# Stranger snaps photo of me - WTF? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 8, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-snaps-photo-of-me-wtf/343545 "2006-02-08T15:44:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-snaps-photo-of-me-wtf/343545/21 "2006-02-08T17:03:37Z")
Questions: 1. What were you wearing? 2. Are you particularly attractive or shaplely? 3. Have you ever been a Soviet Spy? (I know your too young but Governments make a lot of mistakes) I propose you supply a photograph of yourself so we can provide better guesses. 😉 One of your wonderful drawings would possibly work but in this case a Photo would be superior. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-snaps-photo-of-me-wtf/343545/22 "2006-02-08T17:18:00Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > Questions: > > 1. What were you wearing? > 2. Are you particularly attractive or shaplely? > 3. Have you ever been a Soviet Spy? (I know your too young but Governments make a lot of mistakes) > > I propose you supply a photograph of yourself so we can provide better guesses. 😉 > One of your wonderful drawings would possibly work but in this case a Photo would be superior. > > [This](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/MachTurtle/Me-2.jpg) > > Jim Oh my…well… 1. Black Columbia jacket. Long black skirt. Big ass black moon boots. 2. I personally don’t think so, but I suppose that would be a matter of opinion. 3. If only my life was that intriguing… [This](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/MachTurtle/Me-2.jpg) is the most recent, decent (somewhat flash-obscured) pic of me. Although today, shuffling across the ice in my Napoleon Dynamite-esque boots, I felt like I looked more like [this.](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/MachTurtle/alfred_e_neuman.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-snaps-photo-of-me-wtf/343545/23 "2006-02-08T17:20:22Z")
> [@mrklutz](#): > > Unless, of course, **AFG** doesn’t find the thought of being probed particularly worrisome. Hmmm… > > I wouldn’t ascribe anything sinister to it, myself. Just some guy goofing around with a camera, most likely. Besides, you are cute, **AFG**. Not if the prober is hot. :o 😃 Thanks 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-snaps-photo-of-me-wtf/343545/24 "2006-02-08T17:57:54Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > For practice. Most photogs need to shoot hundreds of yards of film before they can compose a picture properly. So, they’ll be taking a lot of pictures that they don’t expect to get any use out of, other than the practice. that was last century - before digicams got popular 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-snaps-photo-of-me-wtf/343545/25 "2006-02-08T18:10:48Z")
My vote is for a photographer working on his candid photo taking skills. It’s not an easy thing to do; the hardest thing in the world for me is to take someone’s picture without their permission or knowledge. The only times I’ve ever been able to muster up the courage was when I was in a moving car, and able to make a quick escape. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-snaps-photo-of-me-wtf/343545/26 "2006-02-08T18:26:22Z")
> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > Oh my…well… > > 1. Black Columbia jacket. Long black skirt. Big ass black moon boots. > 2. I personally don’t think so, but I suppose that would be a matter of opinion. > 3. If only my life was that intriguing… > > [This](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/MachTurtle/Me-2.jpg) is the most recent, decent (somewhat flash-obscured) pic of me. Although today, shuffling across the ice in my Napoleon Dynamite-esque boots, I felt like I looked more like [this.](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/MachTurtle/alfred_e_neuman.jpg) Actually, I think you’re quite attractive. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-snaps-photo-of-me-wtf/343545/27 "2006-02-08T18:29:00Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > I didn’t mean to imply that it’s an invasion of privacy just to snap someone’s picture in a public place, but it’s considered advisable to get permission to use someone’s image for commercial purposes. Just another of those cover-your-ass things. > > [See the section titled “Use for commercial gain”.](http://www.baja.com/sensuousline/sline0799/mag4-6model_releases.shtml) Hmmm…I think if you have a “model” per se, this would apply, but I’d like to see a legal cite that says if I’m taking pictures of people in my town square and I win a contest and a fat check, that I have any responsibility to the subject at all, either permission-wise or monetarily. I say no. There is no expectation of privacy and no agreement in place. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-snaps-photo-of-me-wtf/343545/28 "2006-02-08T18:30:58Z")
Once, I was taking BART back from an A’s game, and the guy across from me was working in a sketch book. After he got off the train, someone who had been sitting next to him told me that I was the subject of his sketch. Didn’t freak me out or anything, though I would have liked to have seen it. ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-snaps-photo-of-me-wtf/343545/29 "2006-02-08T18:33:40Z")
Maybe he liked what you were wearing, and wanted to take a picture of it to a store to show a sales clerk what he was looking for, to buy for his SO. Just a WAG, but at least not a sinister one. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-snaps-photo-of-me-wtf/343545/30 "2006-02-08T18:43:34Z")
Maybe he was on his way to the drugstore and he had to finish off the roll. No problem, unless his friends all just died in a terrible accident. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-snaps-photo-of-me-wtf/343545/31 "2006-02-08T18:58:23Z")
> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > Oh my…well… > > 1. Black Columbia jacket. Long black skirt. Big ass black moon boots. > 2. I personally don’t think so, but I suppose that would be a matter of opinion. > 3. If only my life was that intriguing… > > [This](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/MachTurtle/Me-2.jpg) is the most recent, decent (somewhat flash-obscured) pic of me. Although today, shuffling across the ice in my Napoleon Dynamite-esque boots, I felt like I looked more like [this.](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/MachTurtle/alfred_e_neuman.jpg) I’m going to go with the Clothes and the Lady were interesting enough looking to snap a quick picture. Jim ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-snaps-photo-of-me-wtf/343545/32 "2006-02-08T19:15:42Z")
I just wanted to say that the phrase “fap to” is new to me and I found it quite amusing. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-snaps-photo-of-me-wtf/343545/33 "2006-02-08T19:16:17Z")
it was meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-snaps-photo-of-me-wtf/343545/34 "2006-02-08T19:22:17Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Actually, I think you’re quite attractive. Thank you:) ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-snaps-photo-of-me-wtf/343545/35 "2006-02-08T19:24:10Z")
> [@Least Original User Name Ever](#): > > it was meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Hmph. You can only take pictures of me outside if you buy me coffee. It’s damn cold out there. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-snaps-photo-of-me-wtf/343545/36 "2006-02-08T20:17:02Z")
I remembered seeing this article _via_ [lifehacker.com](http://lifehacker.com), and looked it up for ya: [Your Rights as a Photographer](http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/andrewkantor/2005-12-29-camera-laws_x.htm). Lots of links and a reasonably coherent summary. > [@](#): > > You can take any photo that does not intrude upon or invade the privacy of a person, if that person has a reasonable expectation of privacy. Someone walking in a mall or on the street? Fair game. Someone standing in a corner, looking at his new Prozac prescription? No. Using a long lens to shoot someone in an apartment? No. I wish the author had been a bit clearer about “standing in a corner,” but I guess it means that if someone has deliberately placed themselves out of the way, even in a public setting, you shouldn’t go peeping over their shoulder–which, really, is just common courtesy. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-snaps-photo-of-me-wtf/343545/37 "2006-02-08T20:29:59Z")
> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > Hmph. You can only take pictures of me outside if you buy me coffee. It’s damn cold out there. 😛 coffee? _mumble mumble_ how about you step into my boudoir so we can take pictures of you? …psst…that’s fancy french talk for “fuck bed” ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-snaps-photo-of-me-wtf/343545/38 "2006-02-08T20:31:21Z")
> [@Podkayne](#): > > I remembered seeing this article _via_ [lifehacker.com](http://lifehacker.com), and looked it up for ya: > > [Your Rights as a Photographer](http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/andrewkantor/2005-12-29-camera-laws_x.htm). Lots of links and a reasonably coherent summary. > > I wish the author had been a bit clearer about “standing in a corner,” but I guess it means that if someone has deliberately placed themselves out of the way, even in a public setting, you shouldn’t go peeping over their shoulder–which, really, is just common courtesy. you know what they say about common courtesy not being so common anymore… _snorts and giggles_ ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-snaps-photo-of-me-wtf/343545/39 "2006-02-08T20:45:27Z")
Could you have offended the Fashion Police? If they use the photo, they’ll blot out your face with a black rectangle (unless you’re famous). My guess really is that it was practice. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-snaps-photo-of-me-wtf/343545/40 "2006-02-08T20:46:45Z")
> [@Hilarity N. Suze](#): > > Could you have offended the Fashion Police? \*\*If they use the photo, they’ll blot out your face with a black rectangle \*\* (unless you’re famous). PS–don’t ask me how I know this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-snaps-photo-of-me-wtf/343545.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-snaps-photo-of-me-wtf/343545.md?page=3)