One thing I hate is people phoning me when I'm out, I like to think of the streets as my office, people just don't seem to understand how much work goes into being a street photographer. I hate it when I get told your only taking photos or you're not doing anything important, just because I'm lucky enough to be able to do what I'm passionate about as my full-time job, why do some people feel as if they should tell me how I should be living my life, I'm 100% it's because they’re jealous that I have the freedom and the balls to say I'm not going to play by the rules, this is my life and I'll live it my way.
Anyway, when I'm on the streets working I switch my phone to silent or I might even turn it off, I don't answer any phone calls unless it's from someone I'm meeting up with or it’s my wife/son. I like to be focused on looking for the perfect photo. I have started to post behind the scenes videos on instagram, but not at the cost of taking a photo, and I'll only do this if it doesn't take me out of the zone. Once I'm in the zone I'm focused, and this is allowing me to capture the moments that I would otherwise miss. Another thing I see too many photographers doing and yes formerly I would include myself in this is chimping, what is chimping, it's looking at the photo you've just taken, if you do this you could end up missing a great moment. I know we all like to check our photos, but if you know what your doing you shouldn't have to check them.
I do shoot on the streets with other photographers, and I enjoy this immensely, with someone like Christian Cross I will always end up being inspired and in turn, I'll come away with great photos. But, I don't like to engage much, now when I'm out with Christian both of us know when to shut up, we can read each other really well and I know this is why we work well together. But, and this is a big but, most other people that I've gone out with just don't seem to get that I need silence to work and I don't want a chat about what I'm doing; I just need to focus on the job at hand. Does anyone else feel like this?
I'm sure this is why I'm enjoying my Starbucks project, this is a project that I can just sit with my headphones on relax and shoot, but, again I have friends wanting to meet up and chat and it's driving me nuts. When I'm working I just want to be left alone so that I can focus, and I don't believe it's me being antisocial.
Time for some photos
