photographers in general, are they friendly?
January 7th, 2009But with photographers, I've met 2 in the streets and none of them responded to my "hi". both of them were just shooting the same events that I was shooting and had really professional looking camera and lenses and had their lowepro backpacks with them. I had a backpack, 50mm lens and 10D so I looked more amateurish, but not that amateurish (I hope).
anyway, HOW RUDE!
md
some possible reasons:
1) terribly anti social
2) they are there on an official, paid assignment and couldn't afford to be bothered
3) afraid that you, or someone else, would find out that they really suck
i've met some certified social reject photographers, but i've also met some fabulous people. when it comes to complete strangers, i'll say 'hi' with no expectations. i won't let a response or lack thereof ruin my day.
even from "non-photo enthusiasts" ... they ask, "are u a professional photographer?"
Hey, when did we meet?! I don't remember that... :P
Well for me, I'm both shy and an introvert, and I really don't like people being around when I'm taking pictures, it's almost like a complex I have, it makes me really uneasy and insecure, so if it was me, I probably wouldn't seem very friendly either, because I would just be crawling into my mental hole...
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