To ask someone to move when taking a photo?

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If they were already there taking a photo? On a marked platform for taking photos of a landmark.

if you’d seen they’d taken a couple of photos would you ask them to move so you could take yours or would you wait until they had done?

Wait, it’s rude to ask people to move

Just wait politely. How long can they take??

I would wait, but I know plenty of people that would say something.

Which of the people were you?

Wait unless they're taking the piss.

Presuming we aren't talking about a Vogue photoshoot, obviously you wait.

Go off at them like the Las Vegas sign guardian. You have 10 seconds before you get shouted at in front of 100 other tourists😂

Depends. If they're being a ridiculous hog then say something. Otherwise, wait.

Depends if they're being a twat and taking ages to take a couple of pics while there's clearly a line of people waiting. Otherwise I'd wait.

Wait. It’s polite. Did you ask someone to move?

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No I got asked to move. I’d taken about two photos at that point and had also waited to get on the platform.

In all honesty I thought she’d asked if I wanted her to take a photo of me (language barrier) so I said no thank you and she didn’t seem impressed 😂

Depends, can be a bit of both. If it's a landmark, with heaps of people waiting, and someone is taking the piss with taking a myriad of ohotos, it's selfish as hell and self absorbed. If they've taken a few shots only, it's rude to ask. It really can be either way round!

I live in London so what's home to me is a "tourist hotspot" for someone else. If I was taking photos, I'd keep going and just get them in the background. They can be edited out after if needed. I wouldn't tell them to move, but I might take more photos once they're gone. I wouldn't move if someone asked me as ultimately the experience is there for everyone to enjoy - including me

Depends how long they'd been there. And how long you were planning on being there.

I was in a supermarket recently and stopped at the pudding section and was there maybe 10-15 seconds trying to decide what to buy. A lady came up behind me and said excuse me I need to get there. So i apologied and moved as I knew I was blocking the section by dithering. She then stood in my spot and done the same thing. Just staring at the selection. Then got her phone out and started ringing someone asking what they fancied.
For some reason her dithering was more important than mine.

So if it looks like she's going to be ages you could ask if you could take you photo quickly. But don't ask them to move then spend ages yourself taking photos.

When I say landmark it’s not very well known but it’s a landmark to that area but around the platform there was maybe 10/15 people.

Should have included that in the OP

It depends if it's the kind of landmark where taking more than 2 photos means you're just pretty much repeatedly taking the same photo or not.

I don't understand going to landmarks just to take photos then move away. You can see photos online. If you're there, surely you take time to appreciate it without your phone in your hand.

It depends but I have done it. Two girls taking multiple photos each in different poses, likely for “the gram”.

Then they stood in front of the landmark checking their photos. I did say to them if you are done can you move to the side to allow others to take a photo.

To be fair to them I think they were just oblivious to the queue of people waiting, and immediately said sorry and moved to the side

I'm still annoyed at being asked to move away from Botticeli's Venus, when I was trying to get a good look at it close up after years of waiting.
Uffizi gallery was quite busy and because it's such a big painting, a tourist wanting a clear view on her camera phone, asked everyone to step aside. She didn't seem interested in it in any depth, just wanted to bag a pic with her friend only in front of it. I ignored her for a moment, then she tapped me on the arm and gestured for me to move. I stepped aside briefly for her, then moved back to study the picture again.
Her other friends all wanted to do the same, so I tried to ignore as I leaned in to get a look at the brushwork at the edge. I felt intimidated and didn't go to the centre of it in case they thought I was being deliberately annoying. Shame.

I'm over it now..
..almost!

I was near the Houses of Parliament the other morning and tourists were queuing to get photos of themselves in the nearby red phone boxes.

To me, it was really funny but to them it was obviously a major photo hotspot.

In all honesty I thought she’d asked if I wanted her to take a photo of me (language barrier) so I said no thank you and she didn’t seem impressed 😂

Your response was perfect IMO 😂

This is a complete pet peeve of mine too, especially with works of art in galleries.

The one that stands out the most is the Mona Lisa at the Louvre. People queue for ages to see it, get to it and what do they do? Whip out their phone to take a photo of it, quick snap and move on.

They dont even look - they only see it through their phone screen. You might as well have just Googled it.

Look at the damn thing ffs.

You certainly don't move someone out of the way to take a picture of an art work, and I would not move for someone who asked me. I'd take my time looking and they can take a photo when I'm done.

You get a better look at the Mona Lisa in the gift shop. You weren't even allowed to stand still and look at it when I went

Same, but I'd rather spend the 5 seconds I have actually looking at it, than taking a photo through my phone screen.

So many people walk past the Mona Lisa every day but barely anyone actually sees it.

So sad for such a famous piece of art.

I hate that. I don't understand that. I always assumed people go to a gallery to look at art, but apparently not.
I only take photos of art if it's something I really liked but haven't heard of and I want to look up more information at home. But then usually I just take a photo of the description or make a note of the title. Otherwise I think it's pointless to take photos in art galleries.

OP, asking you to move in this scenario was unreasonable.