MarkBarbieri
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Now that a lot of people are inserting keywords into their JPG files using Lightroom, I'd like to see what people think about putting names in files. I frequently post pictures of outings on my Smugmug site. Because I keyword the photos with names and Smugmug indexes off of those keywords, the photos are searchable by the subjects names. For adults, I've yet to run into someone that has been concerned about that. With kids, its another story.
For some shots, like cub scout shots, I just password protect the entire library. Some organizations are very leery about public exposure and I try to respect that.
What about friends, neighbors, etc? Up until recently, I hadn't even thought about it. I recently posted a few photos of canoe trips taken with friends and checked with them to make sure that they were OK with it. One asked me to remove the last names from their kids and the other said he was OK but wanted to check with his wife.
So what's your thought? Would you post pictures online with your kid's names in the EXIF data? Should you always assume that others don't want their kids names posted? Should you ask about the names? Should you ask before posting pictures of their kids at all?
For some shots, like cub scout shots, I just password protect the entire library. Some organizations are very leery about public exposure and I try to respect that.
What about friends, neighbors, etc? Up until recently, I hadn't even thought about it. I recently posted a few photos of canoe trips taken with friends and checked with them to make sure that they were OK with it. One asked me to remove the last names from their kids and the other said he was OK but wanted to check with his wife.
So what's your thought? Would you post pictures online with your kid's names in the EXIF data? Should you always assume that others don't want their kids names posted? Should you ask about the names? Should you ask before posting pictures of their kids at all?