School Chrismas photography a bit of sense.

not a problem at my school - they actively encourage you to take pics
 
But they can still prevent you taking photographs on the entirely reasonable grounds that you might sell them to a paedophile ring.
 
How are those grounds entirely reasonable? Parents are assummed to be providing photos to paedophile rings unti lit is proven otherwise?
 
It's just madness that we live in a world where there's a need for this to even be discussed and people can't just take photographs of their kids without even thinking about it. Crazy!
 
Graulges said:
How are those grounds entirely reasonable? Parents are assummed to be providing photos to paedophile rings unti lit is proven otherwise?
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You don't live in the UK Frank, so you probably won't understand how reasonable that all sounds to a Daily Mail reader.
 
Imagine you're walking down the street. 30 yards away a stranger is approaching you. Now construct in your mind all the negative possibilities regarding that person in the time it takes for you to come face to face with them. It's this sort of paranoia that underpins a lot of these kinds of nonsensical decisions.

We are increasingly ruled by 'might be' and 'possibles'.

Tomorrow there will be a close pass of PHA (Potentially Hazardous Asteroid) JL33. It's 2 km across and will pass by about 4 million miles away.

As a society we really have to get a sense of perspective into our assessment of risk and threat.
 
StewartR said:
You don't live in the UK Frank, so you probably won't understand how reasonable that all sounds to a Daily Mail reader.
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Flippin' heck I've only been gone just over 3 years. I guess I'm also influenced by working with Primary school aged kids over here and society is just so much more relaxed. Mind you I wouldn't want to be someone giving cause for concern in that direction they'd come down very hard. I don't live anywhere near one of the big cities either. It just seem such a shame.
 
i saw that on the news and chuckled..
i have just shot a nativity play and sat with the camera to my eye the whole morning
my grandaughter was in the play but even using the zoom there were other children in my shot
no one tackled me about it but when i saw the news i immediately thought they might have...
as it happens flash was not allowed so i had to use 200 iso and hand held at 1/25 f 4.5 full zoom...
out of 45 i got 19 to come decent with some cropping and noise reduction
all taken on the pano FZ7...as the e-420...makes...erm..funny clicking noises when you push the shutter...the pano is silent
cheers
geof
 
Isn't it nice of Big Brother to give us permission to take photos of our own kids! How decent of him!
 
A couple of days ago we went to watch our 4 year old son in his first nativity play. It was quite an emotional experience. :love: However, all of the documentation pre-play clearly stated no photography. It appeared to be on commercial grounds though, i.e. they had someone filming and photographing it.

Anyway, come the evening of the play and as soon as we sat down we noticed the countless number of parents with cameras and camcorders. The Head gave a H&S chat at the start and said it was alright for parents to take pictures, etc, if it was for personal use! As the play started, some people started pulling out DSLRs! I was rather annoyed.

My wife managed to get a few shots on her mobile, but they weren't fantastic.

Gutted.
 
gabe said:
Isn't it nice of Big Brother to give us permission to take photos of our own kids! How decent of him!
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Well not really, the authorities have just reiterated that there is no law against and that the data protection act doesn't prevent photography at these events so not really any need for a "Big Brother" comment really. :shrug:

It's always been the schools themselves who need educating (ironically) in these things.
 
Is a school classed as private property and therefore you can't play the 'I can take pictures in public' card if they try to prevent you?
 
Anyway, come the evening of the play and as soon as we sat down we noticed the countless number of parents with cameras and camcorders. The Head gave a H&S chat at the start and said it was alright for parents to take pictures, etc, if it was for personal use! As the play started, some people started pulling out DSLRs! I was rather annoyed.

My wife managed to get a few shots on her mobile, but they weren't fantastic.

Gutted.[/QUOTE]

That's a real shame! However, hats off to the parents who flouted the rule. If more people did that, the powers-that-be would have less of a hold on us! My cousin went to his kid's school party last summer and was told by some busybody that he couldn't take photos. He just told them to p**S off! They did!
 
Sponge said:
A couple of days ago we went to watch our 4 year old son in his first nativity play. It was quite an emotional experience. :love: However, all of the documentation pre-play clearly stated no photography. It appeared to be on commercial grounds though, i.e. they had someone filming and photographing it.

Anyway, come the evening of the play and as soon as we sat down we noticed the countless number of parents with cameras and camcorders. The Head gave a H&S chat at the start and said it was alright for parents to take pictures, etc, if it was for personal use! As the play started, some people started pulling out DSLRs! I was rather annoyed.

My wife managed to get a few shots on her mobile, but they weren't fantastic.

Gutted.
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I bet you enjoyed the show better than if you had your camera with you as you were able to concentrate on the play rather than taking a picture.
 
Very good point and if I think about it, quite right.

Around July time the pre-school my son went to held a graduation play. I was videoing it and if I think about it, despite physically being there and recording it, and then watching it afterwards, I don't feel like I was really there. Bizarre feeling; I was there, but not.

It's an interesting point to debate: do you need photographs/video to remember events? Do you remember them, feel them, 'better' if you're actually participating at the time, as opposed to recording them?
 
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