[Leica] photo'ing in a seminar. What would you have done?

[philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)]

I would have taken the photographs, too. Maybe a little joke at the  
first shots just to engage them, or to discover if they would  
disapprove.



Op 7-mei-06, om 11:17 heeft Richard het volgende geschreven:

> I was in a seminar today. There were 7 of us, critiquing each  
> other's work under the guidance of the lecturer (On topic: she used  
> to use a Leica too, may be still does). After a few hours, I  
> thought the interaction happenings were good, so I took out my M  
> and shoot here and there. Just a frame now and then. We went to  
> lunch and after restarting, I started firing off a shot or two.  
> Then one of the participants looked up and said, she doesn't  
> appreciate to be in the pictures, so of course I put the camera  
> away then. None of the other people, including the lecturer, spoke  
> up either before or after, and I know for sure that they saw me  
> shooting.
>
> So what would you have done? Not shooting at all since it may be  
> distracting? Ask permissions in the beginning first? Or? I sort of  
> figured that since we are all photographers that being  
> photographing would not have been an issue. Guess I was wrong.
>
> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly,  
> please use richard at imagecraft.com)
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