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Permalink Reply by Shane E. on January 15, 2010 at 11:49am

Just so you know, I have not ignored this topic. I actually put a lot of thought in to it. I just don't have any good suggestions.

For a single subject, you can slip in a lot of places and get away with murder (literally, if you like). But for a family, a bit harder.

You could ask the Seelbach, Brown, or other nice hotel, if you could do a few quick shots of a great family on a couch in their lobby or mezzanine, for instance. If you don't take a lot of obvious equipment, you could easily sneak and do it on the mezzanine of the Seelbach, or even right there in the lobby of the Brown (but the Brown can end up with lots of people in the background). There are usually wedding receptions and other parties at these hotels and no one has EVER stopped me on a Saturday to ask why I was photographing anything. Photographing a bride is kind of obvious whats going on, but I've photographed lots of stuff and most staff don't really care enough to ask. But you can always ask permission. Who knows? They might say, sure. The first rule of photography is, of course, "don't ask, just do it". But sometimes, permission is less... illegal and/or embarrassing.

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Permalink Reply by Michelle Morris on January 15, 2010 at 11:05pm

Thanks Shane!

Shane E. said:

Just so you know, I have not ignored this topic. I actually put a lot of thought in to it. I just don't have any good suggestions.

For a single subject, you can slip in a lot of places and get away with murder (literally, if you like). But for a family, a bit harder.

You could ask the Seelbach, Brown, or other nice hotel, if you could do a few quick shots of a great family on a couch in their lobby or mezzanine, for instance. If you don't take a lot of obvious equipment, you could easily sneak and do it on the mezzanine of the Seelbach, or even right there in the lobby of the Brown (but the Brown can end up with lots of people in the background). There are usually wedding receptions and other parties at these hotels and no one has EVER stopped me on a Saturday to ask why I was photographing anything. Photographing a bride is kind of obvious whats going on, but I've photographed lots of stuff and most staff don't really care enough to ask. But you can always ask permission. Who knows? They might say, sure. The first rule of photography is, of course, "don't ask, just do it". But sometimes, permission is less... illegal and/or embarrassing.

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