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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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Am I a horrible person for posting my people photography on my insta? (alien.top)

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

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A while ago I made a post on hear asking if it was OK to post pictures of people in street photography, the general consensus was yes and its legal in England.

For some context I'm building a portfolio for uni and wanted to show off all my images.

Well my frend mentioned today it was super creepy and run as I didn't have their consent.

I'm torn, it was in a public place, its completely legal, you can't really tell who thay are in most of them,

Idk, I feel super bad, but I don't wanna delete them as they really add to my uni application. All photos have some people in If you're taking street photography.

What should I do?

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

At one extreme, people regard street photography as creepy by definition.

At the other, they'll do a Bruce Gilden and pop a flash in your face.

You will need to work out where you stand yourself whilst aware that you cannot possibly please everyone. No matter how you do it, street photography comes with a heavy split in opinions.

Personally, I follow the law and take my photos without anyone noticing. In the very rare case that someone does notice and objects, I delete their photo. I don't approach people after taking their photo to ask for their permission, as where I live, people generally prefer to be left alone. That is cultural and varies across the globe.

I'm also a big fan of reflections and silhouettes where you can't identify anyone. Like so:

https://preview.redd.it/12r51d6y9izb1.jpeg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ef4abf77529f837fdfc485eacd78967f0d6ce116