I’ve photographed and filmed almost thousands of candid photos, never been caught once. The reason is because I play everything out smooth, and hopefully you can too.
•When photographing a person, make sure not to get super close or follow them for a long time. You’ll just soon get suspicious (common fact)
•Don’t make it look obvious bro, i’ve seen people do it in person and they get caught. Stop holding your phone like you’re recording a fight. Make sure your holding your phone very casual (read next tip)
•for iphone users: you can hold your phone below your waist and press the volume up button to record or take pictures instead of having to click the picture button on your screen which is too suspicious. Not sure if this works for any other device.
•if your going to record, point the camera at the person and make it look like your just adjusting your sleeve or something to not look suspicious at all.
•This one is important: if the person has seen you or had made eye contact with you holding your phone, just walk away to avoid any issues.
•Don’t film near any law enforcements, trust me they usually spot suspicious people ASAP.
•Definitely do not follow someone if their alone and no ones around. Thats an instant red flag and you will get caught.
•Don’t always film around the same person, act accordingly so they get used to you.
Hope all of this helped. Best of luck. These are all obvious and common tips and tricks all of you should use or else it will hurt getting caught.
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Hi, I’m an Asian living in Taiwan. Your sharing is very professional and detailed. I started doing CAP when I was 17 years old, and it has been more than ten years now. I’ve never been caught either, but because I’m a timid person, I’m very cautious.
As you highlighted, I wouldn’t get too close or stay too long unless there were a lot of people around the target. But I want to point out one thing in particular that some people may not believe. Through observation and experience you will find that when you try to stare at someone for a while, more than ten seconds, even if she has her back to you and doesn’t know you are behind her, she will instinctively feel the gaze and look back.
I think that’s the biggest reason a lot of people get stuck is that they stare at the goal for too long. I knew this a long time ago, so I wouldn’t look at the target or my phone, and always pretended to be in a daze or looking somewhere else. Therefore, many times, the target’s appearance and physical details are not known until later when watching the film. Please do not underestimate human perception.
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Also helps that I am in great shape and try to always smile and be ready with conversations in case anyone gets suspicious.
Golden rule is always know your surroundings. Don’t be a creep. Be happy, and act like whoever I’m following is not that important.
Thanks for the tips, I have recorded candids in the past - need to sort and upload some. But because I always walk around and have my iPhone in hand sometimes the angles suck as I don’t want to tilt the phone too up right so it looks odd.
An iPhone specific question I have is how best to protect/cover the screen. Currently I just dim the screen as far as it will go down.
Is there benefits to a stick-on privacy screen/protector? If so which?
And is there an app that will let the camera run in the background while looking like something else is on your screen - or blacked out completely?
All advice welcome! 