Originally Posted by
Tannin
^ Those are interesting remarks, Tom. I can perhaps imagine doing wedding photography by extrapolation from my time as a uni student, where I paid the bills by playing in a band at weddings (and other functions, but mostly weddings). Most of them were pretty awful. Some were downright horrible. And some were so much fun you'd do the same crowd again next week for nothing. But mostly pretty dreary stuff. Your court photography stint must have been quite an experience.
And, curiously enough, I resonate strongly with your "learn to be invisible" bit. I never, ever do street photography, practically never do humans at all if I don't have to, but my game is all about being there and being seen without being noticed. It has become second nature for me: dress like a bum, never eyeball the bird, never look interested, never move purposefully, drift aimlessly about like a browsing sheep such that you "just happen" to be where you want to be to get the shot. Be so boring so that the wildlife - which always knows that you are there - doesn't bother reacting to you.