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Originally Posted by BeachBiker
People pointing cameras at you on a nude beach can be annoying. If you have ever experienced the true "voyeurs," who get a true kick out of possessing intimate pictures of strangers, that gets creepy. These guys wait in the parking lot to "record your whole day." They are organized and when you get out of your car you hear several other doorlocks pop open. When you're undressing you look around and several are taking your picture from different angles using hand signals to communicate. Then you come back to your blanket to find one camped nearby talking on his phone, but really it becomes obvious he wants particular closeups. It's creepy. When this happens to women they cover up, leave and never go back to that beach again.
Going to the nude beach is an enjoyable experience, and I don't want to ruin it for myself, or discourage women from going there. I know this is sacrilegious on this website, but I leave my camera at home when I go to the nude beach. (like Klondike left his at home for his local Portland WNBR) There are plenty of women who don't mind having their nude pictures taken and distributed, and then there are those who only want to be seen nude in person for some very good reasons.
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first paragraph - yes, creepy indeed. I was not aware of the extent of this.
second paragraph - Its not sacrilegious at OCC to leave your camera at home. At least, I HOPE it is not sacrilegious!
I mean, OCC is first and foremost a site for surfers, not photographers. I hardly ever take my camera to the nude beach. Too much sand...
But yeah, as an extension of this - I don't want to be the only one taking pics wherever I am. I am never comfortable with that. With campus events it has been that way many times, but that could be why I am taking fewer pics now at these events. Otherwise, the more photogs the better....
There are a lot of rewards to capturing the girls that don't want to be captured. They get heavily faved at Flickr and thanked here. But for me, its always a mixed feelings type of thing.
Klondike