maulrat
TPF Noob!
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setup a website for yourself - make some cheap card ids for yourself (name, email and website) and if you do get caught you can show your card to them and there is a chance that they might buy the shot off you
I was thinking about doing this with my Smugmug account and some business cards. But insted of tell them about it "IF" you get caught, just ask first and had them your business card; showing that you are not afraid to let them know who you are (less suspicious). If they say no, then no problem. I can see how some people would think some stranger taking photos of kids might be planning to one day kidnap one of them. Sick people out there but it happens.
On the telephoto note, I wouldn't even use a telephoto to shoot kids. Hmm, maybe shoot kids doesn't sound correct, lol. I mean taking photos of kids. It makes you look more like a perv if you are taking photos of kids from a long distance because you're afraid to get caught. On the other hand, I don't see anything wrong from photographing adults at a long range... unless of course your in a tree photographing through someone's window :mrgreen: