I was recently invited to join a private group on Yahoo devoted to
photographers and models in West Virginia. It's a new group, ran by one
model and one photographer here in WV. I first thought this would be great,
since we don't have any photographic networking resources to speak of in
West Virginia.
Today, the photographer who started the group posted a suggestion that
everyone who plans to meet someone else for a photo shoot, should post a
note to that list about the date, location, time, and who they are meeting.
I didn't see a good reason for this, and it seemed like a needless invasion
of privacy to me. So, I posted this one-word reply:
"Why?"
The answer that came back made me really sad. The photographer who runs
this Yahoo group actually said that it was in case a model or photographer
goes missing, the police will have some idea of their whereabouts, and who
they were with on that particular day and time!
Am I the only one who thinks this is reckless paranoia at work?
I know this is off-topic for the Pentax list, unless you consider that fact
that this particular WV photographer uses Pentax gear. ;) I just can't
believe the mentality of my fellow West Virginians at times, and for this
to come from the mouth of a fellow photographer, is simply amazing to me! I
guess I'm posting on here, just to get a reality check. I think this
promotes paranoia and an unhealthy working atmosphere for photographers and
models in WV.
Do you people think I'm over-reacting?
take care,
Glen
