Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jayanand I was just making a general remark after Richard's interesting comments. Depending on your style, I think that it is possible to make worthwhile travel photos with people that you have met and shared a little conversation with of course and those need not be snapshots. Engaging a little rather and making portraits rather than shooting candids. One happy man just approached me when we were strolling simply to smile and offer me a high five! We crossed paths again at a restaurant at lunch and he came over with a smile and firm handshake just to say hello to a visitor. No, he wasn't trying to sell me anything! Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 29 October 2014 13:03, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > Geoff, > Wherever we went, any number of locals in the more rural areas, > especially women, wanted their photographs taken with Neela - probably > because Indian dress was exotic to them. That is normal, but it does > not make for exciting street photos. Just posed snapshots for > memories. > Cheers > Jayanand > > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 3:24 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > wrote: > > Interesting. For what its worth I was recently in Hong Kong for just a > few > > days and then about a week in Beijing. In Hong Kong some happy young > > students practised some excellent English and asked me to be photographed > > with them. Possibly like people standing with King Kong or something. > > > > Around Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, we were happy to have our > > photos taken with some lovely senior ladies who approached us with happy > > smiles and wanted souvenirs I guess with the funny looking and very much > > taller Australians. > > > > > > Cheers > > Geoff > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > On 29 October 2014 04:59, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> > wrote: > > > >> Hi folks, I understand that some of you have good luck photographing > >> Chinese in HK and China. China IS HUGE, so there are bound to be more > >> varied reactions, and certainly with the cellphones, lots of people take > >> their own selfies. However, I will like to raise a few points, NONE OF > THEM > >> SHOULD STOP you from continuing to do what you are doing before: Chinese > >> are particularly sensitive if you take them in situations where they > are in > >> less than stellar situations. For example, Jayanand's trying to take > >> playing mah joh is one of them. That would be showing them as gambling > - a > >> vice, even if they do engage in the activities every chance they get and > >> there is nothing illegal per se. Showing people loitering around when > they > >> should be working (i.e. if they are in some kind of uniforms) is > another. > >> Another big non-no is inside temples. Between 2007 and 2014, the HK > temples > >> already changed their policies quite a lot (because of cell phones?) and > >> it's now mostly "it's OK to photograph 'things' just not people." > >> > >> Finally, there may be very subtle body languages that tell you they > really > >> hate what you are doing, but that signals might be lost to non-Chinese. > >> > >> Again, keep on photographing, because I will do the same myself, but > just > >> trying to give some info. > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > >> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > >> // https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.CosplayPortraits > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >