What would be really interesting BUT you would you NOT photograph if you saw it? *Poll*

[episodic]

Question in title

 

[DainBramaged]

I don't know of anything that applies. Can you give a specific example?

 

[HN]

interesting thread

 

[FoBoT]

we need at least one example


please

 

[episodic]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
I don't know of anything that applies. Can you give a specific example?

If you were walking down the street photographing architecture, then right in front of you a man off's himself?

For instance, would you snap this?

This is just one of many examples.


Or how about your watch a police officer flagrantly break the law - got a video camera on you - would you tape it? Even if the officer could see you do it?

 

[igowerf]

I'm always nervous about photographing strangers even if they're doing something really interesting.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: episodic
If you were walking down the street photographing architecture, then right in front of you a man off's himself?

Or how about your watch a police officer flagrantly break the law - got a video camera on you - would you tape it? Even if the officer could see you do it?

Those are two very different examples. The first one is more of a moral issue, the second is more of a personal safety issue.

I don't think I'd take a picture of an extremely tragic situation, unless I had the permission of those affected and I planned to use it for some positive benefit (raise awareness vs. post it on ATOT for comments)

I think I'd feel almost obligated to take a picture of a public official breaking the law. It's a citizen's duty.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: episodic

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
I don't know of anything that applies. Can you give a specific example?

If you were walking down the street photographing architecture, then right in front of you a man off's himself?

For instance, would you snap this?

This is just one of many examples.


Or how about your watch a police officer flagrantly break the law - got a video camera on you - would you tape it? Even if the officer could see you do it?

on teh first one? probably not.

but on the police one? heck yes. such as the guy w ho taped the cop shoot the guy in cold blood.

 

[FoBoT]

for both of those examples i would for sure, some news place would pay money for that stuff

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Me banging a chick.

 

[episodic]

Ok guys, think of other situations - my two are not limits

 

[GeekDrew]

If I can see it, it's eligible.

How far the picture went beyond my own eyes and security rights, however, may be another issue.

 

[Legendary]

I would take a picture of anything. The picture wouldn't be what gets me, it would be witnessing it at all.
However, I think we all remember the Seinfeld finale.

 

[Penth]

About two years ago I watched a guy driving in front of me drive off the road at 60MPH and run straight into a tree without breaking. The guy fell asleep at the wheel. He was life flighted but ended up dying. I was in the car difectly behind him so we were the first on the scene. There was little we could do to help. It was a pretty graphic scene. I didn't take pictures of the stuff while it was going on. I did snap some pics after they flew him out.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: episodic

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
I don't know of anything that applies. Can you give a specific example?

If you were walking down the street photographing architecture, then right in front of you a man off's himself?

For instance, would you snap this?

This is just one of many examples.


Or how about your watch a police officer flagrantly break the law - got a video camera on you - would you tape it? Even if the officer could see you do it?

i dont know, but at some traithlon thing last year, some of my buddies went down to help out as life guards

sure enough some old dude has a some kind of heart attack/stroke/ i dunno in the water....and my buddies went in to save him.

a photographer who spotted the incident, instead of helping, took pictures.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer

Originally posted by: episodic

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
I don't know of anything that applies. Can you give a specific example?

If you were walking down the street photographing architecture, then right in front of you a man off's himself?

For instance, would you snap this?

This is just one of many examples.


Or how about your watch a police officer flagrantly break the law - got a video camera on you - would you tape it? Even if the officer could see you do it?

i dont know, but at some traithlon thing last year, some of my buddies went down to help out as life guards

sure enough some old dude has a some kind of heart attack/stroke/ i dunno in the water....and my buddies went in to save him.

a photographer who spotted the incident, instead of helping, took pictures.

ok, now i have a question on that.

if you have no trainign whatesoever in how to handle that type of situation, do you try to help or do you let the people who know what they are doing do it?

the untrained person may cause more damage than help

 

[markgm]

I take extra pictures of those signs in NYC that say it's illegal to take pictures of the area. I didn't know the tunnel was worth taking a picture of until I was told it's illegal.

 

[Valhalla1]

I was walking through the red light district of Amsterdam with my father a few years ago on a backpacking trip to Europe. He seemed particularly amused with the very aggressive black prostitutes in one particular section of windows, who were urging him (a little white guy) to come stick them in the bum
anyway he tries to take a picture and a street walking black hooker runs over and grabs his balls and squeezes them to remind him that photographing the prostitutes is a no-no

 

[Schfifty Five]

Your title makes my eyes bleed.

 

[montanafan]

The example of photojournalists snapping pictures when something potentially tragic is taking place is a hard one. As a human being, you think that it's either irresponsible or insensitive of him/her to be snapping photos at a time like that, but as a journalist, I guess you might feel that it's either your job to do it or even on a deeper level, the role you play in moments like that to capture a news event or little bit of history.

An example of one recent photo I passed on snapping - I was on the sideline at a high school football game taking photos of the game when a running back I had just photographed being tackled came off the field right in front of me. His arm was obviously broken just above the wrist jutting out at a right angle to the rest of the forearm. His coach and the trainer grabbed him and held him so that he couldn't see the damage as he started to cry out, in more disappointment that his season had ended than in pain, at that moment.

They were right in front of me and a photo would have captured everything in perfect detail if I had snapped it, but I just couldn't. I did consider it for a minute; after all, I was there to report on the game, this was their #1 running back and it was near the end of a season where they were in contention for post-season play, but their chances had probably ended at that moment. It was sports news, but I just could not bring myself to stand there taking photos of a 17 year old kid injured, devastated, and crying. It just seemed too cold and callous a thing to do.

 

[notfred]

A lot of the most importatnt photos in history are these ones that you're saying shouldn't be taken.

Examples:
one
two
three

The world is better off knowing that these things happen.

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: notfred
A lot of the most importatnt photos in history are these ones that you're saying shouldn't be taken.

Examples:
one
two
three

The world is better off knowing that these things happen.

I thought of the third picture as I read your post.

Assuming that there was no way that I could help, I think that I would be willing to photograph almost anything. I have seen a lot of gross/sad/"inappropriate" pictures but I think that they are important for posterity's sake.

 

[CaptnKirk]

Ugh - Anything with Rosie O'Donnel in it :shocked:

 

[BMdoobieW]

If I can see, I can snap it.

And I will fight to the death to defend it, as I often take photos of trains and transportation facilities, an activity which a lot of pants-wetting idiots think is somehow "suspicious."

 

[Shadowknight]

Any government building. While I'm not arabic, the stalkerish reaction the government had towards that guy who took pics of a gov building would put me off leaving myself open to the "Everybody's a terrorist!" mentality that's still going on.