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strangers taking photos of LO

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i think we've discussed this before, but I don't remember now.  what do you do when random strangers take photos of LO?  [>:] 

example: we were at a restaurant, sitting in a booth.  E finished eating, so i had him playing next to me.  he stands up and is facing the booth behind us, they start talking to him, asking me how old he is, etc.  the daughter (I think) says he's so cute, and takes out her phone and takes a photo of E while I'm talking to her mom - I only saw it out of the corner of my eye.  I was shocked though, and had no idea what to do, b/c by the time i noticed, she had already done it.  I have no idea how old she was - maybe 14 or so?  i don't think she's going to do anything sinister with the photo, but still, it made me uncomfortable.  I briefly thought of asking her to erase the photo, but didn't want to "confront" her.  in retrospect, i kind of wish i had.

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Re: strangers taking photos of LO

  • lola808lola808

    I don't think I'd say anything in that situation since she was a kid and it was one shot. I think I would if someone took a sequence of shots or if the person was not even engaging with us and started snapping away. Not sure, but either way it's probably a weird situation to have to address. I am also wary now with everything getting posted on FB or the internet. I really don't get that and choose not to do it with A, so I wouldn't want others doing it either.

    I am careful not to take photos that include kids that I don't know because I worry that parents might feel uncomfortable. Sometimes I can't help it, like today when A was holding hands and playing with a little girl at the store and I secretly took a photo. I didn't feel too badly though since I know I'm only sharing it with DH. :)

    I'm curious how others would handle it, since it's bound to happen to all of us at some point!

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  • redshoegirlredshoegirl member

    This is actually something I'm curious about as well, since it's a problem that we run into occasionally.

    For some reason, Japanese tourists - just the girls, usually in the 19-25 year old range - like to take photos of our little boys. I googled it once and apparently this is really common for parents with identical twins. I usually just let it slide since I figure those girls are fairly innocuous, and it's just one or two shots, but it's still weird. They're kids, not zoo animals!

    But if it was a random dude (or lady) who didn't fit that profile and multiple shots were taken, then yeah, I'd ask them what the deal was and try to persuade them to delete the photos.

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  • MrsNJSwimmerMrsNJSwimmer member
    I probably would have been too chicken to confront her, but it would have made me uncomfortable.  I took pics of LO at his gym class, and I made every effort to keep the other kids out of them.  I was going to post them to FB, butnever got around to it (and I think I deleted them while trying to move them, but that's another story) - but I wouldn't have posted the ones that had other kids in them - or would have had DH blur their faces in photoshop or something.
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  • lelekaylelekay member
    From my experience traveling with 14-15 years olds....they take pictures of EVERYTHING!!!  I would not be too concerned in this particular instance.  A grown man or woman, though?  Yeah, I'd definitely ask them to not take photos.
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