Very nice. The colour shots are often striking - so rich in tone! One of the photos I liked most was the b&w of the 2 woman at a market stall (?) and one is noticing you - do you get people saying "no photo" or "delete that photo"? I ask as I've found this happening more often of recent when I snap at my local street market. Unsure why but there's definitely an anti-photo vibe about here.
Cheers, Garth. I find it depends on where you are. Thailand is easy, as people generally love being photographed, plus the novelty of an actual camera and a retro-looking one helps. I also never sneak; I'm upfront and smiling, camera in hand, and I thank people. I think a big part is attitude. Non-threatening.
And as I said, where you are makes a difference. People are more aggressive in NZ, I find, also in LA, but not in NYC, where they are used to street photography. France mostly cool, Spain and Portugal too, China dead easy as nobody has an expectation of privacy. Vietnam easy, Japan less so. Singapore people are rude as a rule anyway, so they don't like it despite having some of the anyone-can-take your pic rules.
But mostly, be respectful, don't sneak, smile, and most people don't care, I find.
That's cool. I don't take a lot of photos with people in but have noticed in my chunk of south east London people getting more aggrieved - even if they're not in the photo.... often its older Black women, who probably have lots of valid reasons not to like white men (but i'm not photographing them - they give me attitude just for taking a photo of the market/street/shop front). Londoners aren't noted for their outgoing nature and in a poor hood with lots of problems its probably just people expressing their frustrations.
Nice eye Si...
Cheers, Des :-)
Very nice. The colour shots are often striking - so rich in tone! One of the photos I liked most was the b&w of the 2 woman at a market stall (?) and one is noticing you - do you get people saying "no photo" or "delete that photo"? I ask as I've found this happening more often of recent when I snap at my local street market. Unsure why but there's definitely an anti-photo vibe about here.
Cheers, Garth. I find it depends on where you are. Thailand is easy, as people generally love being photographed, plus the novelty of an actual camera and a retro-looking one helps. I also never sneak; I'm upfront and smiling, camera in hand, and I thank people. I think a big part is attitude. Non-threatening.
And as I said, where you are makes a difference. People are more aggressive in NZ, I find, also in LA, but not in NYC, where they are used to street photography. France mostly cool, Spain and Portugal too, China dead easy as nobody has an expectation of privacy. Vietnam easy, Japan less so. Singapore people are rude as a rule anyway, so they don't like it despite having some of the anyone-can-take your pic rules.
But mostly, be respectful, don't sneak, smile, and most people don't care, I find.
That's cool. I don't take a lot of photos with people in but have noticed in my chunk of south east London people getting more aggrieved - even if they're not in the photo.... often its older Black women, who probably have lots of valid reasons not to like white men (but i'm not photographing them - they give me attitude just for taking a photo of the market/street/shop front). Londoners aren't noted for their outgoing nature and in a poor hood with lots of problems its probably just people expressing their frustrations.