There are some nice photos there, but I was told very firmly that the geisha of Gion do not actually want to be pursued by tourists with cameras. Maybe the subject's one of the photo-friendly not-exactly-real ones. The voyeuristic view through the windscreen of the car is disturbing on that one.
There's this whole privileged-photographer thing of taking photos of people---ordinary people, quite often---who don't want to be photographed, that I've begun to view as outright unethical.
ETA: nothing to do with you---this photo just clicked against several other (amateur AND professional) photos of a similar nature I've been shown recently, and I don't seem to be able to convey clearly to the guys---it's always guys so far---taking these pictures what a violation that is, to refuse to accept an explicit NO, I don't wish to be photographed, or to ignore a NO PHOTOGRAPHS sign.
Oh man, the description is really creepy, too. "If your lucky you will catch a glimpse of a beautiful geisha passing through the streets scurrying to her next appointment, make sure you have your camera ready."
Yeah, I've seen some photos of the gaggle of amateur paparazzi surrounding geisha when they venture outside.
The photo I got of four maiko* in Arashimaya I did by holding my camera up and nodding quizzically at them while smiling, and they smiled at me and posed, after which I bowed and thanked them, so I can rest assured that at least I wasn't one of them!
* Or women dressed like maiko, as I have no idea how to tell if they're working maiko or women who went to one of those shops where you can dress up as a maiko or geisha and wander around. Going by the caption I forgot I wrote, I decided at the time they were real because it seemed to be their own hair and not wigs, but 4 years later, I'm not so sure.
I think I stared the longest at the great white shark, as his hide looks like he's been through the wars. I wonder if it's from other sharks, or if it's from running into boats or some such?
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There's this whole privileged-photographer thing of taking photos of people---ordinary people, quite often---who don't want to be photographed, that I've begun to view as outright unethical.
ETA: nothing to do with you---this photo just clicked against several other (amateur AND professional) photos of a similar nature I've been shown recently, and I don't seem to be able to convey clearly to the guys---it's always guys so far---taking these pictures what a violation that is, to refuse to accept an explicit NO, I don't wish to be photographed, or to ignore a NO PHOTOGRAPHS sign.
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The photo I got of four maiko* in Arashimaya I did by holding my camera up and nodding quizzically at them while smiling, and they smiled at me and posed, after which I bowed and thanked them, so I can rest assured that at least I wasn't one of them!
* Or women dressed like maiko, as I have no idea how to tell if they're working maiko or women who went to one of those shops where you can dress up as a maiko or geisha and wander around. Going by the caption I forgot I wrote, I decided at the time they were real because it seemed to be their own hair and not wigs, but 4 years later, I'm not so sure.
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