Comments on: Serendipity: Pleasant Sunday Morning at Kyoto’s Yoshida Shrine http://regex.info/blog/2009-11-17/1364 Not a photo blog. A personal blog with photos. Wed, 23 May 2012 20:38:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: E. Sarmas http://regex.info/blog/2009-11-17/1364#comment-37329 E. Sarmas Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:20:34 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-11-17/1364#comment-37329 I have noticed that a lot of your photos are of the kind of street photography and involve also many strangers and their kids. It seems also that there are no angry looks as a result of you taking photos and generally you are free to take any photos you wish ! Of course you are in Japan, famed for their cameras and the proverbial Japanese tourists (with their cameras too). Am I right or wrong in my observation ? Can you please comment on the general state of photography in public in Japan ? <span class='jfriedl'>It's the same in Japan as in America... if you're in public, you've no right to be surprised if people take pictures. I'm not much of a "street photographer" and I would feel uncomfortable just standing on a street corner taking pictures of passers by, even though I'd have every right to. Just not my style. But in a shrine like this (which is private property, by the way) or at other tourist-type spots (cherry blossoms, fall foliage, Disneyland), where everyone is walking around with cameras, it's just part of the scene. No biggie. Same in America as far as I'm concerned. —Jeffrey</span> I have noticed that a lot of your photos are of the kind of street photography and involve also
many strangers and their kids. It seems also that there are no angry looks as a result of
you taking photos and generally you are free to take any photos you wish !
Of course you are in Japan, famed for their cameras and the proverbial Japanese tourists
(with their cameras too).
Am I right or wrong in my observation ?
Can you please comment on the general state of photography in public in Japan ?

It’s the same in Japan as in America… if you’re in public, you’ve no right to be surprised if people take pictures. I’m not much of a “street photographer” and I would feel uncomfortable just standing on a street corner taking pictures of passers by, even though I’d have every right to. Just not my style. But in a shrine like this (which is private property, by the way) or at other tourist-type spots (cherry blossoms, fall foliage, Disneyland), where everyone is walking around with cameras, it’s just part of the scene. No biggie. Same in America as far as I’m concerned. —Jeffrey

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