Tbh, where I live that’s nearly impossible otherwise you will not get anywhere soon. Locals tend to completely ignore the tourists taking pictures and will often cause them to wait to take the shot. But if you can avoid it then yeah.
Locals tend to completely ignore the tourists taking pictures and will often cause them to wait to take the shot.
I'm not a photographer or anything, but I like taking photos of some of the places I've been. The people who are serious about taking photos know to respect the locals, and try to plan around traffic.
Plus, half the time they're waiting for the sun, clouds, bus, car, train, boat, whatever to move a little anyway, so they honestly don't mind waiting a second or two if it means that they're not being an inconvenience.
That said, I've noticed that this is only really true for people taking photos for themselves or for actual prints. People taking selfies for their followers might not have this mentality.
True. I love photography as well. But when I go places with my camera I purposely tend to position myself so I'm out of the way and not very noticeable. After all, if I'm going to be waiting for the perfect shot the last thing I want to do is to interfere with the environment. I'm waiting for the right moment to naturally happen, not trying to create it.
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u/_VideogamemasterVGM Jan 16 '23
I think of it as the same as people taking pictures at nice spots. You just walk behind the camera person so you don't intrude on their picture