Originally posted by Ronald Oakes Anyone else experience this ?
Yes, all the time.
Originally posted by Ronald Oakes How do you overcome it ?
Photograph things other than people......
I know how self conscious people can be when having their photograph taken and I personally assume most people
don't want their picture taken. The rational part of me knows this to be partly true and partly not; I am the self conscious
one and while I know there are other's like me, many people don't mind at all having a stranger take their picture in a
public place.
I do enjoy street photography, but prefer to do it in open spaces where I can either mask what I'm shooting at or where
people would ordinarily expect to have their picture taken. As soon as I'm in a situation where the subject is consciously
aware of my presence, I find I'm uncomfortable and I sense their tension as well. And thus I gravitate towards subjects
and situations where I don't have that tension.
It's a personal thing. You may be able to train yourself to overcome or ignore the feeling; I really don't know. I personally
have never been able to ignore it.
Some photographers are able to naturally project a sense of confidence and non-threat and those individuals are typically
very good at photographing strangers. Not me, but I admire those who can.