Examples:

Photographers who post pictures of their clients (adults or children)
People who post pictures of other peope they saw at the store, etc, because of something funny or cute.
People who post pictures of you or your children without your consent (like a friend or family member)


I'm asking because my Dad put up a website related to his motocycle stuff and I saw that he had our photos on there...And that made me feel VERY uncomfortable and offended, actually. So I asked him to take them down and he did - but not without complaining about how stingy I was being.
(Take in account that I'm privacy and OPSEC obcessive at all times)

In my humblest opinion it's one thing to post adults but I would never post someone else's child online without that parent's permission.

I don't put anyone one there unless I have written consent to do it. I don't want the hassle of them coming after me. If the person doesn't care, that is fine but otherwise..nope.

ok with consent

if a photographer has it in their contract that they retain the right to use the pictures for promotional and other purposes than that is more than okay.

posting pictures of friends, family or strangers w/o asking I think is less okay.

I don't mind professional photographers because once a person takes your photo is is their property to do with as they wish. Read the small print most say that as well.

My BIL and my sister have both snagged pics off my myspace to put in theirs and I don't mind that either.

As for the other I can only see that happening if I was at an event sponsored by the store and again if they take the photo it is their property. You don't have to have permission to take pictures of a crowd either. (which is how that pedo that takes pics of kids in public could not get arrested because he had not broken the law :( )

Last pictures have to do with PERSEC which is a recommendation not OPSEC with is a regulation that pertains to troop and ship movement.

As long as the person asks if it's okay, I'm fine w/ it. Outside of a professional because I would sign a consent.

Whenever I take pictures and other peoples kids are in them, I password the album. Like Dia's field trips and school events.

I put not ok but what I mean is not ok without permission.

When you go to a photographer, I think it is just general knowledge that they may put your pics on the internet and I also think most photographers ask you to sign a disclaimer incase they decide to use your pics for pormotional work.

Walking around a store and seeing something funny, just let it be, there is no need to take pics. If someone took a pic of me or my children without my concent, I would be angry, especailly if I did not know who they were. If I know the people (friends/family) and they posted pics on myspace or something like that, I would be ok, but other than that, :no

I said not at all... but if you have consent then I think that is fine. I personally do not like having my family's pictures plastered everywhere unless I am the one that put them there so I try to think of how I would feel. Also, I try not to take pictures of anybody else's kids especially unless I know they are okay with it. I had one person freak out on me about it and so now I would rather play it safe than sorry.

the only pictuers i post are of my friends and we kind of have an unspoken thing that they are most likely going to end up on myspace. ive had a few people email me for specific pictures to be taken down but the reason is always "i lool like crap"

ETA
my profile is also private and only my friends have access to my pictures

With permission I think it is okay.

In my contract I reserve the right to my artistic property and to use their image or any likeness from it, for advertising, website, or other purposes at my own discretion.

ok with consent

:agree

ok with consent. as for posting pics of funny stuff at the store I may blur out the face or just not post it online but more as ha ha i'm gonna show this to my hubby/family. not to post online but for personal enjoyment.

I feel like if my family has pics of me and my family they are free to post them how they want, but if i felt uncomfy i would ask them to take them down.

Personally posting a pic on the net is kinda like walking around outside. if you don't want people to see what you look like then stay away from people.

With consent.... I guess.

Otherwise, no. Unless maybe the people in the photo aren't identifiable.

I think it's fine. Permission is nice & respectful though.

I think it's fine. Permission is nice & respectful though.
What she said!!:giggle

I wouldn't do it. I had some pictures that I took at my nephew's bday party but they all had kids in it and out of respect for their parents, I won't post them.

I would be pissed if someone posted a pic of my son online.

Depends, but I said no:
Did the clients sign a release?
Did the release state CLEARLY that the photos were not just going on the photographer's site, but also on message boards?

If no to either of those then I see it as unethical/wrong to be posting photos of clients here on SOS or anywhere else that is not directly the photographer's website.


With your dad posting pics of you, I think you way overreacted but whatever. I wouldn't have minded personally, but to each their own. :D

Unless you have the consent of the person who's pictures who are posting, I don't think it is right. We have had to ask family members and friends to not post pictures of Cameron on Myspace (we have our own valid reasons).

With your dad posting pics of you, I think you way overreacted but whatever. I wouldn't have minded personally, but to each their own. :D

I agree.

Also, do you plan to never ever post pictures of your own children online? Do you plan to never have photos of them on your desk at work? Or show them off to your friends who might be strangers to your children? He's your Dad.

if you have permission i think it is ok.

ok with consent

yep :yes

I think it's okay of adults, I post pics of my friends and I all the time.

However, children I don't think it's okay.

consent works i am thinking facebook/myspace.... I just don't care... if u are being dumb getting photographed... that sucks for u... and u can always ask for it to be taken off or untag urself... that is just me

I put sometimes it is ok.

As for photographers; I've given permission for them to use our pics.

As for friends/family; it depends. I had a friend that put up pics of her DD's birthday. Just so happened my kids were in the pics and she never asked. I never said anything cause it really didn't bother me. She wasn't doing it out of malice and her page was private. I just took it as she was wanting to share her DD's birthday with people that weren't able to be there. I wasn't going to make, to me, a big deal out of nothing.

Now, my mom had a page that wasn't private, was inviting ummmmmmm.....how to put this.......stuff, people, oh to heck with it, she was a swinger and she was telling her stories and asking about other couples like her and her hubby, and had suggestive pics of herself. Had she put pics of us, especially, my kids up there I would have been ticked and told her to pull them down ASAP.

I try to take the whole scene/situation and go from there. Personally, I've never had a probelm with it so I'm pretty leniant (sp?), I think, about it.

i think photographers have the right to post their clients pictures, its up to the client to say they dont want them posted.
For the most part Im cool with people posting pictures of me, hopefully they dont get rearranged by some perv, but if it something I dont want others to see I either dont get in the picture, or I dont take it, dont post it, stuff like that. But I try to just stay out of that kind of position all together. never know who might see something and twist it, so in those cases I take pictures for proof that yes, i really was at this place with this person

I think it's okay only with consent. I don't want anybody posting pictures of me or my family without my express consent, this includes photographers. I would be very upset if I found out a photographer I went to posted pictures of my children online, and I hadn't said it was okay (which I probably wouldn't say it was okay). Luckily our pictures are only taken by my father who is a photographer and I know he's only posting them in one place for us to see.