I can see this problem when trying to do candids of people you dont know and out at bars, but with Family?
Just think of it this way, you are recording memories for everyone. Its your own way of freezing moments in time, to be shared with others and future generations.
maybe it is me but i am worse around famiry. out and about, I can shrug off the looks and never recognize these people again. Family is always there and once you bust out the cam, they ask about it everytime there is a get together. and then there is a ton of technical and price questions about how things work and when did you ever get so smart

but I just show a pic or 2 that has been heavily processed and then all of a sudden my camera "takes great shots"
as stupid as it may seem, my new years resolution for 2009 is to get more comfortable using my camera around others. I think it is easier to hide in the guise that you are being paid to have your camera and great as it is. Not so much I think for the casual shooter who everyone recognizes as not just "THAT GUY" but THAT GUY with a PROFESSIONAL CAMERA" I hate hearing that!
Now be THAT GUY at your 7 year old daughters cheerleading competitions where you are taking pictures of of other girls ages 4-8 in short skirts on a mat with a peeping tom 70-200 lens. ANd tell me that you would not feel creepy or would not be creeped out seeing THAT GUY taking pictures while your kid is on the mat. This year I made sure that I made friends with all the families that are on my daughters squad and gave them all images of their kids from the football games and competitions I shot at. by the end of it all, I was expected to have my camera out and taking pictures. It helps that I would show up face painted in school colors and giant white afro wig and gold goatee. So I was more of THAT IDIOT who takes pictures. And when I got one of the girls photos in the paper, we gat calls from the parents, saying that their kid scene their picture and is so exicted that they are now "famous" (since they had a tough year). I have been learning the importance of not only knowing yor camera and how to use it well but also that networking with people is equally important to keep from being the town pedophile
what a fucking wall o text I typed here

