, but here are some thoughts.

I am also mortified some of the time, although I am probably below  
half at this point. Practice takes the edge off--what's scary the  
first time is less so the second and much less so the 300th.

If you cover the same territory often, you begin to feel like their  
in your yard, not vice versa.

I get many more pictures when I'm letting people see me taking the  
picture than when I try to sneak shots.

Getting to know regulars also helps. Others see from their reactions,  
that you are not an outsider.

Ric




On Mar 17, 2007, at 10:23 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

> I really enjoyed the photographs. How do you get close enough to  
> strangers
> to photograph them? I would be mortified half the time...