Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is one case where being a woman is an advantage. I take photos of kids in parks all the time and nobody has ever said a thing to me. Most moms are flattered that I want to photograph their kids. Tina On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 1:02 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: > I am not sure if this is limited to the UK. I would be equally uneasy in a > similar situation in the US. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 11, 2013, at 12:23 AM, Jay Burleson wrote: > > > I haven't shared this story yet, but last August while I was in > Weymouth, a resort town in Dorset, southern UK, I was accosted by the beach > lifeguards with a threat to call the police on me if I didn't cease and > desist taking "illegal" pictures of "children". > > Apparently, some child's mother told them I was taking pictures as I > walked along the beach. > > Which I was, but their immediate assumption was that I was there for > nefarious purposes. > > I held my tongue, since I was in a foreign country and really didn't > want to spend time explaining myself to the police. > > I am most definitely an Anglophile, but this attitude in the UK is one > that really needs societal adjustment. > > > > As a counterpoint, no one said a thing to me while photographing the > Barcelona beaches, children included, even when some adults were semi-nude. > > > > Jay > > > > On 12/10/2013 2:22 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote: > >> Thank you Gerry, this is not yet happen in Catalonia, but the society > is of course every day more sensible to this, I understand but is very sad > >> > >> cheers > >> Lluis > >> > >> > >> El 10/12/2013, a las 09:52, Gerry Walden <gwpics at icloud.com> > >> escribi?: > >> > >>> This is a great series of images Lluis, and obviously a great place > significant in Catalan history. the crazy thing is that if I had tried to > take similar images in the 'free' United Kingdom I probably would have been > arrested as a potential paedophile. I would definitely need a CRB check > (Criminal Records Bureau). > >>> > >>> Gerry > >>> > > > > > > -- > > Jay, > > > > Jay Burleson Gallery <http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/> > > "Being a Leica customer is like dating the most beautiful girl in the > world... > > who cares more about herself than you... but, you keep calling her back > anyway... > > because the sex is so good... most of the time." (RickLeica on LUF) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com