Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]snips from various messages on this subject >>there was an old Nigerian woman in tribal garb who did not like to have >>her picture taken. So I stood directly in front of her, pointed the 300 >>f 2,8 in her face, and my friend was at an angle to her, when I got her >>attention he got the shot. snip >>Ironically, I have found that I don't like it when I see a tourist >>pointing a video camera at me !! snip >>How many of us feel that it is now getting more difficult to even take >>street photographs without arousing suspicion, fear, anger, or even threat >>of bodily harm from the subjects? What are your ways of overcoming these >>barriers? snip >>I am one of those kind of people that I just >>to shoot and do not really want to answer a lot of questions. snip >>If you go sneaking around with a camera looking suspicious, you get >>what you ask for... What happened to politeness? Why assault people? I agree if you walk up to someone (especially the wrong one) and jab your camera in their face you might get more than a picture. Maybe those reluctant subjects just want to walk around and not be photographed, like you not wanting to answer a lot of questions. Respectfully, Henry Ambrose My first post here, starting things off with a bang!