Some people …
Saturday, July the 22nd, 2006
… mind having their picture taken.
… really mind having their picture taken.
… don’t mind posing for a picture.
… love to pose for a picture.
… don’t know their picture is being taken.
What about you?
July 24th, 2006 at 1:20 am
What do you think?
July 24th, 2006 at 9:34 am
You? Or people in general?
July 24th, 2006 at 1:05 pm
I would be the person in the top photo at the present time.
July 24th, 2006 at 1:06 pm
i have way too much photographic evidence strewn around to report indifference!
July 24th, 2006 at 1:07 pm
oh, but then i ahve such a nice plea! Its all for the altar of Art :)
July 24th, 2006 at 5:47 pm
Doesn’t it also matter who the photographer is? If someone was clicking away at me in a supermarket or something with his camera phone, I’d not exactly love it…
Then again, I recall this incident where I went to a monument in Delhi, and a young lady who seemed to be a student of photography, asked me to look out an ancient window, as she captured me. I obviously didn’t hesitate.
I dig the last pic, by the way. :)
July 26th, 2006 at 1:53 am
Me. Me. Me.
July 26th, 2006 at 5:19 pm
Michelle: Which, unsurprisingly enough, seems to be the largest subset of the populace. Or maybe, I just come-off as this creepy person with a scary camera, making them uncomfortable; as I’ll surely be reiterating below.
July 26th, 2006 at 5:24 pm
chiaroscuro: I know! You seem to have no issues with being on either side of the camera. And regarding your plea involving the altar of art, I am quite sure you don’t really have to try very hard to get people—even those pesky model sorts—to pose for you. You’re just all warm and enchanting.
July 26th, 2006 at 5:27 pm
anonymiss: It does! Actually, it seems to matter less who the photographer really is and more how she makes the subject feel. By which I mean to say, I can never really take a picture in which the person appears entirely comfortable. The whole, “let’s give him the finger instead,” seems to be more my cup of tea. Maybe it’s my awkward glances.
July 26th, 2006 at 5:37 pm
J: Let’s see, I’m shooting in the dark here, but:
I think your first impulse is to be bashful, so you’re not too keen initially on appearing in front of the camera. But as you get comfortable and a couple of amorous glances later, you remember how lovely you are, and your initial qualms melt away.
July 27th, 2006 at 12:42 am
oh you are so bloody right!