A vest-with-multiple-pockets works quite well, when one has an obvious camera, on a strap.
One can complete the image, with a Tilley hat. Grandpa, perhaps a tourist, who wants to take pictures of things.
I wear the Tilley hat far more often than the vest.
I almost live in Vertx trousers, tan in color. I believe most of mine are the Fusion model.
My footwear is quite variable. At the moment, I am wearing something Merrell, bought on clearance, that look like a cross between a lightweight running shoe, and a water shoe.
I reckon I look more REI-ish than tactical, though I have been avoiding REI, since the Vista Outdoors thing. Even so, a certain element of society picks up on the cop vibe, when I “observe” them. I do try to be observant. One does not want to be a “civilized Indian,” to borrow a couple of words from Chief Dan George, spoken during “ The Outlaw Josey Wales.”