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Ex2f Wembley Stadium Nice security guard

Started Aug 7, 2016 | Discussions
jacketpotato Senior Member • Posts: 2,244
Ex2f Wembley Stadium Nice security guard

Charity Shield : Leicester City champions vs Manchester United FA Cup winners. Today Sunday 7th August.

I really like Wembley football specials, family atmosphere, relaxed. Hence I went along with my recently acquired Ex2f. Flounced around for half an hour interesting perspectives with tilt screen ..... around hundred captures.

As I am making my way away, nice security guard approached me. He could been a musician, a painter , long hair, chilled. Showed me security ID. Politely asked me to show photos I had captured as he had been observing me and what I was doing there without a ticket. I showed him some. He enquired what I do with the photos do I have a website.

I pointed him to my gallery on DPreview, we both smiled at my jacketpotato user name, he saw my abstracts, came to realisation, apologised, we parted smiling good terms.

Thereafter I straightaway returned Ex2f to CeX Entertainment Wembley branch explaining to manager how uncomfortable I felt .... really it was me, my demenaour must have attracted attention.

I remembered why I gave up urban photography four years ago as it made me feel uncomfortable (although i still use my mobile when I see something interesting). I vowed never again partake in urban photography.

Returning indoors I formatted memory card, therefore nothing to post.

I shall stick to photographing nature, plants, landscapes. I feel comfortable with these.

Nice hippy security guard was a blessing in disguise. As if he hadn't rejogged my memory, perhaps next security guard would have been rough.

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Kisaha Senior Member • Posts: 2,300
Re: Ex2f Wembley Stadium Nice security guard

You can take urban pictures without insulting or annoy people. Censoring yourself out of fear (of what?!) is a serious loss of our Democratic European identity. Of course GB voted out of Europe, maybe closed borders and fear is the natural continuity. Welcome to 1984..

Krazyheaven Regular Member • Posts: 411
Re: Ex2f Wembley Stadium Nice security guard

I use to be nervous about this too. Not so much anymore. Now I'll line up my shots and take the pictures and keep walking. I just so happened to notice a couple people get a little offended but I had already moved on to the next interesting thing.

The nx1 gets me a lot more attention. But the view finder makes me feel invisible to the outside world. But really. I'm just trying to have a good time. If I'm taking your picture your doing something right. I enjoy capturing images that excite me. But most of my photos fail to show just what I found exciting about the subject.

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