カメコ

noun

amateur photographer who shoots models or booth attendants at events

Slang abbreviation of カメラ小僧. Refers to a (usually male) amateur photographer who goes to exhibitions, car shows, or similar events mainly to take pictures of female models or presenter ladies, often with a slightly derogatory or mocking tone.

See also: カメラ小僧

• モーターショーにはカメコがたくさん来きていた。

  A lot of amateur photographers were at the motor show taking pictures of the models.

• 彼かれはカメコ扱あつかいされるのが嫌いやで、風ふう景けい写しゃ真しんに転てん向こうした。

  He didn't like being treated as a 'camera boy', so he switched to landscape photography.