alex_mabini1

<p>Okay, I'll give away my most useful one thus far...<br>

Use a cell phone! No, not the crappy camera on the cell phone, but use it to make people think you are talking on the phone and they won't really notice you have a camera at your hip that you're shooting with. I used to drink a cup of coffee, but the coffee would run out so fast and by the time I was done shooting, I'd be wired.<br>

Practice shooting from the hip. For me, this method only works in portrait mode, but when I am trying to capture individual, interesting people rather than scenes, it is the perfect method.<br>

I use a Ricoh GR-D II in MF mode for the fastest response. I've also found that with the LCD off, there is a .1 sec delay as compared to when the LCD is on, both in MF mode and snap mode, so I now keep the LCD on all the time and carry lots of spares.<br>

Another advantage to using a cell phone is that people won't bother you. The hard thing is figuring out things to say on the phone. I may go crazy one day talking to myself so much.<br>

Here's some of my photos taken with this method:<br>

<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3209/2972742729_4f52b7f1c5.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="375" height="500" /><br>

<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3284/2972742735_248103d91d.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="333" height="500" /><br>

<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2237/2247673703_ba40f90966.jpg?v=1203263455" alt="" width="333" height="500" /><br>

<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3223/3057539489_d4217661a1.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="375" height="500" /><br>

<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/3057539983_ed815ae23d.jpg?v=1227595665" alt="" width="375" height="500" /></p>

<p>Okay, I'll give away my most useful one thus far...</p>

<p>Use a cell phone! No, not the crappy camera on the cell phone, but use it to make people think you are talking on the phone and they won't really notice you have a camera at your hip that you're shooting with. I used to drink a cup of coffee, but the coffee would run out so fast and by the time I was done shooting, I'd be wired.</p>

<p>Practice shooting from the hip. For me, this method only works in portrait mode, but when I am trying to capture individual, interesting people rather than scenes, it is the perfect method.</p>

<p>I use a Ricoh GR-D II in MF mode for the fastest response. I've also found that with the LCD off, there is a .1 sec delay as compared to when the LCD is on, both in MF mode and snap mode, so I now keep the LCD on all the time and carry lots of spares.</p>

<p>Another advantage to using a cell phone is that people won't bother you. The hard thing is figuring out things to say on the phone. I may go crazy one day talking to myself so much.</p>

<p>Here's some of my photos taken with this method:<br>

<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3209/2972742729_4f52b7f1c5.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="375" height="500" /><br>

<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3284/2972742735_248103d91d.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="333" height="500" /><br>

<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2237/2247673703_ba40f90966.jpg?v=1203263455" alt="" width="333" height="500" /><br>

<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3223/3057539489_d4217661a1.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="375" height="500" /><br>

<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/3057539983_ed815ae23d.jpg?v=1227595665" alt="" width="375" height="500" /></p>