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The Considerate Photographer
Guidelines for Personal Photography

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riving through Ohio last summer, I exited the highway for a rest stop, pulled into a combination gas station and convenience store and saw a fascinating sight. Outside the store, in front of a display of gallons of icy-blue windshield-washer fluid sat an Amish couple, waiting patiently with their old, battered suitcases. This couple looked as if they had dropped out of the sky from the 19th century, and I knew it would be a great photo. I hesitated to take a photo, however,

but rather went inside the store, where I saw a blackboard with a schedule on it, confirming this couple was simply waiting for the bus. When I got back in my car, I took out my camera again, hesitated and couldn’t do it. I knew the Amish aversion to being photographed based on religious beliefs. Even though this couple would not know I had photographed them, I decided against it. I wondered, though, if it would have been wrong to have photographed these two. I consulted with Kurt Kleidon who is a public relations spokesman for Holmes County, Ohio, which calls itself the heart of Amish Country. “If you want to take a picture of an Amish person working the field and their face is not directly in the camera, that’s OK,” Kleidon said. “They won’t mind. You are photographing that person as part of the scenery, within the setting.” Using a zoom lens on one person or photographing a face directly is not acceptable. “It’s a tricky thing for our area,” Kleidon added. “Tourists want to capture their memories, and the Amish people are part of that.” According to Kleidon, they try to

educate the tourists to be respectful. One way he suggests is to photograph people from behind or from a distance. He points out the classic golden rule and asked, “How would you like it if you were mowing your lawn and someone pulled up and started photographing you or your children?” Amateur photography plays an important part in educating us about each other’s cultures. Eve Winddancer Young is a traditional American Indian dancer who is photographed constantly at pow wows and public events. “Though it’s great that people want to capture images of us in our full regalia, people often take pictures during breaks in the program or during special ceremonies,” she said. “Everyone is welcome at pow wows, but it’s important to remember that, for many of us, dancing also is a form of worship. If you’re asked not to take pictures during a specific part of the program, please honor our traditions and comply. If you’d like to take a photo of us outside the dance circle, please have the courtesy to ask our permission first.” It’s easy to forget, in pursuit of an interesting photo, that our subjects

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