Comments on: What You Need To Know Before Taking That Photo https://thetravellingfool.com/what-you-need-to-know-before-taking-that-photo/ Traveling off the Tourist Path Tue, 04 Dec 2018 19:26:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Elsa Dixon https://thetravellingfool.com/what-you-need-to-know-before-taking-that-photo/#comment-106262 Tue, 04 Dec 2018 19:26:23 +0000 https://thetravellingfool.com/?p=8971#comment-106262 An incident that stands out in my mind after a good 15 years took place when I photographed an orthodox Jewish person from the back at a distance, and another passerby hissed at me with great venom:” You ought to be ashamed of yourself!” I still smart from that comment. Your article made me feel much better, after all these years. I meant no harm, his face was not visible, and he was totally unaware that he had been photographed.

]]> By: David https://thetravellingfool.com/what-you-need-to-know-before-taking-that-photo/#comment-105958 Tue, 22 May 2018 09:53:35 +0000 https://thetravellingfool.com/?p=8971#comment-105958 I find it courteous to ask a person permission before snapping them. Great read Bob.

]]> By: thetravellingfool https://thetravellingfool.com/what-you-need-to-know-before-taking-that-photo/#comment-103154 Wed, 03 Jan 2018 16:43:11 +0000 https://thetravellingfool.com/?p=8971#comment-103154 In reply to Kyle Williams.

I can relate to the tram incident. It is easy to become so focused on what you are trying to shoot you can forget your surroundings.

]]> By: Kyle Williams https://thetravellingfool.com/what-you-need-to-know-before-taking-that-photo/#comment-103148 Wed, 03 Jan 2018 11:47:28 +0000 https://thetravellingfool.com/?p=8971#comment-103148 Best tip is be mindful of culture & sensitive to what’s going on around you! e.g. Pointing a camera at a Muslim woman (usually in a burka) will invariably lead to a swift smack in the chops (as happened to my dad in Egypt!) Other faiths & cultures can be VERY sensitive about stuff we might think nothing of! Some peoples still think taking a photo somehow takes their spirit away, so you’re going to get a VERY violent reaction (e.g. when you do your “Livingstone” bit & trek the jungles!) Military personnel ANYWHERE I would say is a no no, unless it’s a display of some sort! Even seemingly “ordinary” things can get a reaction! Decades ago I was in the old soviet Bratislava & it was the first time I’d seen people queuing for bread. I whipped out my camera & within seconds I had to run! Think logically & I realised the secret police would take photos like that, no wonder they were mad! Inside museums, just because there’s no “no photos” signs doesn’t mean it’s OK, I ALWAYS ask! The more I travel, the more I realise things are different!
A final thought, don’t get so focused on what’s through the lens that you either miss something else or get yourself killed (yes, I’ve been so focused on a photo I backed onto tram lines, with one coming!)

]]> By: Jamie Italiane https://thetravellingfool.com/what-you-need-to-know-before-taking-that-photo/#comment-99728 Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:48:17 +0000 https://thetravellingfool.com/?p=8971#comment-99728 Useful and helpful. I always shied away from taking photos of people in the US because I wasn’t sure.

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