Costume Photography

[stickmaker]

I take lots of photos at F/SF conventions, and am almost always in the masquerade photo area. Costumes are fun on many levels, and I sometimes wear a hall costume, but mostly I just take pictures.

Occasionally, though, I encounter someone who Just Doesn't Get It. That is, they wear a colorful and/or revealing costume, something obviously not mundane clothing, but object to anyone taking their photo. I'm sorry, but you're attending a public event in a public area wearing something intended to attract attention to yourself. Not only is it reasonable to assume you _want_ people to take your photo, legally and morally you're fair game.



Stickmaker

Comments

[arthur-denger.livejournal.com]

....hmmmmm. Just might be in a gray area there on the 'legally' fair game issue. Since individuals would presumably have no control over your use of the photograph(s), they may be well within their rights to insist you not photograph them. I tend to consider it as a right to privacy issue. Members of certain religious faiths wear garb which may differentiate them from the public at large, yet they do not wish to be photographed, on religious grounds.

Costume Photography

[stickmaker.livejournal.com]

>Members of certain religious faiths wear garb which >may differentiate them >from the public at large, yet they do not wish to be photographed, on >religious grounds.

That wish I understand, and respect. There are members of such an order (The Amish) near where my grandmother used to live.

I'm talking about people who deliberately dress differently from how they normally would to attract attention (and protraying a fictional character counts) at conventions.

Most people who do this understand that their photos may be taken. In 30+ years of attending conventions I've only personally encountered three or four who didn't. (Though I have heard of others.)

Of course, the photographer has an obligation not to act like a jerk.