It really annoys me that I'm probably on more photos by accident than on purpose. Or someone takes a picture, I'm in the background and I just see the flash as if it was right in my face and I must wonder how stupid my face must have looked.<p>This is especially frustrating when you are out with friends and want to have a good time. A few years ago, you could still dress up as a flamingo and get drunk. Everybody would have a good laugh, enjoy themselves, and the stories would have been hilarious. But nowadays, you'd end up on at least dozens of Facebooks and Instagrams and it might end up being the first picture coming up when someone searches your name.<p>I would very much like the option to be unphotographable.
It's very common in Australia to ask people of Aboriginal descent to if it's okay to take their photograph, it has to do with certain beliefs that taking someones photograph equates to "stealing their soul". I believe there are some Native American tribes who hold similar beliefs.<p>I've since refused all photographs that are forced. Posing for photo's, unless formal (weddings, business), seems silly to me. If you want to take a photo, take a photo of a moment. Not a hastily put together scene.