Dogman
Veteran
I've had very few negative reactions to shooting people pictures in public. The oddest thing that ever happened was in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Native Americans sell handicrafts on the town plaza. While shopping, my wife-- who is an occasional snapshooter only--started to lift her Canon Rebel to take a picture and was confronted by one of the vendors who berated her for taking pictures without permission. It was odd because I was standing beside my wife at the time and had been shooting pictures for several minutes with my Leica M6. My wife is fairly small and unobtrusive while I am tall and rather massive and hard to miss in a crowd. I put it down to the Leica being so stealthy or myself being so formidable.
I am confronted for handouts on the street more often by panhandlers in various stages of intoxication than people upset because of my photographing them.
I am confronted for handouts on the street more often by panhandlers in various stages of intoxication than people upset because of my photographing them.