Wouter Verhelst <[email protected]> writes: > On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 03:40:06PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: >> I really would have wished that people had been much more >> considerate about uploading other people's pictures to the public >> Web. >> >> I for one do not want my pictures on the Internet. >> I also realise that this is a fight against windmills and am rather >> sad about that. > > I understand that sentiment, but it is indeed very difficult to do. > > Personally, I love taking pictures of people without their knowledge. > Not because I like embarrasing people, but because in my opinion, > portraits that are made without the subject's knowledge usually turn out > for the best. I have a 300mm lens that allows me to take a close-up > picture far enough away from the subject that you wouldn't be aware of > it unless you just happen to be looking in my general direction (and > then still), and which I have used at debconf. > > I also don't try to remember who likes to have their picture taken and > who doesn't. I have tried doing so in the past, but first I'm terrible > at remembering such things, and second trying to remember whether this > particular person likes it or not interferes with creativity to the > point of me not being able to take any good pictures anymore, even of > people who I know don't mind.
Ignoring the wishes of people on the basis that your hobby is too complicated otherwise is a little bit, erm, I dont know :-). > That doesn't mean I don't understand your sentiment, however, and I do > try to accomodate as much as possible: > > - If you ever, at any time, see me pointing a lens at you, do not > hesitate to ask me to see the picture. If you really, really, /really/ > do not like it, I'll remove it from my camera, even if I think it's > one of the best pictures I've ever taken (though in that case, I might > try to reason with you first :-) > - If you ever, at any time, see me taking pictures of people at random, > do not hesitate to ask me whether I've taken any of you, and if so, do > the above. > - If you see a picture of you, taken by me, on some website somewhere, > and you'd rather it wasn't available, just tell me and I'll take it > down. All of these options are opt-out and not feasable to a person without vision. While I know that I am deliberately playing a certain card here, I still think it nicely demonstrates why opt-out is not the best option here. [debconf listserv refuses to accept mail from me, if you like, bounce this to the list as well.] -- CYa, ⡍⠁⠗⠊⠕ _______________________________________________ Debconf-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
