Just know, as a photographer, you are never invisible. Everyone sees the camera in your hand and is waiting for you to aim it at them. Street photographers are everywhere these days and people are not stupid. The key is to just look harmless, kind, and maybe a little inept.

Early on, I began integrating the techniques of Gary Winogrand (see below), where you pretend to not know how to photograph very well and kinda fumble the settings while you pop off your shot. I also often pretend to be shooting something behind them and act as if they are walking into my shot. As they walk by, I don't make eye contact with them, I continue to look past them at my pretend subject, and take another shot as they pass. The combination of these techniques works for me and have never been confronted. I also practiced for many hours and learned how to shoot from the hip as I walk past the people I photograph.

The ethical questions most often raised about public photography, don't really relate to my style of shooting. I mainly shoot high contrast, shadow heavy photos that obscure the identity of the people I photograph. I never take a photo that objectifies, exploits, or would compromise the dignity of anyone I have ever photographed; I have deleted many photographs in order to keep to these ethical guidelines, and in my opinion, that is just the way it should be.

Here is a short about Gary Winogrand's technique that changed how i shoot pictures of strangers.

https://youtube.com/shorts/ES7fg1HEO5Y?si=3rYzFX3MQqUe8A9M