Photographers, Instagrammers: Stop Being So Selfish and Disrespectful

Post by ceejayoz » Fri, Jul 26, 2019, 6:47 PM UTC

JamesAdir wrote: post #191

ceejayoz wrote: post #136

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This has been a perpetual complaint across human history. Every older generation thinks the younger generation is like this. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20171003-proof-that-peo... > “We defy anyone who goes about with his eyes open to deny that there is, as never before, an attitude on the part of young folk which is best described as grossly thoughtless, rude, and utterly selfish.” - 1925

Nowhere in the article he mentioned it to be a "younger" generation problem. Actually I think it crosses ages.

Post by rv-de » Fri, Jul 26, 2019, 7:09 PM UTC

wellactually wrote: post #164

One trick I learned a while ago is that stepping back as far as possible and taking pictures of people taking pictures is far more interesting than yet another picture of the same thing. There are only so many interesting photos of the Mona Lisa. But there are an infinite number of interesting photos of people maniacally taking photos of the Mona Lisa. If you're lucky, you might snap a pic of an instagrammer falling…

Post by whack » Fri, Jul 26, 2019, 7:55 PM UTC

JangoSteve wrote: post #175

whack wrote: post #169

> I’ve seen photographers edge further and further into the water – ruining the view for others, shouting at kayakers who “dare” to exercise their right to paddle around the lake while drifting into their shot It's ironic that the author is defending the rights of kayakers to do what they enjoy in the lake, while simultaneously berating photographers and "instagrammers" for "ruining the view for others" with their me…

I'm not sure the author was berating the photographers for ruining the view for others. I read it as revealing the hypocrisy of the photographers shouting at kayakers for doing the thing they were currently doing themselves.

Post by DoubleGlazing » Fri, Jul 26, 2019, 9:07 PM UTC

Carpetsmoker wrote: post #174

DoubleGlazing wrote: post #105

I used to volunteer at a heritage railway in Northern Ireland. We had several old restored trains and we went to great lengths to make the station areas look authentically old. Naturally photographers loved it. Most photographers were Okay and respected the rules, but some some just refused and couldn't handle being called out. For example one rule was do not get in train cabs, unless by prior arrangement - which inv…

To be honest, at least part of this sounds more like inane British "safety" bullshit to me. Jumping on trains is clearly wtf and unacceptable, but no tripods because "too dangerous"? Yeah nah. If you're getting a lot of abuse then your system probably stinks, as, by and large, people aren't assholes or want to be angry. They just want to take their holiday snaps, you know. So here's an alternative take: just let peop…

Post by holografix » Fri, Jul 26, 2019, 9:14 PM UTC

neogodless wrote: post #151

holografix wrote: post #144

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This is obviously terrible behaviour. As an amateur photographer myself I particularly dislike the Instagram driven “race to the bottom”. However... I do think in a situation such as this it’s a missed commercial opportunity. If I managed a highly “Instagrammable” private location I’d aggressively enforce good conduct and at the same time have paid access to alternative times for photographers. You want to be a selfi…

You're a lavender farmer. Do you also want to run a tourism business, including hiring security to enforce that only paying customers get the exclusive benefit you are now selling? I doubt it. That "aggressively enforce good conduct" is key. There are dozens, hundreds of people showing up at the same time at some of these places.