Being photographed

[CaseyB]

busking ( U.S. trans = panhandling? )

Busking is more like Street Performance, panhandling is begging.

[auld argonian]

Busking is more like Street Performance, panhandling is begging.

We have a lot of buskers here in Chicago but, after hearing some of them, a bagpiper would be a major improvement.

Ever hear of "bucket boys"?

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AA

[Brother Falldown]

For 5 years I made my living busking ( U.S. trans = panhandling? ). Photographed many times daily. Rarely did anyone ask for permission, but most put something in the bowl. Some thought a smile was enough. Others seemed to believe they had the right to record anyone dressed unusally. I just try to accept that in this world there are the good, the bad and the ugly.Try to stay closer to the good.

Robbie,

Only the olfs too cheap to tip (and certain municipalities) consider it panhandling! Street performing has an ancient and honorable (ancient anyway) history. The Salvation Army Bell Ringer is more a panhandler than the busker providing entertainment.

Pops

[Bill aka Mole]

While I've only been asked once for a photo, I really like the $5 a pic thought!

[Squeaky McMurdo]

Meh, I don't mind me and/or my hubby being photographed, I would be displeased if someone were to take pictures of my kids without permission, but sometimes they stop you for a picture when it's not exactly convenient (f.e. while rushing the two year old to the potty, when late for an appointment, or rushing yourself to the potty!)

--Chelsea McMurdo--

[Paul Henry]

Do you people always let anybody that wants to take a photo of you when you're kilted?

I'm beginning to politely refuse. I mean with all these internets and so called "social networks" (facebook, twitter etc) you never know where your photo is going to end up, do you?

What do you all think?

I'm not sure what you think the issue is, just about anyone can take a photo of anyone in the public arena,what harm do you think will happen.
As Chas says if you have done nothing wrong what is the problem
As Cessna says , perahps people want to take pictures of kilts and that's a good thing isn't it?

[auld argonian]

I suppose that the biggest trepidation that you might have is that you'll be held up to ridicule by some dipstick who posts your photo on facebook or whatever with a caption like, "Look at the goofball in the kilt!"

Eh...that can happen anytime to anyone, face it. It's just one of those things that comes with the territory. As it is in almost all public interactions between kilties and "civilians", ninety-nine point nine percent of them are going to be positive and that point one percent is insignificant. I think that the majority of people are genuinely impressed by a kiltie and look at it as a chance to win some converts to the cause...how about when some other heretofore unkilted guy says, "Dang...that looks pretty good...I ought to think about getting a kilt."

Dinna fash yersef.

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AA

[ForresterModern]

I suppose that the biggest trepidation that you might have is that you'll be held up to ridicule by some dipstick who posts your photo on facebook or whatever with a caption like, "Look at the goofball in the kilt!

AA I agree that there is some risk involved that ridicule may be lobbed at us for being kilted, but I think that happens enough anyway whether we are aware of it or not. IMHO as long as I am not doing anything I would be ashamed of or embarrassed by (or legally in potential trouble for), and it is not a great inconvenience to me personally, I generally do not have a problem with passersby wanting to have their pictures taken with a "kiltie", regardless of where it ends up being posted. I agree with Alex (cessna) that we are ambassadors of the kilt whenever we strap one on and go out in public, so we should look good, behave properly, and give the best impression possible to all who encounter us that we are normal people who just happen to prefer/like wearing the kilt, be that on occasions, intermittently, or daily wear. People will take pictures of us whether we are aware of it or not, at least the ones we agree to we can have some control over our appearence and presentation in the results, where the others we have no such control.

jeff

[jkane]

I usually let them unless I am pressed for time, or if they made fun of me before asking! It's weird, because without a kilt on, I am opposed to any photographs. But with it on, I am OK. There is just something about a kilt that brings out the "friendly" person that hides inside.

Best/worst event was at a beer festival. Some lady asked if she could take my picture. I said OK. She got her camera out and fiddled with it a bit, then fall to the ground and took a picture up from the ground! Oh well! I hope she got what she wanted, but I doubt it since she wasn't quite close enough to get the angle she was hoping for. Now ... if she had asked if she could take that picture ... well, I might have said yes after getting my wifes approval. She was next to me. She gets the last say on that topic.

Actually, I did have one lady ask for "that kind of picture". I might have said yes (I am not at all shy), but it was a public venue with children. She just didn't understand why I told her this was not the right place for that kind of picture.

[Catdad]

As long as the person respectfully/politely asks, I have no problems posing for pictures, despite the fact that I generally don't like having my picture taken.

My best experiences for pictures were this past Memorial day weekend when we went to Las Vegas. I posed for at least two dozen pictures for people and that includes numerous MMA fighters when I went to the UFC fan fest. The pictures were for them, not me. I just wanted their autographs. One of my favorites was at the Monte Carlo when I had a bride and her bridesmaids ask if I'd pose with them because the blue in my MacNeil of
Colonsay kilt matched the color of the bridesmaids' dresses. I only wish I hadn't been pressed for time and that I would have been able to get a copy of that one for myself.