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>Driving home from the movies
>Passing the back of a mall, some Chinese/Korean cooks are out having a smoke break
>They're posed and arranged in a really interesting way
>Decide to go up and introduce myself as a photographer and ask if I can take a picture
>Guys sort of look at eachother, one guy scoffs and says no
>Gets up, goes inside after saying something (definitely about me) in Hanmato-ese
>Thanks dude, I just wanted to catalog your visual badassery, geez
>Wish them a good night anyway
So, can we talk about approaching strangers for photos? Etiquette, strategies for actually convincing them, etc.
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Just take their fucking picture, you don't need permission
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Here's some advice form Ed Templeton.
More importantly you should just realize no one's going to do anything about it. Case in point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzysxHGZCAU
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>>3119407
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>out drunk with the lads
>have my shitty olympus P&S film camera with me
>walk past a bar, easily 40 feet away
>snap a picture because drunk as fuck
>keep walking for a minute or so
>guy keeps sprinting after us
>"Yo I was in that bar, why did you take a picture of me?"
>"huh? Idk, I'm drunk"
>"Okay but I don't like it when people take pictures of me"
>"Okay man"
then he walked away. Man people in this country are so autistic when it comes to taking pictures I swear
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>>3120061
>I'm black
good job on not being autistic and actually talking to people in public
bad for chinese people, but stop being a fucking pussy and get up in there face.. just don't step on private property
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>>3119407
>tfw you do in germany
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>>3120091
I do it all the time in Germany, I mean I don't ask the people. I just take pictures of them. Although I always get in trouble for it.
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>tfw me
>Smoking
>Walking down the street minding my own business
>Some creep is following me
>He's taking pictures of me with a fucking camera
>Awkwardly cover my face.. maybe he'll go away
>He doesn't
>Get angry
>Confront him
>He freaks out and apologizes
>I'm fucking
>Punch him
>He drops his stupid camera
>The little bitch freaks out
>Apparently he thinks old tech is worth thousands of dollars
>Laugh at the creep and walk away
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>>3120093
>Although I always get in trouble for it.
As is normal. I love photography but when people start snapping pics of me I get mad. People being in the background is no problem of course but being the subject; not without asking
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