saw this guy on oxford street filming yesterday. he seemed to have video, digital, cinefilm and and eyeglass thing all going on at the same time. love the way he has his tripod strapped to the lamp post. he strikes me as a real character though i know nothing about him. i simply had to take a photo – but that got me thinking – taking a pic of someone taking a pic – is that kind of sad photographer loserdom territory?
Did you feel weird taking a photo of him?
yes! but he looked at me and then just carried on. i was reading an article (see a couple of posts down) on photogrpahy tips and one the points is that it’s no good being embarrassed or shy – get your camera out and take a picture when you see something to shoot. so with that in mind i let go of my lovely english reserve and got the camera out. at leats it wasn’t him filiming me filming him – now that really would be sad eh?!