Re: Photography in a section meeting

On 15 Mar, 12:24, graeme.worr...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
As part of our pack meeting last night, we made frames for mothers
day. We thought it'd be a good idea if we could include photos of the
YP in them. So I brought my camera and printer, took portrait photos
and printed them off there and then, then gave them to the YP to put
in their frame. Then I deleted the photos.

Then our beaver leader turns up, and tells me that I need written
permission from the parents - 'for all we know you might be a
paedophile'. In the end, after she left and I discussed it with the
rest of the cub leadership team, we carried on, and got the parents to
sign their permission at the end. But it seems like a waste of time,
something we didn't need to do, and put a downer on what was a good
night.

I e-mailed the info centre last night and they sent me the photography
briefing note. But it only seems to apply to publicity etc. But even
then, it says permission isn't LEGALLY required (to an extent). And
what we were doing was a lot simpler.

Thoughts?

Graeme

Not sure if anybody has already said this but...
You don't need permission because the copyright of photos lies with
the photographer.
However I have a form I gave out to Parents stating that if you do not
want pictures taking of your child, to send back a return slip. Out
of over 100 kids only 2 sent back a reply.
I remember reading on a fact sheet that you should ask the parents out
of courtesy but from a legal standpoint (I think) it's up to the
photographer.
Regards,
NormanbyMat



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