If You’re Not Close Enough, Then Go Telephoto in Street Photography

"I want to be the fly on the wall." is the mantra of so many street photographers out there. For the most part, it's possible these days. All you need to do is find a way to get close to your subject, use the silent shutter, click, and you've got your photo. It's part of the old adage that if your photos aren't good enough, then you're not close enough. Many photographers these days tend to use wide angle lenses and go up to the 50mm field of view simply because they feel that it's important. Gear mongering aside, let's more address the fact that the point of getting close to a subject is to actually, you know, have some sort of connection with them.
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