Yippie! The first post! (and it didn't blow up...). Thanks Todd.(posted 8840 days ago)I have a similar stance, I think. I love to look at good street photography, but whenever I see someone worth shooting, I always get very conscious of people's right to privacy. I think there are 3 ethical positions you can take here (at least the way my wierd brain works): you can just shoot and not care; you can ask to shoot (in which case most of the time you lose the original magic...but then again half the pages of newspapers are filled with moving photographs from people who know they are being shot...and if you go to Yonge and Bloor in Toronto there are always street performers there, who I'm sure most of the time would be willing if you paid them a little for their effort); or you can not shoot and just relish (or abhor) in the experience of your eyes themselves. I find myself not shooting, but envying those who have overcome and chosen to shoot (if that makes sense, kind of a double standard I guess?)...