Stages of a Photographer

Need I say more..??

May I take your photograph, please?

Photographing birds and animals are quite often easier than photographing people. Well, at least they don't make faces back at me! I've always been very hesitant to approach others to take their photo, partly because I find myself in adept as a portrait photographer but more because I find it difficult to approach people. Sometimes I have got away with some candid and surreptitious shots, but they are far from satisfactory. Eh bien, no one wants to be approached by an impolite guy with a 'gun'. So I was just learning to approach people and politely ask them for a photograph.

English

May I take your photograph, please?

Afrikaans

mag ek neem jou foto, asseblief?

Albanian

Mund të bëj fotografi juaj, ju lutem?

Arabic

يمكنني التقاط صورة، من فضلك؟

Chinese | S

我可以给你拍照，好吗？

Czech

 Mohu si fotografii, prosím?

Danish

 Må jeg tage dit fotografi, please?

Dutch

Mag ik je foto, alstublieft?

Filipino

 maaaring i kumuha ng iyong mga litrato, please?

Finnish

Saanko kuvasi, kiitos?

French

Puis-je vous prendre en photo, s'il vous plaît?

German

Darf ich Ihr Foto, bitte?

Hebrew

אני יכול לצלם שלך, בבקשה?

Hindi

माई आपकी तस्वीर लेने के लिए, कृपया?

Indonesian

mungkin saya mengambil foto anda, silahkan?

Hungarian

Hadd vegye be a fényképet, kérem?

Irish

Is féidir liom a ghlacadh do ghrianghraf, le do thoil?

Italian

Posso prendere la tua foto, per favore?

Japanese

私がしてください、あなたの写真を撮ることがあります？

Korean

내가하십시오 사진이 걸릴 수 있습니다?

Malay

mungkin saya mengambil gambar anda, sila?

Norwegian

kan jeg ta bilde, please?

Persian

ممکن است من را عکس خود ، لطفا؟

Polish

Czy mogę wziąć swoje zdjęcie, proszę?

Portuguese

Posso tirar a sua fotografia, por favor?

Russian

Могу ли я считать вашу фотографию, пожалуйста?

Spanish

¿Puedo tomar su fotografía, por favor?

Swahili

inaweza i kuchukua picha yako, tafadhali?

Swedish

Kan jag ta din bild, tack?

Thai

ฉันอาจจะใช้เวลาถ่ายภาพของคุณได้ไหม

Turkish

i, lütfen fotoğraf alabilir?

Vietnamese

có thể tôi đưa bức ảnh của bạn, xin vui lòng?

Welsh

Efallai i gymryd eich llun, os gwelwch yn dda?

But just as a word of caution, people in few parts of the world do not like to photographed even if you approach them politely. Esp. in the Arab culture, its almost taboo to take someone's photo as they believe that the person's soul is also captured in the photo.