On Feb 26, 2006, at 6:25 PM, Glen wrote:
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?
Maybe.
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?
I think you are. I always tell models to let people know where they
will be and for how long when they work with a new photographer.
I've never heard of posting the info to a group before, but it's not
a bad idea. Why should you care if other group members know that a
model is doing a shoot with you?
Bob
