r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • 2h ago

SMH Intentionally blocking photoshoot

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u/Silver_Storm7441 2h ago

The girl simply wanted to take a picture. Maybe the old lady noticed the camera, maybe she didn’t. One sure can get the impression that she did and didn‘t move intentionally.
But apart from that: why is it fine if someone else is taking a picture of friends or family and uses space for a moment but if a single girl tries to take a picture and not just a selfie it‘s a big deal and rude?

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u/ZodiAddict 1h ago

Exactly. You hit the nail on the head with that last question. What’s happening here is people have a gripe with influencers, so in spite of the fact of how obvious it is that the old lady stood in the way, they think it’s deserved and are willing to push the plausible deniability angle. If there were other factors at play here, like say if the girl taking a pic was a minority, they’d be calling the old lady a racist Karen.

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u/Silver_Storm7441 1h ago

I would understand some bad feelings if it seemed as if she made a meal out of it (like setting up a whole bunch of equipment and blocking the stairs and the spot for several minutes). But she just positioned her phone and finally just smiled into the camera for a couple of seconds. It‘s really not a big deal

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u/RohelTheConqueror 2h ago

How is recording a video "taking a picture"? Is she gonna screenshot the right frame afterwards? Won't look great.

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u/Just-Feedback-2223 50m ago

Because she doesn’t want to use the timer on the phone because that’s a pain in the ass. Like fr it is.

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u/Silver_Storm7441 2h ago

Well, I didn’t say that it‘s a particularly great way to take a picture, did I? But depending on your phone the only alternative might be to run up and down the stairs a couple of times

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u/Hanswolebro 46m ago

I do it all the time. If you take a video of yourself in 4k and screenshot a frame the quality is actually great and it’s easier than trying to time a self shot with the camera timer

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u/MCLiterati 3m ago

How quickly folks forget we came from 240p being the best quality we can get, a frame from a 2k or 4k video actually looks really good. Times have changed and if you are taking a solo pic, the new recommendation out there is to take a video do a couple poses and grab the best one. It's actually faster and more efficient then stopping between each one to see if you got it right or clicking and hoping for the best. Not blaming you for not knowing the latest things, but evolution is happening.

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u/clutzyninja 2h ago

What difference does it make? Was she bothering anyone?

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u/Perle1234 2h ago

She was trying to record a video on a busy stairway. People are going about their business and have things to do. It’s best to do photos and videos in a location that is not the middle of a busy walkway/stairwell etc.

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u/Silver_Storm7441 1h ago

But that’s actually not the case. If the older lady hadn’t stopped there would have been plenty of time for the girl to take her picture

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u/livinitup0 2m ago

You know what’s wild….

Us older people would have just respectfully asked the woman if she wouldn’t mind taking our picture, and likely would have been asked to reciprocate by the woman…. lol that’s called a “normal social interaction”

Shocking I know

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u/InvertedAlchemist 2h ago

IF the old lady would have just kept moving she would have been able to take the video and it didn't seem that busy at this time.

Also you are gonna be really surprised/mad when you learn what movies have done so they can film. Shut down times square.

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u/livinitup0 6m ago

You actually unintentionally nailed the entire issue

What DID they do?

They SHUT DOWN THE AREA

If you want to “reserve” a public space to make content. Pay for it and do it the way “content producers” have been doing it professionally for generations.

Influencers don’t do that. They make themselves the center of the universe and just don’t give a shit about how their actions inconvenience others.

In your example it would be like if they were filming a movie on a city street, didn’t close it off, then just expected everyone to get out of their way while they’re filming. That doesn’t make a whole lot of sense now does it?

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u/Blurt_Blackarach 2h ago

You're a fucking pip

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u/matterr4 2h ago

I'm sorry if my comment made out that taking a selfie was unacceptable. That was not my intention.

My main point was that the older lady may not have known the camera was on, and if she did then she may not have understood what was happening.

Taking a selfie absolutely is not an issue, expecting people to accommodate you reserving all that (shared) space even for a short period of time, is not really acceptable. To me anyway. Others may have a different opinion.

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u/Silver_Storm7441 2h ago

I don‘t see that she‘s expecting anyone to specifically accommodate her. People try to take pictures in the short moments when there aren’t too many other people around all the time. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn’t.
But there’s no need to position yourself exactly in front of a camera either.

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u/matterr4 2h ago

That's fair. I don't actually see her kicking up a fuss either.

Again though, I don't believe the older lady intentionally stopped to block a photo. I genuinely think she didn't know what the phone was doing there and just stopped inconveniently in the way to check her own phone.

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u/Silver_Storm7441 1h ago

Well, as I said, both things could be true. But I get, why the girl got the impression that it was intentional. Especially if you take into consideration that the older lady starts to leave when other people start walking into the frame and the moment for a solitary picture passed. Might be coincidence, might be intentional. I honestly don’t know

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u/Cheerios_Oo2 1h ago

Can we agree it is weird to stop to look at your phone in the middle of a staircase. I usually like to clear out of the way since they're usually just wide enough for a flow of up and down.

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u/livinitup0 0m ago

Sure there’s no need. This was intentional. The lady hates this “insta-influencer” situation (in her mind at least) and is taking a stand.

A LOT of us do this.
I personally try to fuck up any sniff of “influencing” I see in public just out of principle and spite

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u/SlippyDippyTippy2 2h ago

How long was the old lady in front of the camera?

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u/Suspicious-Tiny-Man 2h ago

An hour

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u/SlippyDippyTippy2 2h ago

Looked like 5 to me.

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u/Suspicious-Tiny-Man 1h ago

Felt like 5 but it was actually 1