Avoiding harassment when shooting in the street

[jnantz]

OP I can totally see where you are coming from.
I'm not Anglo or European either and what I do because
I stick out like a sore thumb where I live ... I actually call the police give them
a head's up, let them know what I am up to in case some wackjob calls the cops
that "some guy who looks different with this weird box is doing something dangerous "
the PO-PO can just say, "dude that guy is just taking pichers." When I photographed a secure
military installation I actually had a MP running interference for me, I gave him photography pointers
and he told all the looky loos that I was with him. Lately I am using something bigger than 8x10 and I am
thinking of having a "body guard" hang out with me so well, you know he can wear all black, wear shades, have
ear pods in, and look good, maybe collect some sacred 7-digits, and keep me safe.