Whatever.

[livndisney]

Others have posted on this board before and have been blasted for not allowing strangers to take pictures of their children. It seems a lot of folks feel they have right to take a pic of whatever they want in a public place (like Disney) and we as parents have no right to expect our children not to be photographed by strangers. That being said I have been told by Cm's and Security that if a parent asks someone to stop taking pics of their child and person refuses, the CM and or Security can be involved.


I am sure others will be along soon to start the blasting again.

 

[brp]

No what I am saying is that if your not in my family dont take a picture of my family. I do not want anybody to take a pic of me or my family unless you are in my family, that is just how I am. I do agree the hunting them down thing is excessive.

OK. We agree. I'd not have qualms about taking pictures of random people,but I would certainly desist (and gladly delete anything I had taken) if someone asked me not to take the pictures. IMO, there's certainly nothing sick, or even odd, about that in a setting like Disney, and I'd hope that the person who asked would be as courteous as I would in complying and not act as if I'd done something wrong- just something that they'd prefer I not do.'

Cheers.

 

[WDWtraveler27]

maybe the pedo was a shy photographer.........not

 

[WDWtraveler27]

I'm sorry. I would have been weirded out too. When we first got here to El Paso people were always staring at my youngest son and wanting to touch him. Apparently its good luck to touch a baby here, and someone told me touching a red headed baby is even more good luck (yes my youngest is the random red head). I freaked out when this lady leaned down to give him a kiss...I quickly walked away and put the baby cover over him.

el paso texas ?!?...i live there :0

 

[brp]

I am sure others will be along soon to start the blasting again.

As someone who does take pictures of random people from time to time, you'll certainly get no blasting from me. A request to stop taking pictures of someone's kids (or dog or parents) sure seems reasonable to me.

Of course, I'm not standing right in front of them taking pictures, so they don't even know I'm doing it.

Cheers.

 

[MaumeeMom]

When you are in a public setting (in most, if not all, states) you may be photographed without having to give permission as long as the photos are not for use in advertisements.

See Photo.net

that "may be part of the price every person must be prepared to pay for a society in which information and opinion flow freely."

As such, in New York, one of America's most liberal venues, a person may be photographed in public without giving consent. Further, that person's image may be published or displayed without that person's consent, so long as the image does not appear in an advertisement.

Now if you get a bad feeling from the photographer, I think OP said it was "creepy", then you could approach them and ask them not to photograph your child or simply leave the area. If it makes you feel better, tell a CM what is going on but there most likely is no recourse in this situation.

If I caught someone doing that to my baby sister I would chase after them until I caught them. I honestly dont know what I would do after I caught them, probably drag them to security or something. Fortunately I have not had to do this because as far as I know nobody has done that to my baby sister. When we are taking pics with characters and I see people walking by taking pics I will either step in front and block the pic or I will yell at them to keep walking and quit snapping. I have zero tolerance for those people who do that. Thinking about it makes me really mad that sick people like that exist and breathe the same air I do (meaning the people who take pics of children that arent in your family)

In my opinion, this is a bit of an overreaction. In the scenario you have described, the photographer is most likely focusing on the character. I know I have some pics of characters and in a few there are strangers but, for one reason or another, it was the only way to get that character's pic. This does not make me a "sick" person as the poster above writes. Again, at WDW you are in public and can expect to be in a pic or two or 100 taken by someone else.

Just as a warning, I don't think that I would "chase after them until I caught them." and drag them anywhere -you may wind up being charged with assault.

 

[redrosesix]

If I were you, I would have taken a photo of him and then showed it to security!

Excellent idea! I'm going to remember that one.

I would report it to security in any case, since they have cameras everywhere. But unless they know what they're looking for, I'm sure they don't notice things like that.

 

[catne]

if the creep factor really sets off alarms, report to Disney security...you don't need a terribly detailed description for them...they can & will track creepos down. There are security cameras all over the place (whether or not you notice them...they are there) Could very well be security is already watching the guy, or has his activity on camera for verification...if he's an innocent photographer, no problem. If not, they'll bring in law enforcement and deal with him.

 

[nancycg56]

That is some scray stuff. people are super weird.

I had a similiar experience at Universal in Hollywood. I have 3 blonde/blue eyed girls, at the time 7 months, 2 yrs and 8. We got in line for the backlot tour thingy and were basicly assualted by a huge group of japanese tourists. You would have thought my girls were mickey mouse. the cameras came out and snaps and flashes. even trying to pose with the girls. it made me very uncomfortable. Dh of course didnt have an issue, he thought it was funny. He did draw the line at them holding the baby.


Its a bad feeling though. Hopefully you wont run into him anymore at the parks,

When we lived in Hawaii we had that happen all the time. I think my kids are in half the photo albums in Japan.

 

[NJ2Boardwalk]

We had a relatively same situation on our trip last week. We went for my DD 16th birthday celebration. She wanted to go to MK and BBB and dress up as Tinkerbell. Long story short, after BBB, a full tink costume w/wings, and a tinkerbell facepaiting from toontown, every younger girl who passed her mistaked her for tinkerbell. She had her picture taken with many kids, and some even wanted her autograph. Many mothers as well commented on how they appreciated older kids dressing up. It didn't bother me when they took her picture as they asked for it and there was a legitimate reason for taking one. Something that bothered my daughter was when she was in the gift shop of PhilharMagic alone and an older guy CM started chatting with her (he was from NJ as well). He took her picture on his phone and then she left and came to me. So all in all it wasn't as creepy as some experiences that have been described but you still have to be super careful, even in the most magical place on earth.

 

[#1 Pocahontas]

OP- That would freak me out!! That's really strange, especially that he was trying to hide.

I have had many Japanese tourists take pictures with my kids when they were babies. Both of my girls had huge bright blue eyes, and my youngest was a platinum blonde. Sometimes they even posed with them. It was strange having them do that but I didn't mind so much. To me it's no different than me posing with a man I saw at a shoe store in Germany that was wearing Lederhosen.

On our last trip I did have a woman trying to secretly take pictures of my daughters' clothes. She had asked us earlier in the day where we had bought the dresses. I told her my mom had made them. So I guess she was trying to get a picture of the dresses so she could remember them or try to make them. It was funny though, she was trying to do it secretly in the parking lot. If she had just asked me I would have gladly let her take a good picture of them. ....at least I knew why she wanted the pictures so I wasn't freaked out.

 

[Indiana Rose Lee]

When we are taking pics with characters and I see people walking by taking pics I will either step in front and block the pic or I will yell at them to keep walking and quit snapping. I have zero tolerance for those people who do that. I dont like people who take pics of my family that are not in my family, even if its just for the character and not for a member of my family. That is just how I am.

Good grief. You never get a photo with someone else in it? Your photos must be pretty darn boring. Or is it different when you do it?

OP, your photographer sounds just a bit too intense. It owuld have creeped me out, too.

 

[princessmom29]

There is really nothing you can do about this legally, unless someone is harassing you. If you are in a public place it is not illegal for someone to take you picture, even if you don't want them to. I agree that if you ask them to stop they should, but there is nothing in the law that says they have to.

 

[LuvMy3Monkeys]

When I first read that I thought maybe he could have been taking pictures for PR or something... but now I'm remembering when we were at Kalahari two years ago. My daughter was 3 at the time and just competed in a beauty pageant there. She still had her hair beautifully done, and entering the wave pool she looked like one of those commercials where you can tell it's totally fake (you know, where the woman wakes up out of bed in full make up, etc.) and a man with a huge camera came over and asked if we'd be willing to sign a form for them to use her pictures in advertising for the waterpark. We said okay, and DD posed away. But point being, if he was really doing something legit, you'd think he would have at least said something to you guys AFTER he got a candid shot,... not hurrying away like he did. That makes me think he was up to no good.

I just remember reading about that little Madelyn that was kidnapped when she was on vacation with her parents. The parents said some strange man had been following them around the day before taking photos of her but they didn't think anything of it.

Good for you for watching out for your DD There are far too many parents out there who would take a half hour to realize their kid was even missing!

 

[Dopey420]

This is hilarious! People...you go out in public, you are going to get your picture taken! Security cams, private photographers, professional photogs, etc.

I take pictures of strangers in many situations, such as:

When you are wearing something inappropriate, so I can show my wife later and laugh, laugh, laugh.

When you are wearing bad shoes, like 4 inch heels at Disney. There is a website that has pics of bad shoes at Disney.

When you have a shirt I like

 

[kinntj]

OP-That guy sounds weird.

I've taken pictures of characters with other people in them. I have them printed and crop the photo so just the character is in there and throw the rest away. Good grief, I'm not a creep trying to get pictures of everybody. It would be nice if I was the only one in the park, but since that won't happen ever...I'm going to have others in my photos.

 

[crisi]

There is really nothing you can do about this legally, unless someone is harassing you. If you are in a public place it is not illegal for someone to take you picture, even if you don't want them to. I agree that if you ask them to stop they should, but there is nothing in the law that says they have to.

And following them, chasing them down, turning them into security, etc. can be harassing behavior on your part - opening yourself up for getting thrown from the park or getting sued.

 

[bumbershoot]

We had a relatively same situation on our trip last week. We went for my DD 16th birthday celebration. She wanted to go to MK and BBB and dress up as Tinkerbell. Long story short, after BBB, a full tink costume w/wings, and a tinkerbell facepaiting from toontown, every younger girl who passed her mistaked her for tinkerbell. She had her picture taken with many kids, and some even wanted her autograph. Many mothers as well commented on how they appreciated older kids dressing up. It didn't bother me when they took her picture as they asked for it and there was a legitimate reason for taking one. Something that bothered my daughter was when she was in the gift shop of PhilharMagic alone and an older guy CM started chatting with her (he was from NJ as well). He took her picture on his phone and then she left and came to me. So all in all it wasn't as creepy as some experiences that have been described but you still have to be super careful, even in the most magical place on earth.

I'm pretty sure that anyone who uses an "adult" ticket isn't supposed to be dressing up like that...for the very reason of not wanting them being mistaken for the character. From what I've read, you guys were very lucky you weren't sent back to the hotel for her to change, since she's well into her teens.

To me it's no different than me posing with a man I saw at a shoe store in Germany that was wearing Lederhosen.

That is a very good parallel you've drawn there.

 

[Hannathy]

And following them, chasing them down, turning them into security, etc. can be harassing behavior on your part - opening yourself up for getting thrown from the park or getting sued.

have to agree. If you don't want your picture taken don't go to one of the places in the world that the most pictures are taken. I hope you guys realize your kids could be all over facebook or you tube or whatever whenever you are at a place like Disney.

Chances are if that guy really was a stalker looking for little girl pictures you wouldn't have known it, he would have used a zoom lens and you wouldn't even know he was focusing on your child.

 

[kevschickee]

When we are taking pics with characters and I see people walking by taking pics I will either step in front and block the pic or I will yell at them to keep walking and quit snapping. I have zero tolerance for those people who do that. I dont like people who take pics of my family that are not in my family, even if its just for the character and not for a member of my family. That is just how I am.

IMO this is going too far