(o)(o) wrote:RiK wrote:(o)(o) wrote:but otherwise I'd want permission or at least some non verbal cue that the person is willing to be shot (eg the glance of the guy playing the recorder) before taking photos of people going about their business.
LOL.. Actually, about 3 seconds later he got up and threatened to 'ram my fucking camera up my fucking arsehole sideways until it bleeds'.
What.. seriously ??
I guess it's easier to discern in person, photographs being a snapshot of time and all that.
Yep seriously. That is however the only time I've ever had anyone take issue with me taking street images.
When I tried to have a reasonable conversation with him about it he got even more irate and told me to 'stop being such a patronising cunt with the big words' (what, like 'public' or 'privacy'?). So, I simply said, 'nice tunes mate, have a nice day' and carried on down the road with my friends.
Five minutes later, he popped up again as we were standing down the road chatting and went off on his tirade again. He'd actually followed us down the road to have a pop. Funnily enough though, he did this within earshot of a couple of local police officers. I pointed out that i was in fact entirely within my rights to take a photo of anything, or anyone I wanted to in a public place, to which one of the PC's just said 'he's right, he is' and then wandered over to have a 'quiet word' with the chap.
o/
