I think there are levels. A newborn photoshoot without their chest covered, fine. But when the child is older there are parents that think it's cute to post naked pictures, sometimes of kids doing poses that would be sexualized if they were in a slightly different context. They may not intend for their child to be viewing in a sexual way, but they did unintentionally invite it. Even if you think you know everyone who has access to your social media well enough to know they're "ok" with it (and no one really knows others that well), you can't control who it gets shared with or where the images end up from there. There are no hard lines, like when they turn x months or years old you can't show those anymore. I think that parents should get a certain level of choice on when to stop, but at the same time, if you're the site hosting those images, and you want to impose a hard rule because you're assuming liability there, I'm ok with that too.
It's not an opinion though, it's how it works. There's nothing illegal or untoward about it. I'm not interested in arguing either but by reporting these photographers who are doing nothing wrong you are in effect doing what's being talked about here. You're affecting their business and their clients every time you report these pics. Even if you personally find it morally wrong, the parents and law do not.
But you said although the baby is naked, the area between the legs isn't shown. So what are you reporting to FB?
It's unfortunate that the couple felt they needed to lie. I get being upset about stuff and I've seen more than enough on the local news and national news about actually bad photographers who usually have run out of money and can't give the couples what they paid for or have some other reason for being unable to fulfill the contract so it really doesn't help those who have actual needs when someone goes out of their way to lie.
Well the unfortunate thing is the things she shares is on the extreme side of the spectrum when you look up the websites and whatnot of the posts she is sharing.
I'm guessing my mother-in-law is completely oblivious but I'm also guessing that unless there was a significant change in business she likely wouldn't see it as a big enough issue. It's probably more hard for my husband and I because we are not extreme like she has gotten. We used to be able to rationally talk about things but that went out the window last year. I have to hope I guess that she's not talking politics like she does on FB in person if she happens to be meeting with a client-that's a rare thing though as really her husband does most of the work it's just her name is attached to the business in a very visible way.
