THIS IS TRUE IN TORONTO...YOUR freedom has been redefined!

...ask anyone "shooting" in Dundas Square. The EX, etc. Anyone want to deal with people using cellphone cameras!

Travel photography: the ethics of shooting candid photos

Should you obtain permission from those you seek to shoot or will the moment be lost?

 

 

Bill Taylor / for Toronto Star

                  

Cherry blossom and assault rifles: Says Bill Taylor, armed soldiers routinely patrol parts of security-conscious Paris. This trio interrupted a bridal party having their portraits taken before a picturesque backdrop. I did some shooting myself but, though one of the soldiers saw me, no one shot back, not even words.

 

Seize the moment!

Or as someone — I’m not sure who — once notably put it: “An artist has no time to ask; he simply takes.”

Okay, so you may not be an artist; let’s say, you’re an enthusiastic amateur looking for something beyond happy vacation snapshots.

But the more you’re drawn into it and the more your eye sharpens and your skills and ambition increase, the question of what is and isn’t acceptable has to be faced.

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