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 Re: Night & Morning Photo Safety | |
For years I have travelled into backcountry locations, frequently by myself, and have never worried about dangers from other people. FWIW, I\'ve never had a problem, either. I may worry about the weather, or about how I\'ll get from point A to point B, or sometimes about being lonely - though most often I enjoy that - but virtually never experience fears about other people.
The only time I\'ve gotten rattled while shooting at night was in a relatively urbanized area. I had gone to this location, where I frequently photograph at night, and met up with a group of perhaps a half dozen other photographers. They had not shot this location before and were anxious to get started, so I told them to go ahead and wander off into this place while I made a photograph, and that I would catch up with them soon. They left, a few minutes later I finished my shot, and I headed into the area where they had gone.
I never saw them again the entire evening. Being familiar with the location I went ahead and started shooting on my own, walking down darkened roadways, wandering up dead end alleys, climbing the odd staircase. I shot like this for several hours in complete solitude, not seeing another person and enjoying the quiet. Then, for no particular reason that I can recall, I started to think about myself wandering around in the dark in this abandoned industrial area not far from a city with a reputation for some criminal activity, carrying thousands of dollars worth of gear... and for the first time I could recall, I got a very bad feeling about things. I very quickly packed up and left.
Was I ever in any actual danger. Almost certainly not.
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