10 tips from experience

Equipment, Shooting Techniques & Everything Else
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  1. Try to get all your caps on the first pass by of your subject… lingering for a bit won’t be too weird if it’s the first time you’ve crossed their sight… subsequent encounters naturally seems to put some women on edge even if you’re not even capping them and you just happened to walk past them again you can tell that some women become unsettled by it

  2. Try not to make direct eye contact. Don’t avoid their eyes at all costs but I’ve noticed that if you make any eye contact women become much more on edge as though you’ve acknowledged their existence and therefore are more likely to be hanging around because of them.

  3. Don’t put yourself in an odd position e.g standing awkwardly in a place that it makes no sense for you to be (browsing women’s clothing for instance) just to get a few close up shots because that’s going to raise more suspicion, and people generally seem to be HIGHLY suspicious these days ( though you do get your completely aloof subjects too from time to time)

  4. Don’t get greedy and overstay your welcome to get a few more caps. Sometimes you need to cut your losses and leave. Once I realised that I had been shooting in selfie mode so I hung around to get even more caps and that’s the only time I noticed a subject get visibly unsettled with me and leave the area.

**** some subjects are naturally very vigilant especially towards men and even hanging around them for more than a few seconds seems to get under their skin… I wouldn’t bother capping these types at all at least not for more than a few seconds*****

  1. Make sure your phone is set up right so you can get the caps quickly and leave ( sidenote if anyone knows how to get the iPhone 16 to be less blurry and shitty in anything besides perfect lighting conditions let me know)

  2. If you’re confronted, act disgusted that they would accuse you of something like that and even say something like “if I was gonna take creepy photos of someone it sure as hell wouldn’t be you” don’t let them look through your phone library or anything. If it was so obvious you were capping then that you can’t deny it then just flee the area and don’t return for some time

  3. On that note don’t cap at your workplace or local shops or with family and friends around unless you’re prepared for the potential fallout to ruin your life

  4. Pick your battles. Most subjects aren’t worth the risk. You might get an initial desire to cap them but you’ll never even look at the caps again because they’re nothing special… or they’re really sexy but they’re wearing all black or in really poor lighting conditions or have a bunch of friends around them so there’s no point even trying. Sometimes they subjects are in places where it’s impossible for you to really cap them too - for example I once saw the most beautiful woman ever in the back corner of a busy dark restaurant at a table of about 20 people and I didn’t have much time… it just wasn’t feasible for me to get any caps of her so I had to let it go.

  5. Look as good as possible - the less stereotypically creepy you look the less likely people are to assume you’re a creep. Sad but true. If you’re not very attractive at least dress well and have good hygiene.

  6. The method - Pretend to take a phone call while capping them - that gives you a much better excuse for hanging around them for a bit and means you will be facing away from them but getting direct shots, but don’t push your luck because even that can set off some people’s suspicion.

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Love the tips, especially the look your best. I have natural long hair and i use that to get them to drop their gaurd. I dont know how many times that saved my ass. I will definitely follow the cut your losses one and not to linger.

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Man, thank you so much for the detailed walkthrough, it is brilliant, and you very logically and precisely articulated the CAP experience I wanted to share. I am an Asian living in Taiwan. I started CAP when I was 17 years old. At first, I did it in the classroom, and later I started hunting in the MRT or in specific places or stores where there were many girls. I have been doing this for more than ten years and have never been caught because, like you said, you have to act natural, and I am a timid and cautious person. Unless I am in a crowded subway or on the street, if there are not many people around the target, I dare not get too close or stay near her for too long to avoid being noticed.

I feel that you are more sensitive to women or atmosphere than the average man. This is a talent that is difficult to teach. I am also lucky to have this ability. So as you said, avoid eye contact. When I find the target, I will try to avoid face to face. Even if she looks at me, I will deliberately focus on looking somewhere else to ignore her existence, making her feel that I have not noticed her or am not interested. I will move slowly and naturally around, keeping a certain distance. Getting too close or too long depends on the environment.

One position will not exceed ten seconds. I always observe with my peripheral vision and focus on my phone lens to confirm whether it is aimed at the position when passing by. Therefore, most of the time, even if the target spots you, they won’t think much of it and think you’re just a random person. Most of the time I keep my phone at my sides, at the same angle as a normal person would hold their phone while walking, to capture movement.

I rarely hold it in front of me or pretend to talk on the phone, as that is very risky, so I would only do that when I am in a place with a lot of people. By the way, because I am short and good-looking, it is easy for girls to think that I am gay. I also dress very neatly, so girls will indeed be more relaxed.

Finally, in Asian countries, I am in Taiwan, people usually don’t take the initiative to make eye contact with others unless it is necessary. People are shy and afraid of embarrassment, so they feel more comfortable and respected without eye contact. Of course, in addition to communication, I found that this seems to be somewhat different from Western culture. They seem to think that eye contact is a necessary courtesy, even for random people. I wonder if it is like what I said?

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Thank you for the tips. I’m new to this and I appreciate all the tips on read on here. These are great tips for beginners. I hope to put some to use and get so caps to post on here. Thanks again!!