Joaquim Carvalho asked; >How acceptable is it to take pictures of people >without asking for permission? >
It depends on a lot of things. The answer on this question will vary a lot from one culture to another. Have you ever observed an Englishman talking with an Arabian? If they stand upright at an open space, the Englishman will constantly be backing off, and the Arabian will move forward. Very funny. The explanation is simple, the Englishman prefers more space around him than the Arabian. If the Englishman is one of the creatures of this list, it would probably be a completely different issue. They would bump into each other. I'm not referring to any particular person now. I'm just in silly old fart mode, as usual. Here in the rural parts of Norway it is unacceptable to stick a camera under somebody's nose and shoot without asking. In some walleyes you could end up with a knife sticking out of your belly ;-) In the capital, and other more urban regions, there's completely different. There people would ask for a copy of the photo (if your gear looks impressive enough). Tim Another Norwegian. Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke?) -----Original Message----- From: Joaquim Carvalho [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27. juni 2005 18:36 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Porto street shots (?) How acceptable is it to take pictures of people without asking for permission? On Sun, 2005-06-26 at 14:35, Joaquim Carvalho wrote: > Some Porto street shots (?) taken with the SMC FA 80-320mm F4.5-5.6 > mostly at 320mm (480mm on the *ist DS) F6.8 1/500 200 ASA > > http://x64.com/joaquim/photo/photo03 > > These people were minding their own business and I wouldn't want to > interrupt them, > this would not have been possible with a noisy eye level SLR and a lens > much shorter > than 200mm > >
