Good! There's nothing wrong with observing someone
who doesn't know they can be observed. It doesn't even have to involve
nudity, sex, flashing, or anything like that. One of my favorite things
to do is just sit and watch people as they walk by. I like to just sit
and watch pretty girls as they work, talk, or whatever. People will
talk about the oddest things in public if they believe no one is paying
close attention. But let's get on with the good stuff.
I will not debate the moral view on eavesdropping,
peeping, spying, or whatever. Some people feel that if they are carrying
on a conversation in a restaurant that it's "private" and you shouldn't
be listening. Maybe, maybe not. I tend to lean toward the view that
says if it's easily heard or seen, then they have no gripe. However, I
wouldn't do anything like breaking and entering. It gets into a grey
area when I talk about the bugging devices below. There's nothing I can
say either way to convince anyone. You are ultimately responsible if
you try any of these methods.
Watching your target
Binoculars
You need a good set. I prefer at
least 20x60, though the more powerful they get, the
more "shake" you will notice. A tripod mount or a place to prop your
elbows is nearly mandatory.
Though I have never had the pleasure, I understand
that high-rise apartment buildings are prime viewing targets. I do have
some very memorable experiences at seeing girls (some of them very good
friends) in the dorm at college (see #3 below).
Be aware of lens reflection. I'm sure you've seen
episodes of Bonanza or Rat Patrol where the
characters suddenly notice the reflection of a lens on a telescope,
rifle sight, etc. You can make a paper "sleeve" to go over the end of
the lens, though you might experience some lessening of field of vision.
Be smart. If you're watching from an apartment,
close your drapes, leaving just enough room to maneuver the optics.
When I was in the dorm we had big plants in the window. That gave
enough cover that we could peep even with the lights on in the room. I
checked from outside, and it was nearly impossible to see through the
plants unless you were specifically looking there -- with binoculars.
That made the girls less suspicious because a darkened room could hide
someone using binoculars, and a lighted room would make it obvious if
anyone was peeping -- right?
Expect to pay. Even a K Mart set of 20x60 will cost
quite a bit. You might be able to find some at a pawn shop or garage
sale, though. Look for extra features such as eye cups, sun shades, a
tripod mount, rubber hand grips, and so on. Several years ago I saw a
movie where a woman was watching a horse race and was snapping pictures
with her binoculars. I haven't ever seen anything like that in real
life, though that doesn't mean they don't exist. To be practical, the
camera would have to take a picture that would duplicate what you see.
It would have to be fast, too, because your hands would shake, causing
the picture to blur.
Some surplus houses have old naval sets. They range
in price from "wowee!" to "zing!" but the level of magnification is
quite high. They may be quite heavy and definitely need a tripod.
However, you will be able to read the label on the underwear of any
female you watch. They are huge things and look like
they weigh several pounds. They are used to watch other ships at sea.
Telescopes
Telescopes are an idea, but they are generally
one-eye viewing and your neck is at a weird angle. The small, table
mounted ones are okay, but again you have to have the
perfect place to set them or the peeping becomes a very
uncomfortable experience.
You may have an astronomy telescope that you could
use. Many of them have terrific magnification, but the image you see
might be upside down. If you want to use a telescope, look for an
observing or "spotting" scope. A tripod will be mandatory. There is no
way you can hold it steady like you see in those old movies about the
British Navy going after pirates. You won't see the "double lens"
effect when looking through binoculars. Those are just to let the viewer
know that the private investigator is using binoculars.
Another form of telescope(?) to look for is the kind
that has a single lens but a binocular eyepiece. I had a neighbor a
number of years ago that had one of those. We observed a car that was
at least a mile away and could tell that it was a four-door.
Whether binoculars, telescope or other viewing
device, get a good quality with high power. Otherwise your eyes may get
tired from the strain or the magnification won't be the best or the
image could be distorted, or any number of other objections. As with
the scanners (listed in another part of this guide) you get what you pay
for.
Places To Go
The Mall
I found that for naked-eye viewing, you can't beat a
shopping mall. Check around the shoe stores for women in skirts trying
on shoes. Look around the clothing stores for dressing rooms with
curtains (some Wal Marts). Get a cart and pile some stuff in it and act
like you're waiting for a female companion. Try not to act too obvious
and you might get lucky. Remember that you can peek through racks and
displays, too. I recommend
sunglasses for your ventures out to the mall. You can normally see
40-50° away from "straight ahead" if you contort your eyes. I
also suggests "reading" a magazine, but actually looking over the top.
There are ways to conceal what you're looking at, because unless a
person looks closely, you would seem to be reading. Most people are
more interested in shopping to bother looking to see where someone
else's vision is directed.
I have been caught only once. I was watching a girl
in a short dress, but wasn't really following her. It turned out that I
was parked about 4 cars away. As she got in her car, she turned and
said, "Did you get a good look?" She wasn't being friendly. Her friend
kinda went, "Huh?" but she was wearing jeans anyway.
If you think you've been spotted or caught (or about
to be), wave your arms and maybe call out someone's name. "Honey" is a
good one. That covers just about everyone, and if someone looks, it may
cover your ass. Or you can talk generically -- "Are you just about done
trying on clothes, dear?". The point is to make whoever has spotted you
think that you're there for a real reason -- other than hoping to see
some skin. However, once you have actually been caught, don't try to
bluff your way out. Vacate the place and move on. I was in a mall once
when a guy said, "That man has been standing down by the women's
bathroom watching little girls go in!". I've never heard a mall go
absolutely quiet before. I didn't see either man, but I saw security
run by a couple of minutes later. You don't want that to happen to you.
My dream is to find a place to observe a dressing
room from above, but that is probably not going to happen unless I build
my own clothes store. In that case I would put remote cameras behind
two-way mirrors. You don't want to stand behind the mirror. You might
fall through, and you can see through two-way mirrors
from the other side. Something like a second-hand store with clothing
and a dressing room would be an idea. Put video and still cameras behind
the mirrors and run the controls to another area of the building,
perhaps the "boss's office" where you can control them and get pictures.
Live video is okay, but you'll probably want videotape.
I once was going down a flight of steps at the mall.
Two high school girls were racing up the stairs. One tripped right in
front of me. She wasn't hurt, but I got a very nice
view of two softball-size breasts bobbing around braless under her
sweater. She was about 10th or 11th grade, but very
well equipped. Her friend saw where I was looking and giggled. The
flashing girl looked up at me, turned red and said, "Ooops!" and they
ran off.
At worst you can be arrested for trespassing. You
might also be charged with being a nuisance if you're trying to look
into a dressing room and be asked to leave the mall.
Hotels and Motels
Someone recently mentioned in here that you should go
to someplace like a deserted parking lot next to a hotel -- airports are
good -- and put up a sun shade to cover you. He said he got several
naked ladies in a month period. I would further add to that by having
some way of covering your other windows, leaving a small area to peek
out. You wouldn't want to have some security guard sneak up on you from
your blind side.
It is obviously illegal to trespass on someone's
property to window peep. At night your silhouette is visible from quite
a distance, and from nearer the house the light will reflect off your
face. That black stuff might be of some help in that regard, but there
is still the silhouette to contend with, and you may not want to be
wearing blackface if you are stopped by the police, heh.
There are probably things like loitering ordinances
which you might want to be aware of if you park in a darkened van down
by the river. Or out on a street. If you have some sort of magnetic
logo you can attach to the side of your vehicle (Security
for instance) and a CB antenna, you won't look so out of place,
especially in a hotel parking lot or similar place. Your vehicle will
have to look the part, though. OTOH, if you have a radio microphone and
a couple of scanners visible and operating, you could claim that you're
undercover and doing surveillance. Do not pull that on
the police, though, because if they check you out, you're screwed. You
might be able to claim that your girlfriend's ex-husband is causing
trouble and you're keeping an eye on him. I did that once, complete
with video camera and wireless mike. However, don't mess with the legal
authorities.
When I lived in the dorm at college, it was "U"
shaped. The girls had three of their own dorms and a wing of the one I
was in. I lived at the far end of one of the wings facing the inside.
I had a view of the entire girls' wing. It provided nightly views of
breasts, bush and butts. Some girls were very careless about how they
left their curtains, while others were more a "badge of honor" to even
see their underwear. The last I heard, though, they had built a new
girls' dorm, so the girls may be out for now. You could also
see the other side of the girls' wing by going to the Campus
Union. The third floor mens bathroom used to be the best, but the
window was bolted shut back in 1978. There are two second floor
bathrooms which offer a more limited view. If you go to the other side
of the Campus Union, you can peep on another girls' dorm.
The CU doesn't have push-bar doors, though, so if you hide in
one of the upstairs room, you could get locked in when the building
closes at midnight. The other guys' dorm doesn't have a view of much,
but if you go up on the sundeck you can see the sundeck of Wells House
with a telescope. Lots of sunbathing, some topless. Wells is "U" shaped
also, and you could get closer by going into the lobby and "wait for
your girlfriend" -- so girls sunbathed topless in the courtyard of the
"U". You can also linger in the courtyard at night, though your view
will be limited to the first floor or two, and the first-floor girls are
usually careful about closing their drapes. The upper floors don't
care, because who is going to look, another girl? You'd be surprised
how many girls watch other girls. I was visiting a girlfriend once and
as we were going past a room with an open door, I happened to glance
across the courtyard. "That girl is completely naked," I said. My
girlfriend stopped to watch as the girl changed clothes right next to
the window with the drapes wide open. "Freddy" dorm had a pool in its
courtyard, and on the end of the pool was the gymnasium. Peeping the
girls' locker room there was easy, as was seeing the
girls' wing of the dorm at an extreme angle for those girls who closed
their curtains almost all the way and a head-on view wouldn't reveal
anything. The gym had a couple of good peeping spots. Your college may
have a similar setup.
The same process could be applied to apartment
buildings. Many women seem to subconciously think that if a building is
too far away for them to see it, then they can wander naked without
fear. I guess they forget that neat invention called magnifying optics.
Also, if you prefer to look at males, the same things
apply. It's just that I happen to prefer watching females. When I
lived in the dorm mentioned above, I had a view of several rooms
occupied by guys. I noticed that at least 5 or 6 girls had their own
binoculars, and I made sure that I "accidentally" gave a peek whenever I
saw a girl doing some serious looking.
Highways etc.
I had dozens of good panty views while riding the bus
during my high school days. More recently I rode the city bus home from
work (a lengthy express route) and got peeks of three or four women who
were dozing.
For best results, get a pickup truck. I
understand from over-the-road truckers that you can see everything from
stocking-clad legs to naked bodies performing sexual activities. I
myself can attest to the fact that, viewing from a 3rd floor office,
there are many really incredible views of legs and more
of women driving down the street. I guess they don't realize that
anyone above the level of their window has a great view into their cars.
The only problem is that -- like looking up a short dress going up an
escalator in the mall -- the views are quite quick and you
have to be very lucky or have good timing.
Various Places
Another contributor reported getting several views of
girls of various ages while strolling along a beach. I am landlocked,
so I will take his word on that.
Some enterprising
individual has, as I understand it, an office or home or something
that's below street level. There is a fence, possibly near a bus stop,
through which he can see. The view is obviously tremendous, particularly
if the woman is wearing a skirt made of light material. The contributor
reports that dark material doesn't allow for a very good view. I would
debate that. Any view up a dress is interesting. It
takes me back to high school when I saw up the dresses of
nine of my teachers from 9th through 12th grade, with
four of them revealing a lot more than a young lad of
15 should be seeing. Anyway, the lighter material does show a
lot more.
A college friend of mine reported touring the top of
City Hall one day. It has an observation deck on the 39th floor or
thereabouts. It's always very windy. He said that one day a Norwegian
(or Swedish, he couldn't tell) blonde woman was up there when the wind
whipped her skirt up to her shoulders. He reported that she was not
wearing panties. She pushed it back down, and seemed unconcerned that
she had flashed the city and revealed to all that she shaved.
Needless to say, outright nudity is not going to be
too common, but when it does happen it will provide a
vivid memory for quite some time.
Bleachers at high school sporting events are a
treasure trove of panty shots. My memories of high school are filled
with the vision of seeing the panties of most of the girls I knew.
Bleachers are awkward to sit in if the woman is wearing a dress.
Leg-crossing is uncomfortable, and if there is much standing up and
sitting down, you could get lucky. The only problem is finding a reason
to be opposite the bleachers. A basketball court is not too bad, but a
football field has the bleachers so far apart as to be impractical
without binoculars. Standing down at the bottom of the bleachers is not
a good idea, because you can be spotted.
Cameras
35 mm Cameras
I used a 35 mm camera with a 150 mm telephoto lens.
My trips to places like the Renaissance Festival proved profitable.
There is no place to sit but on bales of hay, and the females tend to
wear short blue jean skirts.
I would like to get a bigger lens that lets me really
zoom in. Often, though, I was able to stand 10-15 feet away and get a
picture while she was looking elsewhere. I've got pictures of several
girls, though on a previous trip (sans camera) I saw a woman about 5
feet away from me do a very slow leg uncross, showing
off her blue panties under a very short skirt. An older woman flashed
her white panties (accidentally) wearing a full-length skirt.
Roliflex
There's a camera called Roliflex (I
think). You take off the lens cap and look down into
the top to frame up your picture. The thing is, you can aim the camera
at a 90° angle to your left or right and act like you're taking a
picture of something else while you're really snapping the babe in the
bikini. If she doesn't see you looking directly at her, she may not
notice the lens pointed in her direction. It is a fairly old camera,
and people may not catch on unless they're "hep" to photography. I
believe it's 35mm. Problem is, it's just a standard camera, so you
won't have a zoom lens. Unless you're fairly close, say 30-50
feet, forget it. Something like this is good for the nudist beach where
no one will notice (or care) if you're that close as long as you're not
pointing the camera right at them. You can probably find one at a yard
sale for next to nothing. They're about 6-7" tall and maybe 3'4" square
-- about like a square Morton's salt contaiiner. Even if you don't use
them for the purpose above, they're probably worth money to a collector.
Minox
Then let's not forget the ever-popular Minox. A very
small camera which came out of WWII, the Germans have given us a camera
not too much bigger than a Swiss Army knife. You've probably seen it
used hundreds of times in movies. It's about the size of an average
harmonica.
It could easily be concealed in a hollowed-out
paperback book with the lens facing out through the spine. Squeezing
the book would trip the shutter. It is a manual camera and you would
have to open the book to advance the film. However, it would be a good
way to get very close to an excellent peep view, turn your head in the
opposite direction and snap the picture.
The only place I know to get the Minox is at a
specialty camera store. It uses a non-standard film which probably has
to be shipped off. You can't take it down to the local One Hour Photo,
and I'm not even sure that there is color film available for it. It's
very non-standard and a hassle, but is probably the best for taking
clandestine pictures.
Addendum: Here is a bit that
appeared in a message or two about camera lenses:
>> Also, it used to be possible to buy a lens attachment for 35 mm
>> cameras that consisted of a tube that looked like a telephoto but
>> had a 45 degree mirror half way up and a side opening. This
>> allowed pictures to be taken of subjects that where at 90 degrees
>> to the way the camera was pointed - the ultimate upskirt lens at
>> train / bus stations or anywhere else that has seated women. Does
>> any one know if they are still available as I am about to replace
>> all my gear after a recent burglary.
> DO DOT USE THIS LENS. IT IS EXTREMELY EASY TO SPOT UNLESS YOU
> ARE SUPER-SCRUPULOUS ABOUT HOW YOU HANDLE IT.
> The mirror will reflect unwanted light, catching the eyes of
> everyone around you. I remember watching one guy who had the camera
> slung over his shoulder with the mirror pointing skyward,
> reflecting the sun into the eyes of everyone around him. People
> were looking at him and giggling... If you're shooting upward (as
> on a stair), the lens will point down but the mirror will point up.
> Anyone within 10 feet will see the sky reflected in your mirror.
> Nyet acceptabiliski.
Take this advice for what it's worth. You might run
into a situation where a boyfriend threatens to punch you for simply
looking in the direction of his girlfriend, to say nothing of shooting
pictures up her skirt.
Video
One contributor told an account of placing a video
camera in a shopping bag and going to the mall. He apparently got some
great looks up the dresses of several women. The only problem may have
been that it was a "full size" camera. There are some smaller hand-held
units, and the enterprising peeper might be able to easily conceal one
of those. The truly dedicated peeper might even invest in one of those
"spy" cameras which could go in a very, very small parcel -- perhaps
even a walking cane -- and produce the same results. The thing is to
keep from being too obvious.
My experience with video cameras is limited to the
broadcast field. The only practical advice I can offer is to remember
up from down. With a still camera you can turn the photograph to view
the picture. With a video camera you have a point of reference. If the
camera is upside down, the picture will be, too.
Random thoughts and comments
All my experience comes from watching girls. In high
school, I found a place under the bleachers where there was a vent
leading to the girls' locker room. Needless to say, we "lost" a lot of
ping pong and basketballs under the bleachers. Unfortunately, it was
not like Porky's (a very rare occurrence) and the vent was
heavy metal and the louvres were facing down -- we could see nothing but
the floor and the girls' feet as they were leaving the locker room, but
it made me wonder if there were other ways.
In eighth grade, the girls' locker room had a double
door that opened right into a hallway. It was a "T" shaped foyer
leading from the gym. If girls were going to/from the gym and the outer
door was open, you could see into the locker room. Once when we were
going out to run laps that happened. As luck would have it, the 8th
grade guys had gym with the 7th grade girls, and the 8th grade girls had
gym with the 7th grade guys. We never did find out whose butt it was
waving around in the air, but she was bent over pointing it directly
toward the door. It was quick and we dared not stay to look, because
Coach Welch was right behind us. He still owes me a swat for not saying
"Sir" when talking to him. At the time I resented him, but he got me to
where I could to 100-200 pushups with no sweat. Wish I was in that kind
of shape now. The first girl's "naughty bits" I ever saw was in that
school. One of my best friends, talking to a girl behind her, legs wide
open, beautifully visible through her pantyhose. She caught me and
turned as red as a beet. Later on some very interesting things happened
between her, one of her friends, and one of my friends, but that has
nothing to do with voyeurism, heh heh.
I recently went back to that old building, but it had
been remodeled into the Board of Education building. Sigh. I still
remember that smooth creamy butt after all these years. 24 of them, to
be exact. I'd love to find out who it was, though.
I would dearly love to see
pictures/video of a locker room/dressing room or shower taken
surreptitiously. It might have to be done by a female who has taken a
camera inside in order to please her boyfriend. Of course if I were to
watch guys I could just go in a locker room with a camera under a towel
or in a bag. I haven't been to a locker room in a few years, though.
Closing
I have been peeped myself. Once when I was in Boy
Scouts we were taking a course in Lifesaving. The course was given at
an enclosed pool at an apartment complex. We had finished swimming and
I went up into a corner to change back to my clothes. There were bushes
around part of the building and I was in a fairly darkened area of the
room. As I both pulled down my trunks and was drying off, I noticed two
girls (about 5th and 9th grade) standing there watching me from about
ten feet away, hidden between the bushes and the building. I reacted
naturally, and their eyes got bigger. They had already seen everything,
so I didn't make any effort to cover up until I was ready to pull up my
pants. In fact, I walked over right next to the window (a
floor-to-ceiling installation) and let them get a full, close-up view,
pretending I didn't know they were there. When I "noticed" them, I
covered up quickly, and said, "Ooops!". I think I was a senior in high
school at the time. After I dressed, they smiled, waved and walked off.
Take advantage of your opportunities to peep (and be
peeped). They happen a lot more frequently than you know -- you're just
otherwise engaged. One of my favorite memories is a girl walking up the
street. I was waiting at a bus stop and heard a woman whisper to her
friend and point. I looked and there was a girl walking away from us.
She had a slit skirt on, but for some reason it was slit up to her waist
and the slit was in the back. She was wearing red panties and the whole
seat was visible. It wasn't very subtle. Anyone behind her got a good
view. The point is, it lasted just a few seconds, but it was a pleasant
experience.