This is one I would like opinions on
Yesterday the boys and I were swimming and playing in the river. They love having photos taken of themselves to send to friends around the world.
Malc was happily sitting snapping( not sure he would call his photos snaps)
A big beer gutted tattoed chap in trunks went to Malc and told him to stop taking photos, saying aggressively some of those are my kids out there.
Malc tried to explain he was not taking photos of the children but the man was having none of it, so Malc put his camera away and stopped.
He got a good telling off from me for not taking more photos.
Is this new political correctness correct?
I can understand the fears about a man sitting on his own taking pictures where children were but we all arrived together and then kept going to talk to him.
In truth the mans kids were very naughty and twice jumped off the deck into the river just missing me. He never thought to ask them to be careful.
So what do you think about photographing in such an enviroment?
Paul says
Having worked in a London secondary school until last July the fear and paranoia there about photography has grown exponentially in recent years. As an example all photography and filming of students performing in school productions, concerts and sports days was totally banned. This is now the norm in the UK and I suppose the same here. It's called safeguarding and it's the number one priority in schools and everyone is aware about it
C says
Not well enough up in PC matters to judge. I can understand the gentleman feeling he had a right to object but, given the circumstances where the pictures were just of Malcolm's friends and family, I'm surprised the chap decided to intervene. Perhaps he didn't give himself time to recognise the innocence of what he was seeing. Whatever - well done Malcolm for stopping. No point in making a bad situation worse, even if it shouldn't have been judged bad in the first place. C
Richard says
He was just a racist finding an excuse to be difficult
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