yeah, sure! that's what it's all about...

I think I would have told the guy, "You're in public. Get used to it. Besides, your image is captured by security cameras everywhere you go. How does that grab you?"
 
randolph45 said:
Yesterday I mailed my postcards for the RFF project and I throught I'd document the clerks hand adding the extra stamps.Just the hand on the scale where the cards were lying. The response was you can't take that in here. Why?
Because the boss said so. Not wanting to start a confrontation I deleated the shot after I showed it to the clerk. Go figure.
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Had you been shooting film, what would you have done?
 
The Tilley hat should have been your first warning sign Joe. Yea, just walk away, you are wasting your breath arguing/lecturing someone in these circumstances.

Bob
 
FrankS said:
I have a t-shirt that says: What if the Hokey-Pokey really IS what it's all about?
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You never know. People must have been pondering that for a long time. There's even a Shakespearean version. :D

Be sure to recite this with a stentorian voice in your best thespian style!

O proud left foot, that ventures quick within
Then soon upon a backward journey lithe.
Anon, once more the gesture, then begin:
Command sinistral pedestal to writhe.
Commence thou then the fervid Hokey-Poke,
A mad gyration, hips in wanton swirl.
To spin! A wilde release from Heavens yoke.
Blessed dervish! Surely canst go, girl.
The Hoke, the poke -- banish now thy doubt
Verily, I say, 'tis what it's all about.
-- by "William Shakespeare"
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Actually I think someone submitted it to the Washington Post as some sort of contest entry. You gotta love it!
 
play it safe. no signed releases needed.

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Joe, I've tried this when I was accosted in a similar fashion:

"If I wait to get your permission, then you'll look like you want, not like you are."

Sorry to hear about your trevails... but then I guess that's half the fun/excitement of trying to produce great street photography. :)
 
Jamie123 said:
With all due respect but I think you should stop whining. It is your right to take a picture of anyone in public but it is equally their right to not like it and get upset.
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Absolutely perfectly put. The continual complaining in here about "negative" responses when street shooting is what really surprised me. It's like going to war and then complaining that there are certain people shooting at you !! Surely shooting someone without getting their express permission will upset a certain portion of people - these are the rules of engagement, it's what you signed up for - so why is it also a headline news event ?
 
talk about over reacting...

...this is what i said...'that's my first negative encounter in years and while i know it hardly high drama...i was taken aback somewhat...'
 
Ya know.... maybe it's the culture.

I say that knowing what Canadian (and specifically Toronto) folks are like.

For the most part, in larger cities, most people don't care but there are folks even in larger cities like Toronto that shy away or are even extremely camera aware.

When I was in France recently, most people didn't care. They paid NO attention other than "Pardon monsieur" for fear that they were "ruining" my photos when I may have wanted them in my shot.

Part of the problem with "our cameras" is the fact that they are, actually, cameras. I've said it before but; the moment one raises the camera up to one's eye to take a photo people take notice; regardless of what "type" of camera we're using. We can talk all we want about how discreet the Leica/Rangefinder/Fuji X/Ikon/Voigtlander/etc. are but in the end, people notice that activity/motion.

Had you had a cellphone or, perhaps, even a P&S that you had to hold at arms length, most folks wouldn't have batted an eye lash.

In France, I never had ONE person take offense over me taking a photo of them; regardless of which city we were in. People in North America really need to relax and understand that they are not the centre of the universe.

I'm sorry that you had to experience something like this Joe...but it's not on you... at least not to me.. it's on that person imparting a sense of self importance on themselves...

Just my 2 Canuck cents,
Dave
 
I wonder where he got the hat? My wife said I need to wear a hat with a brim to block the sun from beating down on the tops of my ears. Wife said skin cancer on ears are rampant because of the sun's rays. Thats kinda the hat that I had in mind.
 
Maybe it's that pink shirt he got as a gift from someone and had to where it!
Sorry to hear about your experience today, I was in New York City today taking
pictures at a street fair and so far no problems yet, but once in awhile you get
that one person that messes up your day, but we keep going and take those pictures
then you meet ten other people who don't mind being in your picture and you forget
about that one guy.

Range
 
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