Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If the subject of the Amish interest you; I'd recommend that you approach the community (whatever that may mean for you) and establish relationships which may very well lead to far more opportunities; not to mention understanding of what may be appropriate and what may not be. You may very well find that various parts of the community have various thoughts, rules and feelings about "being photographed." You may be making assumptions which in fact are not true. Then again your assumptions may prove correct. In either case you'll learn and they may as well. Knowledge = power; in both life and photography. Fond regards, George george@imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Jul 16, 2008, at 5:59 PM, Rob McClure wrote: > Wondering what some of you think about shooting pictures of people > whose religion forbids being photographed (i.e., Amish)? I > struggle with this regularly as there are lots of Amish in Ohio and > they live in such picturesque environments. My personal approach > has been to photograph their farms, buggies, etc. at will but not > to photograph them from the front. Usually, I just do grab shots > from the car but never of them unless they don't see me (i.e., from > behind, long tele, etc.). Am I being too sensitive?