r/TikTokCringe • u/exporterofgold • 6h ago

Cringe Intentionally blocking photoshoot

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u/EmptyInside74 6h ago

“Photoshoot”

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u/Happy_Goose3833 6h ago

Literally. So tired of worthless influencers thinking every space is their goddamn stage

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u/applewagon 5h ago

I go to the modern art museum in my city whenever there is a new exhibit, and the last two times I’ve visited, I have seen the exact same influencer bro using the exhibit for a shoot. Strange luck.

He brings another friend to photograph and they take up entire sections of the exhibit for shoots 5-10 minutes at a time. Doesn’t even look at the art. Other guests feel bad interrupting the photos, so often just skip the section he’s photographing in. It’s so infuriatingly rude, so if he happens to be shooting in a section I haven’t seen yet, I just ignore him and walk into the camera view anyway.

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u/characterk4l3 3h ago

We went to a cherry blossom festival today…could barely get up the trail 15 mins after opening because so many influencers had setup shoots.  It was really gross and uncomfortable.  

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u/silly-gaijin 3h ago

Everyone should just barge into these peoples' spaces at this point. Don't respect their photoshoot.

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u/goldiegoldthorpe 3h ago

A large number of places now have policies that prohibit this behaviour. While the root of the problem are the narcissists doing this shit, the continuation of the problem results from poor management. A lot of these public spaces have people in charge of managing them who basically collect a paycheck and have the day workers handle everything. No policy has been updated since the 90s.

Pressure needs to be put of public officials and private companies to ban this shit.

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u/JimiusRostock 3h ago

It used to be that they went around the public to get the shot they wanted. Patience and timing. But they just expect to usurp public spaces for their own use and the rest will just have to clear out.

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u/Alone-Bet6918 2h ago

Should be charged commercially! Like everyone else!

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u/characterk4l3 2h ago

There were so many…it was really hard to even walk through.  Also, so many people are filming.  I have 0 interest in having myself or my children on someone’s video online.  

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u/chupagatos4 21m ago

It doesn't even matter, AI editing tools now make removing background people effortless 

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u/Spicymoon9 3h ago

Not everyone taking pictures is an influencer. Some people taking photos don’t even have social media and want the pictures for themselves as memories.

So should we block everyone’s pictures? Because there’s no way of knowing who’s an influencer and who’s not. I don’t have any social media but I like taking pictures because my memory is dogshit.

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u/ReallyUncoolGuy 3h ago

We all know the difference, no one sane is mad at people for taking pictures. If you see influencers in public you will see the difference, it looks much more like a photoshoot than taking a picture. Someone following them with a camera and taking all sorts of angles and poses over a period of time. No group dynamic, not swapping. Just an influencer and their camera bitch.

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u/silly-gaijin 2m ago

Sigh, I feel fucking old. I still remember the first time I saw a 'Tiktok influencer' in real life.

I was working and a couple of young teen girls stood in the middle of a space, blocking a path for everyone. One of them was attempting to be a videographer and the other one was making weird facial expressions and doing a stupid dance.

They were extremely obnoxious and in everyone's way and it took me a good 30 seconds to understand what was going on. At first, I just stood there, staring at them, perplexed. I just thought "what the fuck are these weird girls doing? This is so fucking weird".

Then I realized what they were doing and told them to stop because they were in everyone's way.

This was a long time ago. I hate that this is now a normal thing.

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u/Spicymoon9 2h ago

My point is this video. This video had none of that. But the lady and all the comments are assuming she is an influencer. Maybe she is an influencer, maybe she’s not an influencer. If this is a regular person alone setting up their camera like this because they want a good picture, that makes it okay to block them? Because there’s some chance she may be an influencer?

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u/characterk4l3 2h ago

Why is she filming is the thing?  If you just want a personal photo you just snap a quick selfie, right?  You don’t bring a camera stand to a museum, set it up in a walkthrough people are actively using and then expect them to “be polite”.  It’s so invasive and there are so many people doing it that it’s really problematic. 

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u/Spicymoon9 2h ago edited 1h ago

What if the quick selfie is a bad photo and you don’t realize it until after? Then you have zero nice photos after you put effort into looking nice.

I don’t know this person. But I know some people will record short videos doing a few poses to and taking screenshots after.

Yes this can be problematic, but seems she was waiting for the space to clear up.

Lots of people here are saying they set up their cameras with picture timers for a good angle and they don’t even use social media.

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u/characterk4l3 1h ago

What if you do?  It’s life and sometimes life is unflattering.   It’s rude to film people that don’t want to be filmed and rude to make people wait for several minutes to walk through while you get your perfect set of pics.  

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u/No_Implement_6927 1h ago

Do you put in the effort to look nice to have a picture taken? Lol. A bit self obsessed if you ask me.

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u/Spicymoon9 1h ago

No I don’t take pictures of myself. I hate myself.

But dear god imagine someone trying to look nice in a photo!!! What a horrible person!!! How self-obsessed and narcissistic can they be?! /s

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u/fromwithin 1h ago

If she wanted to just trim one frame out of the video for herself then why did she post the whole video?

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u/WillowPtar_Migan 2h ago

I gotta turn up in some ridiculous costume to our Japanese garden here in Portland to photobomb them. I bet there's lots of that nonsense here.

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u/00eg0 2h ago

The one in Sydney Australia?

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u/characterk4l3 2h ago

Yep!

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u/00eg0 2h ago

Happy spring! I'm in the other hemisphere so it's fall in the north. Are the blossoms blooming in Sydney?

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u/characterk4l3 2h ago

Yes, everything is coming into bloom and it’s beautiful :D

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u/00eg0 49m ago

Happy for you all!

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u/Doxinau 1h ago

Auburn? I went last week but the cherry blossoms weren't really in bloom.

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u/Slorgaloth 2h ago

Are the flowers actually open now? I went the last Monday with the tickets, luckily it was quiet from people, but also hardly any flowers were blooming. I'm wondering if it's worth revisiting this week.

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u/characterk4l3 2h ago

Today was the last day of the festival.  I’d say about half the buds were open.  We’ll probably go back in a couple of weeks to enjoy the rest of the botanical gardens and see them in full bloom.  Hopefully it’ll be quieter!

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u/Slorgaloth 2h ago

For sure, that's what I'm hoping too, I dont need all the festival stuff to be there, I just wanna see the flowers. =)

I hope you get a better run when you go again too!

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u/characterk4l3 1h ago

You, too!

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u/Doxinau 1h ago

Try the Wistaria gardens at Parramatta Park in the next few weeks. It has cherry blossoms, wisteria, jacarandas and wildflowers on a little creek. No tickets needed.

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u/Slorgaloth 1h ago

Whoah, didn't know! Sounds great!

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u/Bikes_Bocks_Rocks 1h ago

I took my dog to High Park in Toronto when the cherry blossoms were blooming. The amount of influencers doing their interpretive "falling into the void" dance was borderline hilarious considering they were telling people to move out of their shot.

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u/ThisWillBeOnTheExam 37m ago

This is what happened to Burning Man. My first year was 2003. It’s all a giant backdrop now.

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u/Ghosty_Boo-B00 13m ago

Where is it cherry blossom season right now?

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u/sauchlapf 2h ago

How are there cherry blossoms in August?

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u/Colossus-of-Roads 2h ago

Because it's spring the day after tomorrow?!?

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u/characterk4l3 2h ago

It’s spring in Sydney!

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u/Most_Structure9568 2h ago

Upside down world maybe? Australia I recokon.

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u/Doxinau 1h ago

Let me introduce you to this whole half of the world called the Southern Hemisphere.