On Feb 19, 2013, at 8:50 AM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
> From: Larry Colen >> On Feb 18, 2013, at 7:43 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote: >>> >>> I'm going to hijack your post in a slightly different direction. >>> My sibling has been rather adamant about not posting photos of zir >>> child in public places. What do other people think about that >>> attitude? >> >> I think that parents should have the right to say whether pictures of >> their kids can be posted. > > > That sounds an awful lot like giving "parents" an absolute veto over what you > can photograph. It's not very far from there to "You can't take photographs > here because there are children present." > > -- I've encountered this when taking pictures of Grace at the playground. She often befriends someone, and they then play together. Sometimes I take pictures and frequently offer to send some free shots to the parent of the other child. Most are pleased. Occasionally, I've been ordered to stop taking pictures. Sometimes I oblige, particularly if I've already gotten some good ones. Other times I've refused, and on a very few occasions, angry parents have grabbed their child and left the playground. Those incidents have led me to want to accommodate their wishes, so now I generally honor those requests. But I explain that I don't have to stop taking pictures in a public park, and that would be true even if the subject weren't my own grandchild. Asked why they don't want photos, most parents simply don't know. I suspect that for many it's merely a matter of being in control. Paul > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
