[Herval_freire]

I promote both asking and just taking it.

Asking for a photo produces something different then just taking it.

Personally the whole dick move thing I don't care about. It's such a minor thing.

It's true though that you don't want to start a fight, so use judgement on that but in terms of being a dick it's actually not a big deal.

[belugacat]

> Personally the whole dick move thing I don't care about.

I’ve met many such photographers when traveling, yep. They make things worse for all of us.

[Herval_freire]

>They make things worse for all of us.

This is an exaggeration. 99.99 percent of the time nobody cares. Why? Because it's really not a huge deal.

[igouy]

99.99 percent of the time they don't know what you've done.

[Herval_freire]

Me with my huge ass professional camera? They know and they don't care.

[igouy]

Apparently that is what you choose to believe.

[Herval_freire]

There is a difference between being scared of taking photos of random strangers versus actually doing it. I would mark you as the former... you're just scared.

Nobody cares. At most they will be slightly annoyed, but ultimately they forget about it in a minute. A lot of people (like you) are just scared of this slight annoyance, your mind over blows it and your behavior becomes controlled by every small thought other people think of you.

Even in countries where it's not culturally appropriate. Often they're just annoyed because of culture, because they grew up and were taught that it's impolite to take pictures. They aren't in actuality annoyed because nothing really happened... and they forget about it quick. Stop being scared, and stop accusing me of choosing to believe things.