Is it normal to take a photo of someone in public if you find them attractive?

Creeper.

ask permission before you take any photos. They might think you are some kind of stalker/deviant. How would you feel if some stranger did that to you.

I was walking in the mall with some friends and as we're walking a group of guys pass us

One of the guys had his phone in his hand, holds it up, and takes a picture WITH HIS FLASH ON IN OUR FACE as he walks by us and then just walks away with his buddies like it was nothing

We don't know which one of us he was trying to take a picture of we were all just really creeped out. One of my friends said she was prepared to fight him if he came back to do it again or try to follow us.
We had to watch our backs for the rest of the day because we weren't sure who that guy was, why he took a picture, why he gave use no explanation... It was just scary

Please don't do this you will end up making someone feel super uncomfortable and scared

If your really want a picture just ask for one! Who knows maybe the girl will be super flattered and let you take more than one picture and do different poses. Maybe you guys will start talking and become friends or end up having some kind of relationship

I see a lot more good coming from you asking than I do of you creeping around to take photos in secret. Not asking will leave someone scared and/or may end up with someone trying to attack you or call the cops on you

Please ask! If your too scared to do that then just bring a sketch book with you and try to draw them out or something

Technically it's legal, and it does happen quite often, so I'd say it's normal.

You should ask them to marry you after you take the photo, that's the normal thing to do

Once saw a guy taking a video of my wife topless on the beach playing beach ball, tits swaying as she ran and hit the ball. This wwnt on for some 3 or 4 minutes, didn't know whether to challenge him or feel proud that my wife was attractive enough that he felt she was worth videoing. In the end I did nothing, looking back on it I guess he was only videoing her bare tits.

Creepy, yes..But if you think it doesn't happen every day, in public, bars, stores, etc, you're crazy. It does. Unless the photo-taker is greedy and keeps taking pics, I think most women shrug it off as just one of those things and no big deal.

I have several female bartender friends who've had their pic taken, and, while don't like it, unless the guy keeps going, will brush off one or two. Did see a friend walk over to one guy taking pics of her behind the bar one night, calmly take his phone, drop it into his beer, then walk away. She'd had enough of being his model to likely jerk off to later.

I've also seen my hot older sister have hers taken a bunch of times. We were at a flea market one hot weekend, and she tied her tank top up to mid-ribs, showing off her bulging boobs, past her navel, and into an open-snapped shorts. Guys were firing off shots of her left and right, and she played it up. Knew I'd stop anything excessive anyway, and, other than maybe one or two guys, most just took one or two of her. And nobody asked permission.

Seek help.

If I somehow found out that a stranger did this to me, I'd be fucking creeped out. This is creepy stalker shit.

The proper thing to do is to ask permission.