Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello, When I was at a National Football Hall of Fame Induction reception (indoors in very low light), my husband and I were sitting at a table with Ozzie Newsome, when a fan approached asking Oz to sign his tie. Sensing an opportunity, I raised my M6 when another (adult) fan who was leaning across the table into the shot exclaimed, "Don't take my picture!" My thought was, "Then get out of the frame, pal." I shot anyway (the M6 was so quiet, and without flash, most around the table automatically assumed that the camera malfunctioned and/or that I was clueless.) The result? One of my best shots ever! ...Easier to ask forgiveness... Sandy > > If some other observer gets in the shot and then > > turns to say "Don't you take my picture!", I'm going > > to respond, "Well, get out of the way!" This is news > > reportage of a public event in a public place. > > You can say this even if it isn't newsworthy, although a nicer wording might > be > advisable. In public places, people cannot object to being in the frame if > you > are not photographing them. Monuments and other items of interest are not > going > to move, so if someone doesn't want to be photographed with them, he'll have > to > move out of the way. He cannot expect you to refrain from taking pictures > until > he is no longer there; if everyone did that, you'd never get any pictures at > all. >