Asking to take a photograph of someone?

I'm a very entry level French speaker, and will be traveling to Paris soon with the hopes of taking lots of photos of french shopkeepers in their place of business.

I want to be as respectful as possible and am trying to find the best phrase to ask if I can take their photo.

Google translate suggests:

"Puis-je vous prendre en photo?"

Is this too formal? Is "Puis-je vous photo" too casual?

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Permalink Reply by lauris on May 20, 2011 at 9:29am

"Puis-je vous prendre en photo" is very formal.

When you speak, you would say "Est-ce que je peux vous prendre en photo?" or simply "je peux vous prendre en photo?" (which is very casual)

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Permalink Reply by Peter R on May 20, 2011 at 6:57pm

Excellent. "je peux vous prendre en photo?" is what I'll go with.

Thanks! (Err, merci!)

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