Comments on: No. 2 – Photography in Public Places with Olivier Laurent from BJP http://www.photolegal.com/index.php/2009/05/09/photolegal-podcast-no-2-photography-in-public-places/ A UK podcast about Photography and the Law Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:58:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tim griffiths http://www.photolegal.com/index.php/2009/05/09/photolegal-podcast-no-2-photography-in-public-places/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Tim griffiths Fri, 22 May 2009 18:17:25 +0000 http://www.photolegal.com/?p=160#comment-38 Very interesting podcast, thank you. I'm an amateur who has developed a strong interest in street photography and have been looking for definitive guidelines. I had thought I was perfectly within my rights to take and publish any image of any person in a public place, but it seems the whole question has yet to be resolved. It will be a great shame if street photography is effectively outlawed, or made too impractical to bother with. Some of the greatest photographs ever taken are street pics. I also wonder what the team thinks of the fact that all of us are constantly being photographed by CCTV as we go about our business, Surely if a privacy law is introduced it will make this surveillance illegal. I do take on board the comments about putting oneself in the shoes of the person being photographed - that is a question of common decency. The problem is that the minute you ask permission to take a photograph you ruin it, or at least make it something else. But from now on, if i think i have something worthwhile, I will take the precaution of checking afterwards with the person concerned. On reflection, if i were being covertly photographed, it might well irk me somewhat to find my image all over the web. Thanks again for the information. Tim Griffiths Very interesting podcast, thank you. I’m an amateur who has developed a strong interest in street photography and have been looking for definitive guidelines. I had thought I was perfectly within my rights to take and publish any image of any person in a public place, but it seems the whole question has yet to be resolved. It will be a great shame if street photography is effectively outlawed, or made too impractical to bother with. Some of the greatest photographs ever taken are street pics. I also wonder what the team thinks of the fact that all of us are constantly being photographed by CCTV as we go about our business, Surely if a privacy law is introduced it will make this surveillance illegal.
I do take on board the comments about putting oneself in the shoes of the person being photographed – that is a question of common decency. The problem is that the minute you ask permission to take a photograph you ruin it, or at least make it something else.
But from now on, if i think i have something worthwhile, I will take the precaution of checking afterwards with the person concerned. On reflection, if i were being covertly photographed, it might well irk me somewhat to find my image all over the web.
Thanks again for the information.
Tim Griffiths

]]> By: Clifford http://www.photolegal.com/index.php/2009/05/09/photolegal-podcast-no-2-photography-in-public-places/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Clifford Sat, 16 May 2009 06:27:27 +0000 http://www.photolegal.com/?p=160#comment-34 An excellent idea that suits my interest in both the law and photography. Very well done with a great style of presentation Cheers An excellent idea that suits my interest in both the law and photography.

Very well done with a great style of presentation

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