I'm in, I'm in!! I'm a real street guy.

[kshapero]

After all these years....I love street photography but never could get the in your face, up front and personal thing down. Last week I started out by saying, " Hi I'm a tourist, may I take your picture?". Every stranger I asked this said yes w/o pause. I'm in!! I'm a real street guy now.😛
Oh BTW it only works with an M3 (or any RF) and a NEX with a small lens. No DSLR's. They look too "professional".

 

[Sparrow]

If you get the sartorial style right one can look less than professional even with a DSLR

 

[jsrockit]

Real street guys don't ask! 😉

 

[dave lackey]

They do down South!😛

 

[Sparrow]

yep, soft southerners 🙄

 

[dave lackey]

yep, soft southerners 🙄

Only the hittees...the hitters are usually rednecks, paranoid wife cheaters or road-rage prone pedestrians.😛 The "soft" southern paps are definitely aware of the risk of running afoul of said hitters and the pain associated with such.😀

 

[rover]

From the title of the thread I thought you were going to tell us went out onto the street with a guitar, harmonica and tip jar.

 

[Phantomas]

Oh BTW it only works with an M3 (or any RF) and a NEX with a small lens. No DSLR's. They look too "professional".

Totally agree. RF or any "strange" film camera is a great ice-breaker. People often comment on my cameras and the conversation always leads to me taking their photos.
On the flipside, I was in Beirut last year visiting some Palestinian refugee camps and my D700 was the best camera I could have had. Upon seeing big professional camera everyone wanted to invite me in, take their photo and tell their story to the world. I have an open invitation to be guided through some more off-the-map refugee camps as long as I appear like a journo.

 

[kshapero]

From the title of the thread I thought you were going to tell us went out onto the street with a guitar, harmonica and tip jar.

I would if my wife would let me.

 

[daninjc]

exactly! if you ask you're not a real street guy!!

Real street guys don't ask! 😉

 

[kshapero]

Real street guys don't ask! 😉

Someday i really hope to be a real guy. Tsk.

 

[back alley]

real 'street' guy...

 

[Roger Hicks]

Dear Akiva,

Elegant!

Cheers,

R.

 

[jsrockit]

Someday i really hope to be a real guy. Tsk.

You did note the 😉 didn't you?

 

[semrich]

I seldom ask, I get caught sometimes, so I smile nod and move on.

 

[Paulbe]

Hey Sparrow!
What's wrong with those outfits? 🙂
Walmart has fine clothes...
See 'em everyday down here..
PaulB

 

[cliffpov]

Funny stuff. You might want to try the automatic approach. Instead of explaining it to people just wear a ball cap and a t-shirt that says it. "Tourist with a cheap old film camera"

 

[LKeithR]

I seldom ask, I get caught sometimes, so I smile nod and move on.

Yeah, these guys busted you big time. If you hadn't moved on I think they would have been happy to show you precisely what to do with your camera. Perhaps rangefinders are smaller for a reason...

 

[zvos1]

I seldom ask, I get caught sometimes, so I smile nod and move on.

This is the situation when silent shutter is a must 🙂. Are those bullet holes on the wall behind them??

 

[Turtle]

Try a Winogrand line... 'Ya know, I'm just making a living.... its what I do' and keep moving.