{"id":33042,"date":"2017-08-03T12:36:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T19:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=33042"},"modified":"2017-01-21T20:46:52","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T04:46:52","slug":"why-did-you-take-my-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/03\/why-did-you-take-my-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Why did you take my photo?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Orleans, 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When it comes to street photography, sometimes your subject will ask you: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What are you doing?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Do you know how to respond?<\/p>\n

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What are they really asking you?<\/h2>\n
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SF, 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A lot of people who ask you, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What are you doing?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t angry at you. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re just curious what you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re doing.<\/p>\n

My suggestion: have a pre-scripted or pre-rehearsed answer you can quickly tell them.<\/p>\n

For example, you can say: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I am learning photography, and I found you or this scene interesting because of [X].\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Be transparent. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t hide anything.<\/p>\n

Some other things I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve said to people when they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve approached me (after I took their photo):<\/p>\n