markcapilitan is correct, if you’re shooting the way you explained for a reason you could use a little fill flash or reflector to get light onto your subject, incidentally I have the sunny 16 symbols and appropriate f number tattooed on my left arm in a film strip as a quick reference.
I’ve found if you avoid areas where drunks tend to be I’m fine, but also be aware that the city is a different place at night, areas that might be nice during the day could be places where certain types of people congregate at night.
recently out shooting some street stuff and took a photo of a guy who approached a near by cop to complain, the cop called me over and the guy insisted i delete photo, I told them both it was film and wasn’t likely to happen, he then insisted i don’t use the photo for anything, agian I said not likely and that I’d do what I wanted with the photo (currently on a street phot website I’m involved with), the guy complained to the cop and suggested I be arrested for invasion of privacy, the cop said (and this made my day) if you want privacy don’t walk the streets. the cop went on to explain that I could photograph whatever I wanted and was free to do so unless I was on a business premises and even then no judge in the land would rule agianst me in generality (his word not mine), I’ve even photographed in musuems and galleries with “no photography signs”, my reckoning being I would be only to happy to have my day in court if needs be to fight for my rights.
update – the other half asked her boss and he said they did in the past but don’t have any policy at the moment, might be worth going to your local lab and asking them, they might not take it but tell you someone who will.
hugh if it’s any help, the recycling centre I use didn’t have it advertised I just went and asked the guys there and they gave me a list of dates they’d take it from me. my other half works in a lab I’ll get her to ask her boss if they’ll take it, he has 3 shops in the dublin area.
I think as Mark says you can pour it down the drain, but there’s a really good recycling centre near where I live and they do a hazmat collection once a month for the last few months so i bring mine there. Might be worth checking if there’s a centre near you.
However that said, if there is a law or bye-law specially against any form of activity, photographic or otherwise then it must be respected full stop.
that being said I don’t even photograph kids when doing street photography because I’d be scared of getting a slap off some idiot who thinks I’m a perv, which is a shame as these pics show
take two rizzla cigarette rolling papers make sure the sticky bits are together facing inwards but don’t lick them, fold and clean from the centre outwards, the best system I’ve ever used. best solution is not to let them get dirty in the first place, stick a uv filter on as soon as you buy lens and clean it, when it’s fecked replace it.
I have a couple of reversal rings, cheapies bought from flea bay, the give you an option of camera mount, in my case and yours nikon and then the filter thread size, as long as you get the right size to fit your canon lens you’re all good, the lens filter thread size should be written on the lens near the filter thread I’d imagine you’d have either 49 or 52.
PS: there’s no such thing as a stupid question in photography, if you don’t know you don’t know and you’re best off asking rather than muddling through yourself.