Uploading people's photos

kittykrazy

I'm curious, what are people's opinions on uploading friends (new and long-term), acquaintances and randomers photos?

My opinion is that I've had a quite a few dodgy ones of me uploaded and I figured that the photo wasn't about me, it was about the person taking it; Their memory, moment capturing and whatever else. As a result I've been uploading photos I like without thinking that I might have stepped on people's toes.

So, what's your etiquette?

PCPhoto

I dont upload anything I wouldnt be happy to print and sell ..... I have posted pics of a night out (AH Drinks last year)..... several people PM'd me asking to delete images ...so I did.

pearljamfan

do you mean on here?? or places like facebook/myspace??

i wouldnt upload anything awful of my friends, but if they said to untag them or delete it i would.

magicbastarder

people tagged in photos on facebook can untag themselves, btw.

kittykrazy

Thanks for your responses. When I asked the question, I was thinking of uploading to any site (FB, flickr, pix.ie, etc.) in a few scenarios. For example -

1) I was at Charleville last weekend and put some photos of boardsies on my pix.ie (2 portraits, an artsy shot and a couple where faces aren't visible but you can tell who they are). I was reading a thread and someone was saying that they'd changed their settings to "contacts only" for their people photos and I have mine set to public (can't work out how to change the privacy mode on pix.ie).

2) I was at the Street Performers Festival a few weeks ago and got a few shots of kids reacting to the performers. Could a parent object to those being online? (I got into a fierce debate on that one with a friend who thinks that randomer portraits, especially of kids, are mostly invading privacy. I think that so long as any "sneaky" portrait is tasteful, it's all go.)

and 3) How about if I took a photo of a randomer in a non flattering state (eg I took a photo of a sleeping (suspected) junkie the other day) and they or someone they knew saw it online? Should the photographer remove that photo from their online album as the photographer could be accused of "taking advantage" of someone in a bad state or is it artistic license?

magicbastarder

pretty much any shot taken in public is fair game, from a legal perspective. obviously, people might have a valid reason for asking you to take the shot down from a public site if they feel compromised in any way by it; that decision is yours then, really.

however, i would be personally wary about putting photos of people in the situation you described re the homeless guy up; but then, i don't put photos of friends up online anywhere accessible publicly, even on facebook, but i am a bit anal about these things.

the_syco

Depends. Public shots of people at a festival, it's fair game. At work do's, etc, fair game, within reason. General pPublic... meh, don't really have any reason to take shots of people. If they're in the way of me taking a photo of something, tough :P

sheesh

I think I would have a hard time bitching about my photograph appearing as a result of attending a photography event .

there is one of me from charleville and its not that bad. I don't even look particularly drunk..

magicbastarder

depends on where you upload it, too. if it's uploaded to somewhere like boards, where a user name is linked to a face, there's valid cause for concern, given that it might allow your employer to link you to your online activity.

the_syco

magicbastarder wrote: »

depends on where you upload it, too. if it's uploaded to somewhere like boards, where a user name is linked to a face, there's valid cause for concern, given that it might allow your employer to link you to your online activity.

Agreed. Facebook, I put them up, but here, not so. I have put a photo of a bunch of people up, but none of them were named.

pullandbang

the_syco wrote: »

General pPublic... meh, don't really have any reason to take shots of people.

Can't beat shots of people. Much more interesting than buildings or landscapes

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smash

I've just been watching some trailers for 'The Social Network' - the new film about facebook. There's a lot of photos etc shown in the trailers, I wonder if they're real or created for the film itself.

Going by Facebook's T&C's it wouldn't surprise me if they were real accounts.