Tips/advice on taking candid photos of women at the beach?

Hi, I am going to Hawaii in a few months, and I plan on taking a LOT of candid photographs of attractive bikini-clad young women at the various popular beaches over there.





I have never done anything like this before.





Have any of you taken candid beach photos of women in bikinis before, and if so, do you have any useful tips or advice?





Some things in general I would like to know:





1. Is it legal for me to take candid photos of women on the beach, or do I need to get their permission. Keep in mind, these will not be naked or topless, since beaches in Hawaii do not allow nudity of any sort.





2. Will they usually be confrontational about it, meaning I would be better off taking the photos as descreetly as possible, using a zoom-lens, or is it usually not a big deal, and I can just snap photos from a little closer without using a zoom lens.





3. Have you ever been beat up by the boyfriend of a woman who caught you taking photos of her?





4. On a sunny day during the middle of day, what would you say the best camera settings would be for me to use to get the best possible photos, as far as the shutter speed, aperture setting, and iso setting, given that I will be taking the photos by hand, and not with a tripod.





5. Any other tips or advice would be much appreciated, thanks!Tips/advice on taking candid photos of women at the beach?
PERVERT!Tips/advice on taking candid photos of women at the beach?
Wait, you don't want people taking girlfriend photos, but you want to take photos of other guy's girlfriends?





C'mon on man, rent some videos and get off that way.





This forum is for real photographers and real questions.
Straight to # 5 - Take up macro photography, if you're close enough to do that, I'd ask for permission.
id beat the **** out of you if you started taking candid pictures of my girlfriend.
ok well.... if you honestly want these in a photography way.. you should DEFINATELY ask them before you do... because if not.. you might end up getting beat up
you're a ******* perv.
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If you don't want to deal with model releases, do the following.





Photograph only peoples backs (I'm not an expert, so don't take this as sound advice. I could be wrong; you may still need a model release.





Buy an expensive telephoto lens. Like a 500mm 2.8 or something like that.





Query ';bikinis in Hawaii'; on your search engine and save yourself the cost of a plane ticket.
1. You should get a model release form signed if you intend to try to gain financially or just publish.


2. You'll find photography much more rewarding if you ask permission and get cooperation. That way you can get in close, avoid the shadows and get smiles not frowns.


3. No, but you can look forward to it.


4. Sunny day, middle of day is possibly worst time.


5. Don't.
Are you a pervert? You need to be arrested. Weather it is illiegle or not you are voilating a womans personal rights to her privacy. You may not just get beaten by the boyfriend, but if You did it to me you would not know what hit you and you would no longer have a camera which was working.


Don't do it.


Why don't you find your self a serious relationship then you can photo her, by the way she will look just as pretty with her clothes on.
%26gt; photographs of attractive bikini-clad young women


%26gt; at the various popular beaches over there.





So funny. You are barking up the wrong tree. That's in Florida Miami beach. Not in Hawaii. Hawaii is so far from everywhere most of the people on the beach ar locals. Hawaii is where people live and so you got moms, dads, kids, etc. There are many visitors, but they are all mostly honey-mooners (new husband always nearby), and not necessarily ';attractive bikini-clad '; - just married.








I used to live there (Maui)


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%26gt; Have any of you taken candid beach photos of women in bikinis


%26gt; before, and if so, do you have any useful tips or advice?





Use LONG zoom lens. But again, there's not much to take. Many of the beaches are NOT crowded so people don't sit near each other. So GET A LONG LENS !!


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%26gt; 1. Is it legal for me to take candid photos of women on the beach,





In general, in public area, people have NO REASONALBE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY. Shoot away. Just don't be a creep and they won't throw sand in your camera (or the boyfriends beat you up).


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%26gt; 2. Will they usually be confrontational about it, meaning I


%26gt; would be better off taking the photos as descreetly as possible,





Good idea.


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%26gt; and I can just snap photos from a little closer without using a zoom lens.





Bad idea. Like I said - don't be a creep and things will be ok. Just because it is Hawaii rule of common decency doesn't change from your home town.


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%26gt; 3. Have you ever been beat up by the boyfriend of a woman


%26gt; who caught you taking photos of her?





I'm not a creep.


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%26gt; 4. On a sunny day during the middle of day, what would you


%26gt; say the best camera settings would be for me to use to get





There's no gereral rules. That is where experience kicks in. Beside just set the camera on PROGRAM MODE if you don't know what to do.


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5. Any other tips or advice would be much appreciated, thanks!





Don't get sand in your camera. I'm serious. There's a lot of wind and sand at beach. And the way you are going, lots of people are going to be throwing some at you too.








Good luck...





P.S. Hawaii is a chain of beautiful islandSSSS. There's so much to take pictures. And you want to take picture of something you can get download from your internet FOR FREE. Just enjoy the island. Go sight seeing.