Being photographed

[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--

[kykilted]

Not sure if I've had anybody take any pictures without me knowing and really don't care. I have had two or three requests so far and always agreed. Those wanting pictures were nice and we all had a good time having the pictures taken. Now if they would just post them so I could see them.
If you don't want to attract any attention just wear blue jeans and you'll blend in with everybody else in the room.

[Zardoz]

The best was back in my outlaw biker days, I was all decked out in my grubbiest "best", and as I passed a large group of Japanese tourists, all of them started taking pictures of me. I distinctly heard one say in broken English "American outlaw".

Though lifestyle & wardrobe (mostly) has changed, I figure any photos taken now can't be any worse than those floating around from the "good ol' days".

Yeah, been there! One time I was gassing up in Artesia New Mexico on my way to Ruidoso, and a tour bus full of Japanese tourists rolled up. My bike and I posed for like 20 photos with them!

[artificer]

As a rule, I don't like photographs taken of me. There is (quite literally) a 10 year span with a grand total of 3 (family) photos taken. No pix of drunken college shenanigans (and there were PLENTY of those), no casual shots, nothing.

I don't allow my wife to post pix of me on her facebook page, and even though her settings are private, I only grudgingly accept that she's going to post pix of our son.

XMarks is the only place I've ever had a pic of me appear on the interweb where I'm reasonably identifiable and nameable (my son, while pictured a few times, is never named).

Some of my friends think I'm paranoid, until I bust out a google search and turn up a handful of pix of them in an image search Google is big brother, kids.ith:

[BoldHighlander]

Yeah, been there! One time I was gassing up in Artesia New Mexico on my way to Ruidoso, and a tour bus full of Japanese tourists rolled up. My bike and I posed for like 20 photos with them!

You know, I was just thinking that while many strangers have photos of me, and I'm usually behind the camera taking them myself, I posses very few photos of myself from over the years (this includes those taken by family).

Not sure why that is, but seems kind of strange??

[GG]

When I started wearing kilts in public I really tried the best I could not to be photographed. When I saw a person with a camera looking at me, I would turn my head away or look down and if someone asked I would refuse.

Now I have realized that the only way to be sure, not to be published wearing a kilt is - not wearing a kilt and as that should be quite unsatisfactory I have given in. Most people are welcome to take my picture.

Greg
www.dress2kilt.eu

[Riverkilt]

Crack me up Zardoz.

There's an old west theme restaurant and bar in town with a dance floor and a live band. Been known to dance kilted to country music there. When I do the Oriental tourists light me up with their flash cameras and video cams. I just put a little extra swing in the pleats for them...

Visions of folks all over the Far East looking at vacation pictures and being exposed to the concept of a man in a kilt.

[AFS1970]

I generally dislike being photographed. I would say that most people I meet, especially friends and family do not understand this. My wife had begrudgingly accepted that she will get at most 2 or 3 pictures of me during any given vacation. I try to keep it down to 1.

However when the kilt is added in, everyone seems to think I am there for their entertainment and it is their right to take my picture. It is that attitude that I do not like. If someone asks nicely I will generally say yes. When they ask rudely, I generally walk away or turn around.

One thing I noticed and for those who have seen the Capital One adds with the goat, they will understand the reference, that my sporran seems to attract allot of attention. I wear a full mask skunk. Last year at an event (mostly Irish) I had several requests for pics with the skunk, not with me. This included one young lady who knelt down to get her head near the skunk, then said a phrase I never thought I would hear to the photographer: OK, Daddy, take the shot of me like this. It got to the point that I realized the best line I could think of is spoken by the viking who is denied entry to the night club: But, I'm with him. As I have realized that in most pics, I am with my highland wear and not the other way around.

[Spc. Scott]

As a rule, I don't like photographs taken of me. There is (quite literally) a 10 year span with a grand total of 3 (family) photos taken. No pix of drunken college shenanigans (and there were PLENTY of those), no casual shots, nothing.

I don't allow my wife to post pix of me on her facebook page, and even though her settings are private, I only grudgingly accept that she's going to post pix of our son.

XMarks is the only place I've ever had a pic of me appear on the interweb where I'm reasonably identifiable and nameable (my son, while pictured a few times, is never named).

Some of my friends think I'm paranoid, until I bust out a google search and turn up a handful of pix of them in an image search Google is big brother, kids.ith:

*bold is mine*

This is hitting the nail on the head. Can't tell you how many times I searched for a picture of a tartan and had pictures from our site here pop up.