Camera On The Beach - Ive Never Felt So Uncomfortable.

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Went to Folkestone with the family & at the beach was a few guys taking the
kids for a ride on the inflatable donut being pulled by a jet ski.

Other half suggests i get a few pics which i did but i have never felt so
awkward carrying my 450d with a Sigma 70-200 attached.

Jeez,im sure my ears nearly caught light as they were so hot :lol:

Anyone else had the same experience?
 
orangio said:
Whats there to feel so uncomfortable about?
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Not sure to be honest - just a feeling.

There were people with point & shoot jobbies & me with a bit of kit about
18'' long.

I just kept my eyes on the sea & walked towards the jet ski.

Just felt a little strange i guess :shrug:
 
try it with a monopod and a 100-400 lens you should see the look you get.
 
I know your feeling. I hate being watched when taking photos in most situations. I guess the fact that there are half naked ladies and children about it is going to make you feel uncomfortable because some people might think you are a raging pervert.
 
Ziploc said:
try it with a monopod and a 100-400 lens you should see the look you get.
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malla1962 said:
or a 300f2.8:D
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I just sold a 120-300 lol

voodoochild said:
I know your feeling. I hate being watched when taking photos in most situations. I guess the fact that there are half naked ladies and children about it is going to make you feel uncomfortable because some people might think you are a raging pervert.
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Thats pretty much it bud.

I had a few answers in my head if confronted,like 'if i was a perve i would
have a compact or decent mobile phone camera like everyone else here'

I shouldnt have felt funny with a large lens which i couldnt hide from anyone
but i did :lol:
 
when I was in the US my kids were in the pool at a disney hotel, I didn't take my camera down then I saw a few people were taking pics so I asked a lifeguard if it was OK to take pictures of my kids while they were in the pool.

she looked at me like I was nuts, yes it's perfectly OK,I was snapping away all afternoon and nobody batted an eyelid it's only the public in this country that have a hang up with it
 
You have to do it if your a Travel Photographer!

you get use to it, always get people looking specially if you have a big white lens on the camera, but if people are that concerned, I'll just tell them don't get in the shot then.
 
Is it just me then that doesn't have a problem? Is it all in others heads? Are we just getting a little too over sensitive due to some of the threads/discussions?

I don't have a problem with taking photo's in public, nor have I been challenged. The only time I've ever been challenged was at a friends kids football match by an over eager mum.

Is this actually now in our heads and affecting our demeanour so much so that we are now looking shifty?
 
People looked at me funny, they must think I'm a pervert.

Chill out guys!

This is like the whole "Accept *insert minority here* people! We deserve to be treated equally!"

Except they generally are treated equally.

And all the while they're prancing around bitching about not being treated equally, they're not helping their cause. If they just shut up about it, no one would see *insert minority here*, because people don't care.

With photographers whinging about people thinking they're perverts/pedophiles/terrorists, it's really not helping the cause. If everyone just shut up about it no one would care any more than anyone already does!

They probably just look at you with your big lens and are like "Wow that's a big camera"
 
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