Hi Boris, >2. There are very diverse and peculiar customs about being photographed. >I can only speak for Judaism and people of Israel. Here are few examples: >a. It is forbidden to be photographed on Saturday (Shabbat) and >holidays. If I were to go to the place where many observing Jews crowd >on the street and photograph them, that could really provoke some nasty >reactions. On any other day it would be just fine.
That's also interesting! The same day, I learnt that the yearly Ramadan period for muslims had started... so mabye they're also a bit stricter on the taking-no-pictures thing than regularly? >Another thing is that if you were to try to engage that woman in a >friendly discussion trying to see why she opposed to be photographed, >you could have learned that it might have done nothing with her Faith. Well, as I said before, I accept the hypothesis, but I would really be surprised if it was a non-religious thing. Moreover, having "friendly conversations" on (appearantly) sensitive issues to people who hardly speak your language is quite tough. I'm not at all in to this sort of thing when shooting pictures. But I agree it's the best approach to clear out every doubt about the situation and it may be interesting if you like it... Groeten, Vic -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
