Whoo hoo my drunk picture takin skills are da bomb!!! Def had some great shots...amazingly every picture I took only focused on those in the group which was my intention. I will send u the link to the special secret place I keep the pictures I took,that only those who are in them have a magical key too. I did not post any picture from last year publicly or on this forum because I do respect others privacy, and know that even though we go bat shit down there doesn't mean your cousins next door neighbor needs to find out about it visually. My 2 cents on cameras..... I have a terrible memory and alcohol only makes it worse. I take pics to remember how much fun I had. I do not however condone some sleeze ball sittin in the corner alone with his/her camera takin pics focused on people he/she does not know with the intent of doin whatever creepy thing those people do with them. If I happened to photo bomb a pic in the background no biggy. B
Brandie I've got my sunglasses already packed to protect my eyeballs from your Paty-O's night time paparazzi blitz! I can't remember how many times I turned around and BOOM, flash in the face! It always made me laugh.
I'm not saying no cameras and no pics. We took a ton of our group. We were a pretty alright sized CCC group and there were other CCC groups there. It has nothing to do with the group size or the fact pictures were taken. I think people aren't seeing what my original post was about. I was simply warning everyone to be on the look out of this issue for your trip just to be nice, not to beat a dead horse or start any drama or disagreement or anything. These are random people taking random pictures of people they don't know, including our large group of ladies. We had people taking pictures of us when we lined up away from everything for our husbands to take pictures. We had total strangers photo bombing us and getting up on us on Lingerie night. We had people saying they would get the pictures anyway. There were people video recording the Boobs Cruise return and taking pictures of the games. These were not just taking pics of your group and getting people in the background. Yes, we said something to security and hotel staff. No they did not care and did not do a damn thing. There were many uncomfortable nights because of this. Even the entertainment staff seemed to be slacking on the camera enforcement this year. I asked Paloma to ensure a guy deleted the pictures he took during a game of 20+ topless women because he wasn't deleting them. She said she would later, but of course the guy bolted and didn't wait around for over 20 angry husbands. Luckily one husband did grab him and ensure they were deleted. We are not a group that is going to risk ruining our own vacation by smashing or drowning someone's camera. Last time I checked that was wrong and illegal. We did what we could by telling hotel security and staff. They did nothing about it. This is just what happened to us. It was bad enough that this issue, among some other things, will result in us likely not returning to Temptation. I just wanted to warn everyone so that they vacation wasn't affected by this. Take you pictures. Not saying not too. Just be on the look out for random strangers taking pics and video.
It sucks when there are people who just don't know how to act - no matter where you are. If we happen to notice someone snapping where he shouldn't, I'll step in and politely tell him "that's not cool." Beyond that, we won't give it much thought - it's certainly not something that we'll stress over. We're on vacation in our favorite place - hard to get too upset over anything that happens. We can't control every situation we're in and realize that trying to - or expecting to be able to would make having fun impossible. If you want to take our pic, just get our attention first, so we can smile!! :icon_biggrin:
I agree. I thought we didn't judge at Temptations. On our 3rd trip we ran absorbed a couple into our group from England who were both mid 70's. They were the best.
Please read my clarification on the age comment. It wasn't the age, it was the people. They were very judging and almost like shaming people. I talked to several that were uncomfortable. The age is what made it very uncomfortable when they were judging and giving looks. It is easy for me to say on they should have researched their vacation more and look away if they don't want to see people in theme night wear or topless when it is someone 20, 30, 40, or 50 that give the looks. However, when it is a senior it feels uncomfortable and you don't feel that nobody gives a shit feeling. Maybe is the respect I have toward seniors, but I would have been more comfortable with my own grandmother there. I am not the only person there that felt this way. Please don't focus on the age thing. It wasn't that. Besides, this was a thread just to give a heads up on the issues that we felt greatly affected our vacation. Like I said there were other things. If we hadn't gone with our group from last year, we likely wouldn't have had a good time.
We've run into this a bunch. Our group is a bit out there even by TTR standards, fitness pro girls, porn stars, strippers among them. And we have fun. I no longer post publicly who we are for various reasons, Steve knows us. That said there are several ways of dealing with this. For us it started pre-camera policy when it was really bad. The girls would stop having fun when the random cameras showed up, if they are not having fun the guys are not having fun. The girls and guys would try to be diplomatic, that rarely worked. Next came aggressive confrontation, more effective but it really isn't something you want to inject into your wild crazy fun vacation is it? It always worked but it isn't always an option. For me (the male 1/2) I had to find a better way. A TTR way, a TTB way. One evening at the pool one of the girls got out of the whirlpool naked and walked to the bathrooms, this girl turns every head. The 6 guys in one of the whirlpools had me outnumbered and they were taking pictures. What to do? I jumped into their whirlpool and asked if I could take their picture. I asked that they stand up so I could get them all. I asked them to all drop their pants so I could get pictures of their Dicks. HOLY HELL WHAT?!?!? Exactly. When they declined I then asked that they not take pictures of the girl about to walk out of the bathroom. I was onto a solution. A guy during lingere night was adamant he could take pictures. (This was pre-dress code rules, pre-camera ban.). You know what buddy, you're right. You can take pictures of whatever you want. SO CAN I. Then I did all I could to get a close up of his cornea and retina with my camera. The flash helped, but it still took several shots to get just the right angle. See where I'm going with this? All that led to the final solution. It's Temptation, have fun with it. Nobody knows you and Nobody gives a shit. You want to be creepy? You want to make people uncomfortable? Lets do it. At this point I'm just a few steps shy of being willing to rape a dude to get the point across. You want a picture, no problem. I want to give you a lap dance. (I'm an obviously straight as an arrow veteran hard working looking dude). I have found that trying to dance with the guys or asking if they want to perform oral sex on me will make them leave the group alone forever. Seeing me creeps them out and its hilarious for the group. Be the camera creep in the middle of 6 guys trying to grind on you, I dare you to stick around. We call it getting gay on someone. The girls point out the creeps at this point and it has become one of the highlights of any given day. Unique problems require unique solutions. Enjoy and see you soon.
It's NOT going to be an issue for you, it's an issue with the guy lurking around not really participating just taking photos like he's there for Newsweek or something, usually with a 10" zoom lens, and often (GASP!!) with a group of single guys. If you are taking photos of your friends, people see that and may turn away or may step up & join the photo, but the second someone steps around the corner behind you snapping off pics or picks up his "newspaper cam" and awkwardly starts shooting, someone is going to get riled up. The ones that we noticed were at the pool area fully clothed, completely out of place and only there to take close-ups of total strangers. You taking photos of the people you're with by the pool or even on the stage at Nice Shoes will not be an issue & lots of people will step into the pose with you, next thing you know you'll have a new friend that wants you to email them a copy. :aktion030:
