I've created this thread to know about your opinion.
what do you think of posting pictures of children. when I say children i say babies, kids under age, and even very very young.
do you think is a risk to post such things ?
would you post?
what do you think about this?

I'm asking because I've recently photographed my cousin, he is a baby, my wish is to share the pictures, but by other hand, i am not sure if it is a good idea due of what bad people can do with the pictures.
what do you think?


other question is, as you know kids don't stop, any tips to take good pictures of them too? this can help also some people that want to take pictures of their family, kids don't stop hehe

Personally, I am extremely careful about which photos of my kids I post. You will notice that you can't make out their faces very well, or at all. At the very least you should get permission from the child's parents or guardian. This particular forum is not the most secure imo. If you wanted to post them for family to see, you could find other sites, even facebook, where you can set privacy settings so only those you permit can see what you post.

thanks McMommy and dhulsmeyer for the fast reply.
i agree, maybe I should not post pictures of my baby cousin.
but lets pretend, you photograph a kid in the street, or anywhere, nothing stops you of publishing it because it is not from your family, have you ever thought that?

I guess you have to balance your need to post a photo with the possible risk to the child. Regardless of how well positioned I may legally be, I would always err on the side of caution and protect a child.

As you know, many people post pictures of the kids. when they get it on FP, isn't it a bit MORE risky?
even private blogs, have been featured.
now i'm thinking, if kid pictures are serious matters, why are they the main subject on the FP?

I raised this concern on a forum in the past, as such a thing did happen, where the FP was a photo of a young child. I seem to recall that it was a private posting. I don't remember what the upshot of it was, I believe that the FP remained there for the day. This simply reinforces my position that you have to err on the side of caution. Even having a private account does not protect you on PB, unfortunately.

I don't see a problem posting pictures of children as long as they're yours, or you have the parent's permission and they're appropriate. I don't post bath pictures, or pictures of the kids with our house in the background, etc. I take portraits professionally and some pictures from every shoot I do go into an online portfolio on my website. My business website is public, so I don't see the difference between posting pictures there and here. I don't know any professional photographers who don't have their portfolio online. Otherwise how would potential clients know if they like the photographer's work? I understand people's concern, there are dangers out there. As with anything you post online, you have to be cautious.

Ricky, this question has created many questions in my own mind since you asked about it. I have always had discomfort with any form of nudity (full and partial) with infants and children in public pictures and advertisements. Caution unfortunately should cause one to carefully consider the pros and cons of each situation.

in New York, one of America's most liberal venues, a person may be photographed in public without giving consent. Further, that person's image may be published or displayed without that person's consent, so long as the image does not appear in an advertisement.

This sound interesting.
I've posted some children pictures already, but i guess the ones i've posted are not so young.
I made this thread, because in this case i'm thinking about a baby, not even 1 years old.
and i thought about many people have posted or created (public or not) blogs about day a day of their babies...

expecially for @Bammphoto:
i like that policy, i guess it is most the same here. although nothing can stop us of taking a picture of someone and post it, if we post that picture to defame is considerate crime.
this year in my school, some rumors about a local girl, were making a girl which was popular the most popular but in a dirty way, someone took a pic of her and photoshoped it and created a facebook to defame her.
she had to change of school, and all the process is in the tribunals, because these are really serious things and its crime!
well i guess i'm starting to running out of the main subject lol

Ok, I bite - I may sound stupid, but what exactly are you afraid of? If you post a photo of a child (without your full name, your address etc), how exactly is that dangerous? I am not saying it is not..I really want to know!

I see, I can understand that!

My afraid is the same as Mrsbox )

photos of children can also be captured, edited, and reposted, in places you would never know about, - we all know how talented people are with photoshop. I doubt very much that professional portraits are subjected to this, since they are probably easier to track, also aren't most professional photographer's sites flash based to remove the possibility of copying of photos?



who wants a photo of their child on some pedophile's website, regardless of how innocent the photo is?

I pretty well have one reply to whether you should take and post photos of children, especially if they aren't yours.....DON'T.

How timely.

What seems to be missing between Marie's 2 posts?

I wondered that too. Sometimes it's a real detriment to come in late.