Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hop, sounds like time to invoke the traditional Australian attitude to wankers and their rules. Ignore them! I've taken thousands of soccer photos in the last ten years. Action, portraits and team photos, with many posted on the web. I've never, ever had anyone express any concern. Well, apart from the time my lab and web hosts had a lady ring up and say that she'd heard from a friend that her child was on the website and that she hadn't given permission. Still grumpy, she was guided to the photo, whereupon her mood flipped into delight and she ordered a big enlargement. hehe :-) Don't forget to take a nice shot of the ref! Rick. On 14/06/2006, at 2:01 PM, G Hopkinson wrote: > Just by way of an aside, in this part of Australia, at least, there > is an > additional difficulty in photographing children's soccer games. (I > have a > young son who has played for several years). > > > > In a wave of liability madness and paedophile hysteria fanned by > the media, > many clubs have actually enacted rules prohibiting ALL photography > at the > games. > > > > It sounds like this, > > Referee - Sir, will you please put away your camera? > > Parent - I am just taking photos of my own child > > Referee - Do you have the permission of EVERY child's parent? > > Parent - No I just want to photograph my own child and his team > mates for > the parents. > > Referee - Sir - I have to stop the game unless you put the camera > away. > > > > Quite unbelievable to me. > > > > Hoppy > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information