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A place to politely discuss the tools, technique and culture of photography.

This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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How do you approach strangers? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by therake620@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I am a quite shy person ad often, when i find an interesting composition-subject (like a person doing something, a goup of people in a nice setting etc), i struggle to capture it because i feel like i’m being rude taking pictures without their approval, but at the same time i think that, by asking them, the spontaneity of the shot would be compromised. What’s your take about it?

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[–] Lidge1337@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Illegal in some countries. Can't legally post the photos anywhere without the person's consent on both taking the photo AND posting it.

[–] Ksanti@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Depends very heavily on whether there's a reasonable expectation of privacy. There are almost no countries where taking a photo in a public place requires consent unless you're violating a reasonable expectation of privacy, stalking or harassing them.

Posting is a different matter and varies more, but OP asked about taking photos rather than posting.

[–] ignorethesewordz@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

What countries? I know Germany has different laws than most western countries first and example.