Hello Feroze,

>I'm a Muslim photographer, I've paid off most of my photographic gear by 
>shooting mainly muslim weddings and other functions. There are 4 schools 
>of though in Islam and depending on which one you belong to would either 
>forbid all photography or have entire albums full of family pictures. 
>Its truly funny when the girl's side is from one school and the boys 
>side from another, then you can only shoot one half of the function.

thanks for the feedback. Quite interesting.

>I myself have shot thousands of photo's with very very few photo's taken 
>of myself. With me its not really a religious issue, I just hate being 
>in a photograph. And yes if I was in a crowd, and saw someone taking a 
>pic that I would be in I would stop him or walk away, would that make 
>you feel that I'm doing because I'm muslim??

OK, maybe they just didn't like it. I accept the hypothesis.

Groeten,

Vic

>----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
>Van: Feroze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Verzonden: maandag, september 25, 2006 12:55 AM
>Aan: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'
>Onderwerp: Re: Street photography - religious objections
>
>Hi Vic,
>
>
>
>
>Feroze
>>
>> Anyway, this is my (little) story... I'd like to hear some reaction to 
>> that! Maybe this forum numbers some muslim photographers? That would be 
>> really interesting!
>>
>> Groeten,
>>
>> Vic
>>
>> (*) note: I put the woman's reaction as being defensive, implying that I 
>> was the one to be offensive, starting to take the picture. That's just 
>> fair for the sake of the discussion.
>>
>>   
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