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03/26/2006 12:07:00 PM · #1 |
My wife pointed this out to me as she is a primary school teacher and it really should be made clear.
I was showing her one of the Education Ribbon Winners photographs with the kids and the teacher. The author pointed out that the teacher was in fact shouting at people to stop taking pictures of the children in her care.
Now the scary part..This type of photography is now basically illegal in the UK without the express written permission from the parents of the children and the school.
Had the teacher in the picture decided to call the police the photographer would have had his camera equipment confiscated and ran the risk of not ever getting it back and possibly a criminal charge or two.
The bottom line here folks is this.
Those kids that some people take Candid shots of didnt give you permission to take the picture in the first place and certainly did not give you permission to post it on the internet for all and sundry to view.
Please think before you take those pictures.
Message edited by author 2006-03-26 12:14:08. |
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03/26/2006 12:31:13 PM · #2 |
In todays world, where we see stories of all sorts of child abductions, molestation and murder in the media, to shoot candids of any child (without expressed permission of the guardian) opens a huge can of worms for any photographer, regardless of intended purpose.
It may be legal to shoot the candids, but even so, you could open yourself to a civil suit, and possibly crimminal suits, if the image were used by a third party to plan, let's say, an abduction.
Just be safe folks, I don't want to see any DPCers in the news, at least not in this way.
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03/26/2006 01:13:03 PM · #3 |
Fortunately, adults "play" too...
R.
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03/27/2006 10:42:07 AM · #4 |
Slightly off-topic, but still discussing the Playtime challenge...
I took a bunch of pictures this weekend, and found an image that I thought would be perfect for the Playtime challenge. Since then, I've come up with something that I think would be great to do for it...
Here's my question: If you've got a good photo for a challenge, but then you think of another that would also be good, do you do it? It would require a lot of work to do it, and I'm not even sure if I could make it as good as my vision is.
I haven't decided whether or not I am going to do it yet.. I just wanted a different viewpoint. :) |
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03/27/2006 11:46:53 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by Cyndane:
Slightly off-topic, but still discussing the Playtime challenge...
I took a bunch of pictures this weekend, and found an image that I thought would be perfect for the Playtime challenge. Since then, I've come up with something that I think would be great to do for it...
Here's my question: If you've got a good photo for a challenge, but then you think of another that would also be good, do you do it? It would require a lot of work to do it, and I'm not even sure if I could make it as good as my vision is.
I haven't decided whether or not I am going to do it yet.. I just wanted a different viewpoint. :) |
I do it every time I come up with something better. The reality is, if I get to shoot for the challenge (if I find the time) it is usually all the time I can allocate for it during the week, so reshoots are often unpractical/impossible.
But, given the opportunity, I've done it. Will never know if it was for better or worse. |
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03/27/2006 02:19:02 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by CraigF:
Now the scary part..This type of photography is now basically illegal in the UK without the express written permission from the parents of the children and the school.
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Wrong. It was in a public place. You might get hassle from some idiot teacher or some jobsworth security guard or even a policeman called to the scene but if you are in a public place you can snap away all you like.
Taking pictures on school premises requires permission. Completely different issue.
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03/29/2006 03:30:34 PM · #7 |
Data Protection Act Guidelines for Photographing Children.
• Shots including pictures of children (under 16 years):
• For events such as Open Day the procedure for events involving very large
groups should be followed.
• For specific pictures in which children are featured, express consent (in the
form of a completed Consent Form) must be provided by the child’s
parents/guardians or by their school (depending on which is acting as the point
of contact).
• For specific pictures in which pre-school children are featured, express consent
(in the form of a completed Consent Form) must be provided by the child’s
parents/guardians.
they have already appeared.
I think the Museum Pic would be classed as an outing therefore Teacher or School permission.
Message edited by author 2006-03-29 15:31:36. |
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03/29/2006 08:29:13 PM · #8 |
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I'm just thrilled to death ya know lol. Seriously I'm in 7th heaven lol. |
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03/29/2006 08:33:25 PM · #9 |
And I just read above about the museum pic and shooting candid pictures of children. Very interesting. I'd never shoot children I don't know since I have my own lol. But that really is scary and I know if I saw a picture somewhere with my child in it that were not taken by me I'd be very upset.
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03/29/2006 08:51:41 PM · #10 |
| I got around that problem in my playtime photo. All the subjects in my photo are adults. Some of them may ACT like kids, but that's another story... |
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03/30/2006 07:04:50 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by CraigF:
Data Protection Act Guidelines for Photographing Children.
I think the Museum Pic would be classed as an outing therefore Teacher or School permission. |
Absolutely not. Those guidelines (and they are only guidelines)to which you refer are dealing with photography at school. The photograph outside a museum was in a public place. Nobody has any right to prevent you from taking and using your photographs taken in a public place, even of children and their teacher waiting for admittance to a museum. If the photograph was taken on school premises that is a different issue.
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03/31/2006 09:46:11 AM · #12 |
Oh for the love of god..
Ok..Todays news.
Police in Glasgow are actively hunting 2 men who were taking photos of kids on a bus after being asked not to.
That made the Scottish News today.
I think that ends any discussion on the rights or wrongs. |
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04/01/2006 10:13:55 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by CraigF:
Oh for the love of god..
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If you let petty officials officials interfere with your freedom you soon won't have any.
Perhaps the men on the bus were thought to be taking "inappropriate" pictures. Perhaps they were acting strangely. Perhaps someone just overreacted? Someone has reported an "incident" to the police so the police will have to investigate. They may well decide there is nothing to pursue.
Unless you can point me at a law which forbids the taking of photographs of people on a public street, don't try to tell me it is wrong for people to do so.
Just for the record, I don't even like taking pictures with people in ;)
Roger
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