Yes, watch out taking pix. I got yelled at by a woman once on the EB while taking pix out of the SSL window of the Columbia River....she YELLED not to take her pic.......as if.......Disclaimer: she was not dressed as Amish, and I was only photographing the river, camera placed against the glass. She was on opposite side of the car. She had already told one other passenger to not look at her.......Yeah - something I read on the internet. ;-) I suppose it might be more fun amongst family rather than strangers, eh?
As for pictures.... Of COURSE they're going to take pics! They were given a camera for the trip. I guess we'd better practice some photo-etiquette, too! I think a generic picture of the whole car with its passengers would be ok, wouldn't it? I know the train personnel are pretty good about posing for pics if you don't get in the way of their duties.
Think I'll start another thread about photography.
Not the whole car if any Amish/Mennonite folks are present.Yeah - something I read on the internet. ;-) I suppose it might be more fun amongst family rather than strangers, eh?
As for pictures.... Of COURSE they're going to take pics! They were given a camera for the trip. I guess we'd better practice some photo-etiquette, too! I think a generic picture of the whole car with its passengers would be ok, wouldn't it? I know the train personnel are pretty good about posing for pics if you don't get in the way of their duties.
Think I'll start another thread about photography.
“The Amish faith prohibits an individual from having his/her photograph taken,” the suit reads. “This belief stems from the Biblical passage Exodus 20:4, which mandates that ‘You shall not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth’, as well as the Christian belief in humility.”Oh, right. Why is it they don't want to have their pic taken? (Not that it matters, just curious.)
Hmmm, what browser are you using? I use Windows 7 and Firefox, and it's working here...I *am* hitting the quote button. It doesn't even let me reply if I don't but I don't see any quoting going on. I wondered about that.
I think she just thought she was "all that and a bag of chips"......... hboy:As I recall, it's usually the face (front or side view) that's objected to. A photo taken from the rear may not be objectionable. Maybe. Then there's always the possibility of running across someone like Tony96 told of who probably thinks cameras are the tools of the Devil and that photographing anything will suck out it's "purity of essence" like in Dr. Strangelove. :blink:
Legal right to take photos isn't the same as an ethical right. It's courteous to ask for consent of anyone who'd be identifiable in your photo.I remember last year when I was on the Capital Limited taking photos in the Diner/Lounge, a woman sitting across from me gave me dirty looks while taking photos and then stopped the conductor and told him "That guy is taking photos and I don't want to be in them", to which the conductor replied "You are on Amtrak, which is funded by the taxpayers and is a form of Public Transportation. Any US citizen can take photos when they are out in public". She asked about her right to privacy, and he basically told her that unless you are in a private bedroom on the train or in the bathroom, you have no expectation of privacy.
I don't even have a computer, just use an iPad for all of my internet browsing using Safari. No problem with it.I have the same problem with the Quote button, Sis, so don't feel bad about that. I am usually posting from my office computer, which also uses IE. Or from a hotel, and I don't know what browsers they use. The only one that works is Firefox in my local library.
This is true; however it is a two-way street. Most of my friends who take the rare picture of me know that I don't want it tagged on Facebook, and preferably not posted at all online. That said, it's 2016---you don't have the right to be in a public place or on a common carrier and not have your image taken. The person in Reno89502's post probably had her image captured a dozen times between the time she departed her home and got on the train. For at least half of those images, there was no warning posted and no parameters about how the images would be used or how long they would be retained. If privacy is that big of a concern, then a disguise is about the only alternative to not going out in public at all.Legal right to take photos isn't the same as an ethical right. It's courteous to ask for consent of anyone who'd be identifiable in your photo.I remember last year when I was on the Capital Limited taking photos in the Diner/Lounge, a woman sitting across from me gave me dirty looks while taking photos and then stopped the conductor and told him "That guy is taking photos and I don't want to be in them", to which the conductor replied "You are on Amtrak, which is funded by the taxpayers and is a form of Public Transportation. Any US citizen can take photos when they are out in public". She asked about her right to privacy, and he basically told her that unless you are in a private bedroom on the train or in the bathroom, you have no expectation of privacy.
Our behavior toward one another doesn't have to be determined by the legal minimum. It's still courteous--and a small acknowledgment of human dignity--to ask before taking someone's photograph.This is true; however it is a two-way street. Most of my friends who take the rare picture of me know that I don't want it tagged on Facebook, and preferably not posted at all online. That said, it's 2016---you don't have the right to be in a public place or on a common carrier and not have your image taken. The person in Reno89502's post probably had her image captured a dozen times between the time she departed her home and got on the train. For at least half of those images, there was no warning posted and no parameters about how the images would be used or how long they would be retained. If privacy is that big of a concern, then a disguise is about the only alternative to not going out in public at all.Legal right to take photos isn't the same as an ethical right. It's courteous to ask for consent of anyone who'd be identifiable in your photo.I remember last year when I was on the Capital Limited taking photos in the Diner/Lounge, a woman sitting across from me gave me dirty looks while taking photos and then stopped the conductor and told him "That guy is taking photos and I don't want to be in them", to which the conductor replied "You are on Amtrak, which is funded by the taxpayers and is a form of Public Transportation. Any US citizen can take photos when they are out in public". She asked about her right to privacy, and he basically told her that unless you are in a private bedroom on the train or in the bathroom, you have no expectation of privacy.
I don't disagree with that at all. However, no one has the right to demand such courtesy, as the meaning of the word connotes that it is something freely offered and not to be expected.Our behavior toward one another doesn't have to be determined by the legal minimum. It's still courteous--and a small acknowledgment of human dignity--to ask before taking someone's photograph.
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