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This week i have a friend staying with her little girl.

We went to a wacky wearhouse and after looking around for a "no cameras" sign i went ahead and took some Pictures no not one person said a word to me. so was really pleased.

Later in the week We went to Richmond and down by the river there is a play park again the same thing. and on the river bank there were families teen's plonkers well all sorts and again not one person said a word to us using our cameras.

the reason for the post ? just thought i would share that not everyone has that horried thing in mind when they see someone with a camera.. and before anyone says "ah but your female " there was a male there with his camera too.
 
It's good to hear, Terri. :)

I was on the beach with grandchildren and camera yesterday (and Mr JG) - no problems, and I didn't expect any, but a brief exchange with a mother with 2 young teenage girls bemused me:

What happened: she stopped the girls taking photos with their p&s/phone, then noticed me sitting on a rock, DSLR in hand and said, "I know you've got your camera, but you've got your grandchildren there, I just don't want the girls to get into trouble". :shrug::shrug::shrug:

I tried to reassure her that they were doing nothing wrong, it's not illegal to take photos on a public beach, etc, etc, but she was clearly embarrassed and hurried away. Isn't that sad. :(

Jean
 
yes that is sad.

I didn't expect any hazzle but al we seem to read is the bad stuff. which is also sad.
 
I have seen people in the school assembly taking video of their children on their phones and don't have the slightest problem with this myself. I'm sure there has to be rules put in place in case there is ever an incident involving cameras and children maybe on a school sports field, if these rules were not there then the police would be powerless to stop them.

Our issue is that some jobsworth's push the guidelines to the max and try to prove they have the power to stop innocent photographers from dong normal everyday activities. These people should be educated otherwise and I look forward to bumping into one at some point :lol: until then I will click away and take photo's of my kids in parks, activity centres or wherever we decide to visit without looking over my shoulder to see who I may be upsetting.
 
I was filmed actively and deliberately the other day by someone from some website as part of an interview of random punters during the Ultraox concert on Sunday.

I was asked all sorts of questions and expected to answer them as honestly as I could - it was disgusting and I shall be writing a strongly-worded email to someone.

Who, specifically, I've no idea, but it will be very frank and unretiring of expressing my opinion.
 
gumbo-67 said:
This week i have a friend staying with her little girl.

We went to a wacky wearhouse and after looking around for a "no cameras" sign i went ahead and took some Pictures no not one person said a word to me. so was really pleased.

Later in the week We went to Richmond and down by the river there is a play park again the same thing. and on the river bank there were families teen's plonkers well all sorts and again not one person said a word to us using our cameras.

the reason for the post ? just thought i would share that not everyone has that horried thing in mind when they see someone with a camera.. and before anyone says "ah but your female " there was a male there with his camera too.
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This is pretty much the norm Terri, it'sjust not of interest to the media.
 
CGeezer said:
I'm sure there has to be rules put in place in case there is ever an incident involving cameras and children maybe on a school sports field, if these rules were not there then the police would be powerless to stop them.
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Stop whom from doing what?
 
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