Contactless Payment Shop

I recently saw a shop where there's a requirement to go into the store and make a purchase with the cashier, using your contactless credit card at the payment terminal....ok, but the photo requirements? You have to take a photo of the purchasing area and each screen during the payment process. This is a gas station. I was trying to picture myself taking photos while the cashier and other customers stand and watch. They'd be thinking I was a criminal, staking out the joint. I don't get this. How do you take photos in front of people but not have that signal that you are NOT a typical customer?

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I took video then, later, stopped the recording at each new touchpoint and took a screenshot of it, as suggested in the instructions. Time consuming, as it was something new for me, but it worked out.
So no one thought it odd that you were recording the whole event? where I live they'd call the cops for anyone recording near an ATM or payment terminal...lol.
I said I was making a tutorial for my Dad.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
The phone was at an angle where others could not see my screen. I just pretended that I was enthralled with whatever I was reading/watching on my phone.
One thing I have learned about 20 years of mystery shopping, is I have become a master sleuth and fibber. LOL
Apparently I am too honest lol - and concerned about holding up the line...there are always lines around here at all the gas stations - I guess I could try late at night ...nah, not worth it for that amount lol
The camera on my phone has a thing called "single take" it takes a series of pictures without having to press the button more than once. I hit it accidentally a LOT, but it might come in handy for this shop...
As already suggested, take a video. Or set your camera app so that you can tap the screen anywhere, then tap it every few seconds, glancing at it occasionally to ensure that it's still aimed at the pay terminal screen.
I hit that single take thingy a lot too. Then I have to delete so many pictures. PITA

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Practice at home first and find what you're comfortable with. It could come in handy for other projects in the future as well.
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