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SOME WISE TIPS ABOUT TAKING PHOTOS AT NIGHT IN PUBLIC PLACES
The Tips listed below, are offered as food-for-thought and the list can be bigger. Each situation can differ. These tips may be helpful, but they CANNOT guarantee your safety. Being street-wise is an asset. Photography in public places, especially at night, can be invasive. Don't upset anyone. But don't kiss too much butt, either. Use wisdom. Here are some tips:
- Have at least one other person with you (ie. a driver), particularly at night.
- Stay close to your transportation. Get the shot as fast as possible.
- Have a bit of loose change with you. Someone might ask for a handout or a cigarette. Though you may not have aplenty, the person asking likely has much less. Your camera suggests much more. Spare change may be a small price for a peaceful right-of-passage.
- Some people get angry with people who have more than they do and show it.
- Your equipment can be purse-snatched, if not securely strapped to your body.
- NEVER hand your camera to a stranger, to take your picture.
- Most people don't like their photograph being taken without their permission.
- Get a "Consent Form" signed by the subject before you take their picture.
- Hopefully, verbal acceptance is sufficient with friends.
- Always get the subject's name and especially, spell it right.
- Or only have people in a photo when they cannot be identified.
(ie. silhouette, distant background, faces turned away, etc).
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Or just don't include people.
- Photos cannot be taken on private property without the owners permission.
- Carry a few business cards identifying who you are and what you're doing.
- Be friendly, but not niave. Don't offer rides, period, unless it's a certified emergency.
- Do NOT take a stranger's offer to ride along, to show you a good place for a picture.
- Have a map. Directions will do.
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