Do
- Have your equipment ready. Have the lens which suits you best all ready and set up on the camera, with the camera switched on. This is so if anything happens quickly that isn't anticipated you are ready to shoot. Have either auto settings, including auto focus, or shutter priority to gain some control.
- Turn off the cameras beep so it doesn't alert subjects that you took an image of them.
- Get in the 'zone', right in the middle of the action can result in a better photograph.
- If using a long lens, remember shots can look disjointed and won't get the same impact as actually being close.
- Always anticipate the unexpected, but it can help to guess what the subject might do next. Sometimes if a subject has spotted you, wait for them to ignore you and go back to having natural behaviour.
- Be patient, sometimes you may go home with nothing.
Don't
- Always shoot from eye level, try shooting from the hip.
- Dress to stand out, wear ordinary clothes so there isn't unnecessary attention drawn to yourself. You need to blend in - this can help subjects not take notice of you.
- Creep up to anyone, act natural.
