Taking pics signing the register

[admirable]

I never understand why the signing of the register has to be a setup after the event on a blank page to prevent the copying of details already in the book.

The details are public and posted outside the office 6 weeks before the event so why do they do this? or am I missing something?

 

[ppp]

to do with the data protection act apparently, because it is a legal document

 

[admirable]

It can't data protection if their names and addresses are posted outside the office beforehand.

Might be the witnesses right enuf?

 

[aligibbs]

I hate the DailyMail- but this article seems to tell you why:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...killjoys-trying-ban-wedding-day-pictures.html

 

[boyfalldown]

to do with the data protection act apparently, because it is a legal document

its also a public document - if you can really be bothered you could get a copy.

lots of registrars tell you they'll set up a mock signing now, but many(most) vicars let you photograph the actual signing

Hugh

 

[kapowphotography]

we have been told on a few occaisions when photographing weddings to wait until the signing of the register is completed before taking staged photos as its a legal document

 

[Just Dave]

Think also its so the documents dont get ink accidental spilt/ botches on them or defaced, as the happy couple aren't really concentrating on the register their having their pic taken, accidents happen

 

[unclened]

i could photograph the register, send it to my dodgy cousins in pakistan and they could fake a marriage to a UK citizen! lol

on a serious note, i think the govt should lighten up

 

[aligibbs]

i could photograph the register, send it to my dodgy cousins in pakistan and they could fake a marriage to a UK citizen! lol

on a serious note, i think the govt should lighten up

But you can request a copy anywho, so I don't see the point.

 

[unclened]

But you can request a copy anywho, so I don't see the point.

exactly, so why the fuss over taking pictures of it

 

[boyfalldown]

exactly, so why the fuss over taking pictures of it

good old data protection act being applied wrongly again - but I'll leave it there

 

[Nod]

A couple of years ago, when I got wed, the previous entries were covered over when we signed. IMO, it's the actual signing of the book that was important NOT exactly when the photos were taken.

Interesting to see that in that DM link, the top 2 comments from pro wedding togs have no objection to the restriction but Joe Public underneath seems to have his knickers in a twist.

 

[Steve Smith]

Interesting to see that in that DM link, the top 2 comments from pro wedding togs have no objection to the restriction but Joe Public underneath seems to have his knickers in a twist.

I'm not a pro wedding photographer but I have photographed the staged signing of the register a couple of times. In my opinion, it is easier to do it this way. Perhaps the whole of the wedding can be re-staged after the event just to get the pictures!


Steve.

 

[boyfalldown]

Interesting to see that in that DM link, the top 2 comments from pro wedding togs have no objection to the restriction but Joe Public underneath seems to have his knickers in a twist.

now I would argue that says more about DM readers (who seem to get angry about not very much) then it does about anything else

 

[POAH]

I never understand why the signing of the register has to be a setup after the event on a blank page to prevent the copying of details already in the book.

The details are public and posted outside the office 6 weeks before the event so why do they do this? or am I missing something?

nothing to stop you taking pics of it. Priest at the last wedding I shot was doing everything he could to help me take pics of it

 

[fragdude]

when i got married, i was told it was because they wanted the signing 100% correct and un interupted, and they felt the that the picture being taken at the same time would cause mistakes/distraction, so a staged signing after the proper for piccys

 

[lawrie29]

Is it more to protect the actual signatures??

what with name address, DOB, occupation, maiden name, signature etc. It would not be too hard to use that lot to do all kinds during a two week honeymoon................

 

[coldpenguin]

Is it more to protect the actual signatures??

what with name address, DOB, occupation, maiden name, signature etc. It would not be too hard to use that lot to do all kinds during a two week honeymoon................

It is a public document, anyone can ask to see it.

When we had our wedding, it was the not wanting to get distracted reason (and the fact that the pen was fountain-ink, and easily smudges)

 

[Just Dave]

it was the not wanting to get distracted reason (and the fact that the pen was fountain-ink, and easily smudges)

Think also its so the documents dont get ink accidental spilt/ botches on them or defaced, as the happy couple aren't really concentrating on the register their having their pic taken, accidents happen

As I said in #7, That's the reason a registrar gave to me she never mentioned data protection

 

[purpleclouds]

I shot a wedding once, where the vicar managed to date the wedding a month later than it was, and somehow manage to point the bride and groom to sign each others lines instead of their own....

.... and that was without us snapping away too!

It could quite possibly be to just minimise distractions at the most important part of the day, which is fair enough. They have a job to do just like us as photographers

 

[maddog.mark]

Think also its so the documents dont get ink accidental spilt/ botches on them or defaced, as the happy couple aren't really concentrating on the register their having their pic taken, accidents happen

I think this is the most likely reason, but it's dressed up as Data Protection as most people would buy that as an excuse.... Section 27 of the Bluff Act is your reference point

 

[Brooksy]

Our photographer last year when I got married took pic's of the register signing. Wasnt an issue.
I went to a friends wedding (with my dslr of course ) The paid tog didnt take any of them signing it, yet I did and nothing was said.
To be honest, if she did mine, I wouldnt have paid her.. Only thing she did at the night thing was get drunk. She left her camera on our table plenty of times. I felt like taking the memory card out or even hiding the camera to teach her a lesson!

I wouldnt even leave my P&C camera anywhere let alone any of my DSLR's!