Would You Be OK With Strangers Talking Online About A Pic of You?

Just by walking through Waterloo bridge you get photographed a million times by tourists. you've probably ruined some frames when you walked in JUST as they're taking the picture. they might be cursing at you for destroying that picture (especially if they shoot on film and they didn't see you destroyed it).
I happened to do that on Glastonbury this year, where I walked in front of the lens just as a woman was taking a picture of her friends. I heard the click. I was facing the camera with a huge grin on my face. If you can see me, it was ME!!!

Seriously. Who cares?
 
I would be fine with it - I just would never look at the site.

Just like I have never checked to see if there are any comments about me (bad or good) on RateMyProfessor.

Randy
 
Not a problem...beside I really doubt that I'll be looking at these sites for a picture with comments of me...

I remember taking some photos while with my daughter and her friend at the Santa Monica Pier...this one guy yells at me saying..."I better not see my picture on some gay website..."
Well, if he's looking at gay websites in the first place...why would he object to seeing a picture of himself...???
 
hteasley said:
The degree to which we think we control our lives, and everything that comes in contact with our lives, is laughable. Being bothered by people talking about street pictures of you is just an indication that you think you control a *lot* more than you do, or should do.
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I don't see being photographed, on the Tube or by the UK's ubiquitous CCTV system, as having anything to do with controlling me. The streets are full of hundreds of thousands of people, and we all look at each other. A camera is not going to change my behavior any more than a glance from a passing stranger.
 
According to the filming section of the TfL website you need a permit to photograph on the Underground and for non-professional/student projects only during off-peak periods. At £40.00 a throw the permits (for a day?) aren't cheap. Something doesn't quite add up here.

Andrew More
 
andrewmore said:
According to the filming section of the TfL website you need a permit to photograph on the Underground and for non-professional/student projects only during off-peak periods. At £40.00 a throw the permits (for a day?) aren't cheap. Something doesn't quite add up here.

Andrew More
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I recall a thread about that a while back. I think the conclusion was that the permits are intended only for actual film projects, pro or student. Shooting snapshots on the Tube certainly seems a common enough thing.

But... if the TfL is on record, as saying the Tube is public space, I wonder if someone could challenge that permit requirement? I can see that as legitimate if Tube staff have to spend any time dealing with a shoot.
 
This is one I did earlier 😀

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Yeah a few weeks ago, I saw a student movie, and I was in it - a passer by, but I paused, looked at the camera, and moved on. Kinda cool I thought. I'm fine with being a subject. And if they wanna talk about me - go for it!

I will charge for autographs though.
 
Sure. Far less worried about the negative repercussions of that than of all the CCTV footage that people take of me every day. It seems easier to make someone like bad in a harmful way (like a criminal etc) with CCTV footage than a snapshot from the train.

The only time most people see CCTV footage is on the news showing someone doing something suspicious or criminal to the extent that CCTV footage of someone implies criminality.
 
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