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RE: Market Friday

in #marketfriday6 years ago (edited)

Hi ! Thank you very much. A little story behind the story. I was taking photos outside of a big construction site but i really wanted to go in the Shipyard where this place is located. So slowly kept backing up towards the door. Note- people can be very very suspicious about cameras and down right nasty out here in southern California - I saw the owner looking at me and walking towards me so i just calmly walked towards her smiling and saying hello and whatever other friendly nonsense about the construction across the street i could come up with. I have to do this all the time. I had a feeling she might have gotten angry at me very quickly and ordered me off the property if i wasn't super friendly.

It sucks i have to do this all the time even when i'm on public property

It's one reason i almost never have market Friday posts. The amount of crap from people is astonishing. Here's a thought though... if i was with a wife, girlfriend, daughter or son. I would be much less of a person to be suspicious of. They see an old guy with a safari hat and camera and just want to imagine all sorts of horrible things. Well there i went on a long boring tangent. Sorry. I just like your challenge so much and it's not so easy. PS i didn't mention the 2 biggest fanciest malls in Orange County that both threatened to lock me in some security room for wanting to take photos with my friend just walking around.

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Oh, that is almost funny but that is too sad! I lived in the San Bernadino valley long ago and far away and I ran from California as fast as I could. They just have gotten so out of hand with their politics and everything else.

I am sorry that you have so much trouble getting shots. I have not ever had a porblem except once when I got yelled at in a flea market in Haiti. LOL

How appropriate.

But, for the most part, they are really nice to me. Oh, high-end malls. They probably thought you were casing the place! LOL

Thank you again! Truly!