Would it bother you if someone was taking pictures of your kids?

[WildGrits]

I am very surprised to see people here saying they would be offended if asked to delete a pic they took of someone elses children. And then to say they would deny deleting them.

That seems very rude to me.

There could be reasons you don't know about for this request. For example it is against the Islamic religion, and any religion that follows the Koran, to make or keep pictures of people.

So a families request to not have photos taken by a stranger is less important that of adult trying to get a picture of a person in a costume?

WHAT????

Where not talking about pictures of the President or the Pope. We are talking about people paid to walk around an amusement park dressed up as a cartoon character.

That is messed up.

 

[Lady V]

I know that when I am in line to get a photo I tend to take a few practice shots before my children get to the front. this way I make the lighting is good for my shots and all. I always delete the others...

 

[jodifla]

In general, if you are out in public, you have no right to dictate what other picture takers shoot. How do you think news photographers have the right to take all those pictures of celebrities or just general news photos?

WDW is private property, so they can have their own rules.

Seriously, I wouldn't worry about anyone taking a pic of my kid with a character.

And I agree with a PP, all this paranoia has ruined things for all of us, like not being able to shoot school plays.

 

[rt2dz]

DH took lots of pictures with other people's kids with characters. He wanted the characters; the kids will be edited out later--most already have been. It's just hard to get pictures of characters alone. Although, he cut the people out of every picture he could.

It's legal to take pictures of anyone in any *public* place. Actually, you can even take pictures of private property provided you have permission to be on the property where you are at. IE, I could take a picture of my neighbors swimming in their yard, provided I'm standing in my yard. It can be creepy though. At a beach it would bother me. At WDW, not so much.

However, if anyone ever asked DH to delete a picture, I know he (or I, if it was me taking the picture) would immediately. We might talk about you later, but it would be done quickly and without reaction. I'd hope that person was reacting (awfully oddly) to principle rather than to wanting your kids.

 

[bord1niowa]

I try to get pictures of the characters but sometimes it is hard to get them without kids as they come up pretty fast. I have raised 5 kids of my own and find this paranoia that some people have about everyone being a pervert or something as sad. Now I am from Iowa, but I still think not everyone is a pervert. Isn't it a nice picture with a child enjoying being with a character? Better than Uncle Fred....lol. Lighten up people, not everyone is trying to get at your kids. If someone asked me to delete it, I would and then say to myself, what a miserable existence they must have, not trusting anyone. Ok let the flames begin.

 

[momtoBrandon&Jacob]

I try to get pictures of the characters but sometimes it is hard to get them without kids as they come up pretty fast. I have raised 5 kids of my own and find this paranoia that some people have about everyone being a pervert or something as sad. Now I am from Iowa, but I still think not everyone is a pervert. Isn't it a nice picture with a child enjoying being with a character? Better than Uncle Fred....lol. Lighten up people, not everyone is trying to get at your kids. If someone asked me to delete it, I would and then say to myself, what a miserable existence they must have, not trusting anyone. Ok let the flames begin.

I have to agree with you. I can't imagine walking up to a harmless stranger asking him to delete pictures of his camera. I really don't think I would have the right to dictate to him what to do with his own personal property. Yes, paranoia does run deep in this country - and sometimes for good reason. But I don't think I would let something like this bother me. There's bigger problems in this world than someone having a picture of my kids standing next to Mickey.

 

[liznboys]

So you obviously felt this person was up to something... Don't you think if one wanted to get pictures of kids in Disney, they could do it very easily without anyone knowing?? I agree with the pp's in that if you choose to go to a public place, you have no right to ask anyone to not take pictures of you and especially not to delete them! I'd be shocked if I had seen you do that!

 

[scheddj]

If I were that paranoid about some one taking pictures of my kids with Disney characters I wouldn't be having my kids pose with Disney characters. The first time we went my kids didn't want to have anything to do with standing in line to see the characters but we still wanted to document who we had seen out and about in the parks. If we couldn't get a shot without a kid, then we took a shot with a kid. I didn't think anything of it.

My 10 year old daughter wanted to get character autographs this year so she did stand in line. I was too busy taking pictures of her to notice whether or not any one else was taking them, too. But I wouldn't have had a problem with it if there was.

If some pedophile wants a picture of your kids they can shoot them while your child is on Dumbo or the Tea Cups or any other place in the park. You'd never know if they were taking the pictures of your kid and not their own, or the front of some attraction or an interesting animal, etc. It could also happen anywhere outside of Disney. If that was how they got their kicks they would probably have invested in a camera with a huge zoom lens and could shoot from far enough away that you would never even see them.

So my point is I wouldn't get too suspicious about some one vacationing at Disney wanting to photograph Disney characters.

 

[Beth E. (NJ)]

We were once at the beach in Florida and I noticed a man taking pictures on the beach. I looked around to see if I could tell who he was with, but no one stood out. He was taking pictures of what appeared to be random kids -- all in bathing suits. It seemed odd to me.

My daughter -- who was 10 at the time -- was there. I stood directly between him and her so he wasn't able to take any shots of her. I don't know if he was up to something, but I didn't like him taking pics of kids.

 

[feedthebirds]

I personally am very cautious about these types of things. My eldest daughter has very long hair (down past her rear) and sometimes people ask me about it (have you ever cut it, how long has she been growing it etc). That I don't mind. What I do mind is people taking her picture. If the kids were with a character, I would offer to let the person take a pic of the character without my kids and then proceed with our turn. It protects both me and the other person who might look suspicious.

When we were at DL about 4 years ago, a woman in her 50s/60's with her adult kids and grandkids began to fondle my daughters hair. I confronted her (didn't speak English) and her son said that she simply had never seen such long blonde hair as they were from India. My son was trying to get on the ride faster by crawling under the ropes in the queue so I took off after him. While I chased him, she did it again to my daughter anyways at which point I jumped out of line, complained to the CM and the offending family ran out of the ride exit before security got there. The man also began to hit and yell at his mom in their flight. They never found them. I wish my dh had been there to follow them while waiting for security. Just goes to show that not all perverts are men and we need to be cautious of those around us. That is why my girls wear board shorts at the beach (sorry if that offends anyone, just the way we do things).

 

[sunnydoozer]

I read in a couple of posts that blamed paranoia, for me this is a case of technology making things so easy that people have forgotten to be curteous.

Goodness someone, knocked on our door one time to ask permission to take photos of my Dad's tractor, if they'd do that for the tractor you'd better bet they should ask permission for a child!

Just because something isn't illegal doesn't mean its Okay. Along with the religious reason an earlier poster mentioned there are other reasons that people should not be photographed. Often certain foster kids can't be photographed (and for good reason). I'd like to think the kids would still be able to great a character amd get an autograph without wearing an uncomfortable disguise all day

They arrested someone more than a year ago in my area, but the news reports said that many of his pictures were of fully clothed children. Even if thats not the reason the person is taking the picture, its sort of like budding in line. The family waited in line for their time with thte character and the picture taker snuck in and stole some of it

 

[Disney 'Ohana]

I have to agree with you. I can't imagine walking up to a harmless stranger asking him to delete pictures of his camera. I really don't think I would have the right to dictate to him what to do with his own personal property. Yes, paranoia does run deep in this country - and sometimes for good reason. But I don't think I would let something like this bother me. There's bigger problems in this world than someone having a picture of my kids standing next to Mickey.

I agree.

 

[livndisney]

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[lclark0621]

I read in a couple of posts that blamed paranoia, for me this is a case of technology making things so easy that people have forgotten to be curteous.

Goodness someone, knocked on our door one time to ask permission to take photos of my Dad's tractor, if they'd do that for the tractor you'd better bet they should ask permission for a child!
Just because something isn't illegal doesn't mean its Okay. Along with the religious reason an earlier poster mentioned there are other reasons that people should not be photographed. Often certain foster kids can't be photographed (and for good reason). I'd like to think the kids would still be able to great a character amd get an autograph without wearing an uncomfortable disguise all day

They arrested someone more than a year ago in my area, but the news reports said that many of his pictures were of fully clothed children. Even if thats not the reason the person is taking the picture, its sort of like budding in line. The family waited in line for their time with thte character and the picture taker snuck in and stole some of it

Very well said!!

 

[Dreamer & Wisher]

We were at the park today and a man was standing behind me taking pictures of my kids with the character. I turned around and said nicely, " Could you please not take pictures of my kids?". He started yelling your crazy what is wrong with you. My husband said to drop it but I asked him to please just delete the pictures and he refused. Does anyone else find this weird that he wanted pictures of my kids with a character?

Yes, it would bother me if someone was taking pictures of my kids. It bothers me that he was so upset that you asked him not too.

Did a CM intervene?

 

[Twinprincesses]

I have twins and for some reason I feel sometimes I have the only twins in america because people will take pictures of them to show their friends. They are complete strangers, this seems to happen often during halloween or when we are at Disney. It does bother me and I do say no alot of the time. I mean honestly who are they going to show??

 

[npmommie]

It probably would have bothered me a bit too. We went recently to a christmas event at one of those recreated 1700's villages up here in new england. there was santa and mrs claus for the kids in one area.............when my kids were up there a photographer was shooting their pics............i thought it was one of those things were you can buy them after, so i asked her why she was doing pics, for sale or what? she said they were for the event for publication. It kind of bothered me because I think it would have been nice of them to ask if i minded my kids pic being taken. i let it go, hubby said not to fret over it so i let it go, it was done anyway, and she was taking other kids pics too.

but i would also like to point out that some are saying it is creepy, but there are pics of kids on people's siggies and avatars, anyone can come on here and copy those pics, and they then have a pic of your child.

 

[dbmarie]

Did a CM intervene?

Yes she asked him to delete them as well and he was still refusing. Honestly with the technology we possess a simple photo can be very dangerous. This was in Sunday's paper http://http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/southernsuburbs/story/235213.html. They have virtual pornography now and honestly the laws can not keep up with the technology, its scary.

 

[Whosemom]

When we were at DL about 4 years ago, a woman in her 50s/60's with her adult kids and grandkids began to fondle my daughters hair. I confronted her (didn't speak English) and her son said that she simply had never seen such long blonde hair as they were from India. My son was trying to get on the ride faster by crawling under the ropes in the queue so I took off after him. While I chased him, she did it again to my daughter anyways at which point I jumped out of line, complained to the CM and the offending family ran out of the ride exit before security got there. The man also began to hit and yell at his mom in their flight. They never found them. I wish my dh had been there to follow them while waiting for security. Just goes to show that not all perverts are men and we need to be cautious of those around us. That is why my girls wear board shorts at the beach (sorry if that offends anyone, just the way we do things).

We had a similar circumstance at Bible Land in Orlando. The lady was African or maybe from the Caribean - very dark skin, very thicj accent. We were inside at a presentation about the Temple, and my then 3yo very blnd and curly daughter kept jumping up out of her seat. I was really giving her a talking to afterward. THis lady comes up and says, don't blame her, it was me.I couldn't help touching her hair. Creepy. I had had many people in front of me comment and even ask if they could touch it, and never felt creepy about it, but sneak in behind me?

Then we went to the next thing which was outside. I look over my shoulder and this woman is sitting 50 feet away trying to lure my little girl over with a cookie. I grabbed all my kids and told my dh we had to leave. I was in total flight mode, didn't stop to tell anyone, I just wanted as far away as I could get. I didn't even tell dh until we were in the car.

EW

Even so, I have to say, I wouldn't think twice about someone taking a picture of a character my kids happened to be with.

 

[Hixski]

I try to get pictures of the characters but sometimes it is hard to get them without kids as they come up pretty fast. I have raised 5 kids of my own and find this paranoia that some people have about everyone being a pervert or something as sad. Now I am from Iowa, but I still think not everyone is a pervert. Isn't it a nice picture with a child enjoying being with a character? Better than Uncle Fred....lol. Lighten up people, not everyone is trying to get at your kids. If someone asked me to delete it, I would and then say to myself, what a miserable existence they must have, not trusting anyone. Ok let the flames begin.

I have to agree with you. I can't imagine walking up to a harmless stranger asking him to delete pictures of his camera. I really don't think I would have the right to dictate to him what to do with his own personal property. Yes, paranoia does run deep in this country - and sometimes for good reason. But I don't think I would let something like this bother me. There's bigger problems in this world than someone having a picture of my kids standing next to Mickey.

I just caught this thread and had to respond. DH and I are in our late 40's. We don't have children so I don't think anything about taking pictures. I don't take pictures of others children but you are at WDW or DCL. You are never going to get pictures without someone being in them. We take pictures of everything......now I have to worry about someone telling me to delete my pictures because they think their children might be in them.

I took this picture on our cruise in September at the sailaway party. I took it so I had a picture of how crowded it was down there. Now you are telling me I am lucky no one came running up to me saying I was taking pictures of their children and I needed to delete them. Good grief......I could have had a hundred people yelling at me.

Everyone has to do what they need to do but I am not going to be happy if I am taking random pictures and someone decides I am taking pictures of just their child.