HeatherTheVet
Top Veteran
- Location
- Scotland
- Name
- Heather
I have been working at the PDSA for the last three weeks in the centre of Glasgow. PDSA is a charity which provides veterinary treatment for people who can't afford to take their pets to a regular vet - they need to prove this by showing that they are claiming benefits. This attracts a certain clientele, shall we say. Lots of Staffordshire Bull Terriers, German Shepherds, American Bulldogs, Rottweilers... you get the picture. The doors open at 8.30am. Just before then there tends to be a queue/crowd of interesting looking people with a variety of dogs hanging around outside the door. It would make a great photo, black and white, slightly grainy. The thing is that many of these folk are a bit scary. And usually when someone points a camera at them it is to catch them cheating on their benefits, so they tend to be pretty cagey. Also, having worked there and being likely to work there again, I don't want to rub anybody up the wrong way.
So for all you veteran street photography types, what's the best way around these sorts of problems? Is it to be brazen? Or sneaky? Or pretend to be a tourist and take pictures of other stuff you're not interested in, then happen to take the shot you want, as if by accident?
(PS most of the clients are good people, it's just some that cause trouble)
So for all you veteran street photography types, what's the best way around these sorts of problems? Is it to be brazen? Or sneaky? Or pretend to be a tourist and take pictures of other stuff you're not interested in, then happen to take the shot you want, as if by accident?
(PS most of the clients are good people, it's just some that cause trouble)