Lads what do you do if you take a picture of someone in public and they threaten to beat you up?
>>2839872
Shoot them dead like a dog in the street.
fight them or run away if they're bigger than you
>>2839872
Act cool. Explain what you're doing and offer to delete the image if they want you to.
punch em first
>>2839872
Depends.
How did you take it? Like a autistic creep? Or did you smile and give a thumbs up?
99% of people do not give a shit, and those who do usually just are curious.
I got yelled at ONCE by some croatian geezer, and he shook his fist at me - I smiled and walked away.
>>2839886
I was covert, like all good street photographers
>>2839872
Pull out my gun and shoot them with that instead.
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It's been a while OP
>>2839872
Start randomly taking pictures of the sky and buildings and act confused when they confront me
>That face
i just smile like stupid and walk away
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>>2839889
this is the real reason you need to buy large lenses like a 70-200mm 2.8 vr ii or a sigma 35mm 1.4 hsm art
you need a big stick to clobber people when they violate the non-aggression principle
>>2839889
>le cult leader Molyneux
Hope you donated to freedomain radio this month, viewer.
>>2840307
Then you'll get the cops called on "that pervert with a huge lens"
>>2839880
>Act cool.
do this indeed
>offer to delete the image if they want you to.
don't do this, ever
it's in your right to take photos of people if they are visible from public places (laws vary from country to country but that's usually it) and if they tell you that you can't or you have to delete pics of them or they have to pay you they're just bullies
if you will use the pics for commercial purpose then you need them to sign a release paper, and if they don't you may either delete the pics or censor them so the subjects are unrecognizable, but they don't have a say on the matter
tell them what you're doing is legal and you will gladly call the cops if they have any doubt
>>2840307
Also makes you look more pro. People won't question a pro.
>>2840307
Fucking terrible advice for street tog
>>2840319
I gave him a dollar
>>2840631
I shoot street with a 600mm and a 4x extender
>>2840728
Hopefully you have it on at least a aps-c, preferably a micro 4/3. Anything less than 4800mm for street photography is just asking for trouble
>>2840742
>Anything less than 4800mm for street photography is just asking for trouble
lmao. anyone recall that last alphon thread? some street photo done from like a rooftop with a tele looool.
Situations I've been in:
"What the fuck did you take my picture for?"
>I thought you were looking great today, I like the hat, it's a good combo. I take pictures of people looking fly.
"Make me famous?"
>I'll try.
"Why?"
>Why not?
"You're not allowed to take my photograph in the street."
>Yes I am. Besides, I wasn't taking your picture, you just got in the way. You ruined MY shot.
"Who is that for? Who are you showing a photograph of me?"
>I'm a photographer working with **** university, I'm just taking photographs of the local area
"Do you have any I.D.?"
>I was just about to ask you the same thing, I need to send you a copy of the photograph, it's the university's policy.
"I'll break that fucking camera."
>And you'd never stop paying for it.
"You're not allowed to take photographs of the building or the staff."
>But i'm on the street, it's legal for me to take a photograph of anything I can see from a public footpath."
"No, You're inside the boundary of the building and its illegal."
>Oh sorry, where does the boundary end?
"Just there."
>Okay, I'll move back three feet, there we go, now it's legal again.
"I'll call security."
>Don't waste your time. They'll just ask me to leave, and I already took my photographs legally. I didnt photograph any cameras, and you have no reason to suspect I am acting suspiciously - i'm using a tripod for God's sake, i'm not being furtive.
"I'll punch you if you take my photograph"
>Have a good day
Another good technique is to pretend you were shooting something behind them. Look past them, rather disgruntled by their presence, as you emerge from behind the viewfinder.
>>2840644
>$1
>>2840757
>You're not allowed to take photographs of the building or the staff."
Ive had this said to me before. It gets annoying after a while
>>2840757
None of this ever happened.
>>2839872
Nothing, just ignore them. If you think you can reason with the kind of people who threaten strangers on the street you are just asking for trouble. I don't understand why the rules change when you are taking pictures. If you look at someone and they start yelling at you and threaten to beat you up do you also have to explain to them why you were looking at them? If you are walking and you bump into someone and they threaten to beat you up do you have to explain why you were walking?
Worse than people who scream at strangers on the street are photographers who set a bad precedent for other photographers. See:
>>2839880
>>2839886
>>2840543
So someone confronts you and you proceed to act nice and cool while you explain to them what you're doing. So now that person and everyone around them expects every single photographer to do the exact same thing. Same goes for people who get mad and talk down to people who try to confront photographers. Even worse are the photographers who tell people they look beautiful/interesting and that they really wanted to take their picture. If you don't care about other photographers than that perfectly fine, do whatever gives you the outcome you want. Otherwise just stop making it worse for everyone else and keep walking. You are just setting a terrible example. Why waste your time with the less 1% of people who don't know how to behave just because you are taking pictures?
The only person in this thread who has good advice is: >>2840307
Worse case scenario have your camera handy to defend yourself. That is why I prefer metal film cameras. I'm looking into getting a nice tripod too.
TL;DR If you don't ignore people who confront you you are making it harder on yourself and everyone else.
>>2840757
Thanks for sharing.
I've had a number of people yell and threaten me so I feel a bit validated now.
Break my camera? Punch me? Poor your drink on me? Yeah, your effort of stopping me from legally taking a photo of you will definitely be worth the jail/court time.
I really can't begin to understand why people say these things with the level of consequence they could put themself in.
>>2840815
They aren't really planning on following through with it. It's a bluff meant to avoid physical conflict, not instigate it.
>>2840757
>Out taking photos with friends downtown
>In some sort of a plaza that's not public property
>We see some Paul Blart looking security guy making a b-line right for us
>Walk a couple feet onto the sidewalk and he just stops dead in his tracks
>>2840299
Mexican bro in the mexican border?
>betas convincing themselves they're heroes by claiming to pull out guns and shoot a douche for making a threat
I own multiple guns and conceal license and I say get fucking real. If you shoot some meathead for saying "I FUK U UP BRO" then I'll gladly watch you face jailtime.
>>2841095
Yes
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>>2841103
>I own multiple dragon dildos and fedoras*
Fixed that for ya, yer welcum.
last week I was trying to take a photograph of Marina city (Chicago) while holding up a corn cob in the shot for comparison.
An angry security guard came by and told me I couldn't take photographs from where I was stood. He swiped the corn out of my hand and then picked it up and took it away with him.
I want my corn back.
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>>2844634
They took your cob?
>>2844634
THEY TUK YER COB !
I have bear spray and a 12" boot knife i carry with my camera. (hiking a lot). Tbh i'd rather end up with a cougar skull then a human.
