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

[walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)]

Richard:

Even after 35 years of reasonably hard-core photojournalism I'd have 
asked permission before hand.. In a  private situation, such as you were 
in, people have a right to expect their privacy is respected. In public, 
all is fair game., although striking up a conversation with a subject 
can sometimes make for better images.

Walt


Richard wrote:

> 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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