The following pictures we taken at a very busy event, there where lots of people with cameras and so it wasn't like I was the only person taking pictures. The first picture below nearly all of the people were either unaware or not bothered by me taking a photograph. Directly in front of these people, pointing uphill, was a press photographer with an enormous lens... everyone excepted him being there and taking shots. I think its a combination of people being comfortable / uncomfortable and your own personal self confidence. The more confident you are it seems the less people notice you. This was one of my first pictures and maybe stood back a little, I did see a few people notice the camera, but at this stage it was more about me feeling embarrassed. Im happy with the picture as I wanted a general overall view of the hill and its occupants.
Here in this second shot I used my zoom lens and the couple were completely unaware of me and my camera, I did feel as I was encroaching on them, it was quite a dull day and with the longer lens I had to be careful that it wasn't too underexposed.
The following picture the umpire was totally unaware of my camera and I felt the he was public property, and because he was part of the Wimbledon setup, I felt I had the right to take his picture, unlike the couple above..
Now, this chap, although he was part of the Wimbledon staff, and I was using my zoom lens, he was aware of the camera. I could feel he was uncomfortable with me taking the picture. I suppose he wondered why I would want a shot of him. So that then made me self conscious .. I probably therefore rushed the shot a little, I like it but looking at it again would move the head towards the left, and maybe upped the exposure.
This final picture was taken with my zoom lens and the man was completely unaware.. I felt a bit guilty intruding on his snack..
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