The more people you interact with on a daily basis, the more chance you’ll have at meeting creepers and weirdos.
Instagram is the most popular site for photos, so your chances of meeting undesirables is higher there.
And the undesirables are more brave than the normies, so they’re more likely to talk to people about their weird shit.
I think of it this way. If it’s headshots that idgaf about and I don’t care about not having on my computer and that I’ll never touch again, I just sign them away.
I have enough of a portfolio that I don’t care about not having these there
I say if they’re the main subject and they’re just trying to live their life, then don’t. If they’re in the background, fine. If they’re like some street performer, fine. If they’re a person with a megaphone at a rally, fine.
But if you’re just taking a photo of someone on a bench eating a sandwich then no. Or if the person sees you and asks you not to do it, then respect their wishes.
If they can be easily identified then it’s tricky.
My 2 cents.
I tried to upload it but it wouldn’t let me so I just linked the site instead.
They fill their memory cards with thousands of pics and cull down to the best ~10%
People don’t see the other 900 throwaways, they just see the good ones. So they think wildlife photographers go out there and click a few perfect pics and then go home.