Originally posted by spectamaniac Thank you for all of the advice. I'm curious about why putting tape on the aperture ring?
So he does not have to keep checking it. It won't move off focus. Been there, done that, with the M 28/3.5.
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I take a different approach. With a nice DSLR in hand the attention whores of all sorts start puffing their chests out, I take notice and interact with them. Occasionally they will be my subject of interest, other times it is a friend of theirs or someone/something in proximity. Since I can be an attention whore myself sometimes it works perfectly for street. Talk to a group of people long enough and take pictures at semi frequent intervals, eventually they become oblivious and you can achieve the more candid shots, not to mention make a friend or 2.
I use the same trick with children. It's interesting to see the old guy with the black thing in front of his face for about 2 minutes, then it's back to the important things like squabbling over the toys. I've made a dollar or two over the years doing kid pix. The parents love them, especially the parents who hate the Walmart photo studio shots.
Here's one example. It's the parents' favourite, but not the one they sent out for Xmas cards. To set the stage, 15 minutes into the shoot. Parents and child on couch, backdrop behind, two studio flashes in umbrellas, and trigger flash on camera, camera on tripod, old fart behind camera with cable release in hand. Pushed a button occasionally.