Randi N.
MANHATTAN,
United States
2402 posts
|
suppose you're walking in the park, maybe with a friend. just a normal outing.
then all of a sudden a short black girl comes out of nowhere with a dslr and asks to take your picture.
she doesn't look too freaky, but you watch the news...everyone and their mother is insane these days. who knows where those photos could end up.
she simply explains she'd really like to take a quick photo of you, she wants to be a photographer. she has model release forms and everything and even explains where you can find the picture after she edits it. she's building a college portfolio.
would tell her to take a hike and go photograph a tree?
(and how do you feel if, lets say, it was your child or little sibling she asked to take a photo of?)
on a scale of not at all to that weird old neighbor that always asks if you'd like a piece of candy, how creeped out would you be and would you say yes?
over 2 years ago
|
Jade H.
PONTEFRACT,
United Kingdom
38 posts
ahaha :) ive had this done to me a few times when im walking through town, i could tell straight away they were photography students because i had to do the same thing for my photography work. So i wasnt freeked out at all, infact i found it sweet they chose me aha. Aslong as you are polite and explain yourself i think it doesnt come across as creepy. I was really shy the first time i had to go around the streets asking strangers, but i just looked for people who i could tell would understand me to save the embaressment. My friend is more confident then me and chooses older people with little kids, but usually they just look at her weird aha.
November 13, 2010
Kaiami ..
BROOKLYN,
United States
14 posts
Normally I wouldn't be creeped out at all, because when I have my picture taken, it's always been because I'm dressed up or at an event. I would be mildly creeped out if someone wanted a picture on a normal outing, though.
November 13, 2010
Randi N.
MANHATTAN,
United States
2402 posts
alrighty, nice to know. thanks everyone :]
November 13, 2010
Aurora ..
ONTARIO,
Canada
3744 posts
I don't think I would be too creeped out (because I've tried to do that), but it's never happened before.
November 14, 2010
Vicky V.
ANTWERP,
Belgium
932 posts
I've had people asking me to take my picture twice, once for a women's lifestyle magazine and once for two girls' thesis about fashion and identity. So yeah the main focus was on my outfit.
However, two weeks ago, some man came up to me in the store I work at and told me in bad Dutch that he'd like to photograph me because of my unique face (I rly don't have a unique face, maybe more or less a out of the ordinary appearance overall) and that was slightly creepy, probably because it was a man.
So yeah I don't think you should worry. It's only flattering, really.
November 14, 2010
Preying M.
MANCHESTER,
United Kingdom
49 posts
i'd say yeah, normally just because it's your outfit they want to photograph.
i've had people who look like models ask to photograph me and you feel insane that THEY'D want to photograph YOU, but i've had older men asking to photograph me too and that is kindof weird and i have said no before.
i think you just gotta remember that they're photographing you, you've got clothes on and you're in public. you just gotta smile and let them do it, it can be creepy but it feels great as you walk away and that's what you remember really, not if the guy had a beard or not.
f
November 14, 2010
.☽blair ☾.
SALEM,
United States
1932 posts
I would say yes if it were myself. If it were one of my younger sisters (16 & 14) I'd really have to think about.
November 15, 2010
Nicole S.
Canada
166 posts
I got asked that once by a photography student... she said she'd email the pictures to me but she never did. I thought it was cool.
She had reflectors and was in a group of students, though.
November 19, 2010
Karime L.
EL PASO,
United States
379 posts
I wouldn't freak out at all, unless they asked me to take some clothes off or something of the sort. I'd also need to have a way [like this person's cell phone number] of contacting this person because she DID take my picture. About the little ones? well, no, i suppose i wouldn't allow it because i would not want to risk those children's life, what if its for kidnapping purposes?
November 20, 2010
Randi N.
MANHATTAN,
United States
2402 posts
uh that's harsh O_o
November 20, 2010
Samantha M.
VANCOUVER,
Canada
276 posts
I would be totally fine with that, I do not know why people would be so uptight about that.
November 21, 2010
Cloe I.
A FIELD OF LAVENDER,
Canada
186 posts
I'd feel flattered more than anything else.
November 21, 2010
Ben Y.
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, UK,
United Kingdom
469 posts
It's a shame how paranoid people naturally are about this.
November 22, 2010
Ruth T.
$,
United States
184 posts
really,
I'd let her .
I'm not naked or anything.
so who gives an eff.
she gave me all the data i need to find the photo she took & all.
November 22, 2010