yanidel
Well-known
If you have some time to spend on a little quizz :
http://blog.yanidel.com/2009/09/07/tourists-and-photography-quizz/
Warning, this is full of stereotypes
But wondering if others also have found patterns on the way tourists from different nationalities take pictures ?
http://blog.yanidel.com/2009/09/07/tourists-and-photography-quizz/
Warning, this is full of stereotypes
But wondering if others also have found patterns on the way tourists from different nationalities take pictures ?
arseniii
Well-known
Funny! I am in Canada so I got Russians, Americans, Japanese and Italians right...
Not sure how Spanish, Argentinean and British habits look like!
Not sure how Spanish, Argentinean and British habits look like!
Brad Maestas
Established
It's a bit faulty because there are 8 nationalities but only 7 descriptions. I think 5 and 6 are switched because they very obviously allude to Russians in the description that includes the photogs sitting in bars and wearing shorts in December. Oh well, still worth mulling over, though.
I certainly do notice photographic peculiarities with different people but they tend to be more of a case-by-case basis and are not necessarily reflective of their nationality in any way. Not sure I agree with the old Japanese man that carefully composes his shot with a tripod and finds it gone when he makes it into the frame but it is an amusing mental image. I find most Nihonjin quite dextrous with their cameras. After all, they are apparently the most plentiful appreciators and users of Leica film cameras. The inclusion of Argentinean is a bit odd. Like arseniii, I'm not sure I have ever noticed an Argentinian photographer display any noticeable traits. Now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever seen an Argentinian photographer! Plenty of Chilean, Brazilian, Columbian, Ecuadorian, Uruguayan and Paraguayan photogs but no Argentineans!
(no but seriously, I have met several Chilean and Brazilian photogs and they're just as peculiar as anyone else.)
I certainly do notice photographic peculiarities with different people but they tend to be more of a case-by-case basis and are not necessarily reflective of their nationality in any way. Not sure I agree with the old Japanese man that carefully composes his shot with a tripod and finds it gone when he makes it into the frame but it is an amusing mental image. I find most Nihonjin quite dextrous with their cameras. After all, they are apparently the most plentiful appreciators and users of Leica film cameras. The inclusion of Argentinean is a bit odd. Like arseniii, I'm not sure I have ever noticed an Argentinian photographer display any noticeable traits. Now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever seen an Argentinian photographer! Plenty of Chilean, Brazilian, Columbian, Ecuadorian, Uruguayan and Paraguayan photogs but no Argentineans!
(no but seriously, I have met several Chilean and Brazilian photogs and they're just as peculiar as anyone else.)