It is pretty bad in the UK. Most people think that you have by law to have
permission to take photos of children. I was advised as much not long ago by a
photographer for the MOD.
But it is not so, in a public place, merely advisable . . .
Chris
On 30 Oct 2010, at 23:56, Moose wrote:
> Should, or perhaps must, get the parents approval first. I took a pic of a
> cute group of kids on a school outing in
> Newburyport, MA and was almost physically attacked by one of the adult
> minders claiming it was against the law.
>
> Fortunately, she thought I was about to take a shot, so the camera I had just
> done so with was safe. There's the quick
> and those without the shot.
>
> Later the same day, I was thanked by the mom for taking shots of a couple of
> older kids steering the boat we were on.
> She gets copies.
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