Taking Photos

I think it was last week there was a thread about being stopped from taking photos of your kid playing footie. I've seen this sort of thing loads of times and basically whereever you pull out a camera some plomker will come up and try to stop you.

I've done a bit of an article about this subject and pretty much sums up where you stand. Worth a read if you've got a spare few minutes. http://blog.kira23.co.uk

Last edited by Berwyn on Tue Oct 25, 2011 12:35 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I think it was last week there was a thread about being stopped from taking photos of your kid playing footie. I've seen this sort of thing loads of times and basically whereever you pull out a camera some plomker will come up and try to stop you.

I've done a bit of an article about this subject and pretty much sums up where you stand. Worth a read if you've got a spare few minutes. blog.kira23.co.uk

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Sorry, does now.

Sorry, does now.

cheers.

Intersting read that fair play. It never really crossed my mind about the part where you talk about and enraged/dangerous parent who could trace the photos to trace there kids. I always thought it was pathetic restrictions due the some sickos lurking!

Sorry, does now.

cheers.

Intersting read that fair play. It never really crossed my mind about the part where you talk about and enraged/dangerous parent who could trace the photos to trace there kids. I always thought it was pathetic restrictions due the some sickos lurking!

Yes Milly it is a bit mental. They only stop you for location reasons rather than perv reasons, even if they don't know that themselves. What people don't realise though is the same rules apply to adults. If you are at risk, because for instance you are on witness protection, then you don't really want to be photographed playing for Bargoad FC, simply because the henchman could see a photo of you in your kit and turn up at the next home game. Fact is though if you turned up to photograph an adult football match no one would stop you. That in itself goes to show they don't know what they are doing.

If you want to take photos of your son playing football, just ask the manager/coach of each team. They are the responsible adults and it's their shout, not the bigtime charlie Park Keeper.

Sorry, does now.

cheers.

Intersting read that fair play. It never really crossed my mind about the part where you talk about and enraged/dangerous parent who could trace the photos to trace there kids. I always thought it was pathetic restrictions due the some sickos lurking!

Yes Milly it is a bit mental. They only stop you for location reasons rather than perv reasons, even if they don't know that themselves. What people don't realise though is the same rules apply to adults. If you are at risk, because for instance you are on witness protection, then you don't really want to be photographed playing for Bargoad FC, simply because the henchman could see a photo of you in your kit and turn up at the next home game. Fact is though if you turned up to photograph an adult football match no one would stop you. That in itself goes to show they don't know what they are doing.

If you want to take photos of your son playing football, just ask the manager/coach of each team. They are the responsible adults and it's their shout, not the bigtime charlie Park Keeper.

Being a coach myself, theres so much shit you have to sign etc. then you have to get parents to sign. then the people in power above send out emails, which the parents have to sign to allow the child to be filmed or photographed. Its a total ballache!!!
When I have a son and he starts playing football/rugby/cricket, no f****r is going to tell me when and where I can take a picture that he will be able to look back on in years to come! by the time my son is old enough you probably have to have your hands tied up and watch behind an invisable wall 200 yards away the way the world is going!!

Sounds to me Milly that these people putting these bits of paper together don't really know what they are doing and are doing so without researching the laws first off.
Fact is the rules are the same for photographing adults as they are for kids. So if they are not asking for the same paper work for the adults then that in itself shows they've not researched it.