Yup. I would of said hey you with the self image problems, even though you’ve agreed to smile for the group photo, can you step out of the frame please.
Usually people that hate how they look in photographs always avoid having their picture taking. So a little confused why she would agree to be them in the first place.
Take a really incriminating picture of her and next time she goes to delete your pictures, tell her you’ll show everyone the naughty one.
Just so.
She didn’t “grab” the camera–he gave it to her. After the first experience, I wonder why her let her have it the second time.
I’d suggest he simply stop taking pictures of her.
Yes, actually she does, if she’s on private property. Neither paparazzi (nor anyone else) can take pictures of someone without their (and the owners) permission on private property. In public view is a different matter, although again, you don’t generally have the right to make commercial imagery of people in public without their permission.
After the first instance, perhaps the photographer would ask if that person wanted to be in the photographs at all. They may have a variety of reasons for not wanting to be.
Regards,
-Bouncer-
The person in the photo’s posed for the “cheese” photos - that implies permission to take them - at that point, the owner of the camera is the owner of the photo and she has no rights to them specifically - she could request they be deleted or not published, but outside of any other formal arrangments for said photo’s, they belong to the ‘artist’.
I don’t think that’s right. Paparazzi can’t trespass or use a telephoto lens to get photos against the persons will, but that’s different then just “taking photos on private property”. And even in the case of paparazzi breaking the law and trespassing, I’d think I’d need a cite to believe that the person having their picture taken has a legal right to demand the illegal photos be destroyed.
But in any case, its not at issue here. The woman willingly had her photo taken and the OP wasn’t trespassing.
Needs more information. Was she one of the main subjects in the picture, or in the background? Was she aware a picture was being taken? What’s your relationship with her?
The woman had no right to delete anything from your camera. She’s not the only one in the shot and there may be good crops to be had without her in the shot. She’d never touch my cameras again, but I’d also make a point of trying to not include her in any shots.
BTW, those shots are probably easy to recover from your memory card if you want them. Delete just marks the file, it doesn’t remove any data. It’s possible you overwrote some of them with subsequent shots but you probably could recover the bulk of what she deleted.
I just thought that as two adults it wouldn’t be an issue the second time, since I explicitly asked her to please not delete anything without asking me. Who knows - maybe the first time she didn’t realize I’d take it as a violation.
Also, if it wasn’t clear in the OP, the two events were separated by a week or two.
We are friends and coworkers. We were taking a variety of shots, both of individuals and as a group. She was certainly aware she was being photographed - stood, smiled, offered no objection, just like everyone else. She didn’t mind having her picture taken, she just thought she could then go through my camera and delete any pictures she didn’t like.
Never would have occurred to me - good to know!
I hate having my picture taken, and always have. I have very, very few pictures of myself as a child and teen, because I always tried to avoid the situation. In group photos, I generally tried to hide myself behind someone else. I haven’t had anyone take my picture since I was about 25, except for driver’s license photos. That’s 30 years of avoiding cameras.
So, you can see that I really, really hate having my picture taken. However, I certainly wouldn’t delete a pic of me from someone else’s camera. I would definitely ask that person to delete it, though. If someone really close to me (my family, for instance) wants a pic, I might consent…but I’d protest first.
Anyway, I think that this woman does not understand boundaries very well.
I don’t understand why people are agreeing with this, when the OP wrote “they were regular, posed, “Say cheese!” kinds of snapshots.” If she’s posing, she’s giving permission to have her picture taken. If she doesn’t like having her picture taken, she shouldn’t be posing.
I think some of you are conflating two different kinds of people here.
1- Shy people who don’t like their picture taken anyway. That’s most of the posters here.
2- Attention whorey people who want to look absolutely, stunningly hawt in every photo and will throw a tantrum if they look anything less than that. That is how the girl in the OP sounds.
I have a friend like #2 and she, too, will try to delete pictures from your camera. She’s the same girl who will only stand on one side in any picture ever because that’s her “good” side. Seriously.
I hate hate hate hate HATE when people delete things off my camera. Sure, sometimes bad pictures (in the derpy sense, not in the illegal sense) of me get posted on Facebook, but I can untag myself and it’s fine. I would never think to force my way on someone’s camera and delete less than flattering photos of myself, it’s just rude.
I think that this is very sad…
That would qualify as theft and destruction of property, I’d think. And would have an excellent chance of escalating to personal violence.
Right. Which is why “Don’t take my picture” shouldn’t be defied. Photography enthusiasts have the whole rest of the world to photograph and there is absolutely no shortage of people who love having their picture taken.
My guess is that, depending on the jurisdiction, the woman in question could be nailed for a computer crime, something like, “Accessing an information technology system without authorization”. But in reality, I don’t think the police are going to care too much about this and they’ll probably tell you not to let her use your camera anymore.
I don’t think you’re taking this threat seriously. The only thing to be done is to open a safety deposit box with the local bank and have the camera stored there, only to be temporarily withdrawn for the MOST special occasions.
You have the right to take and keep my pictures IF you ask. If you don’t ask then they should be deleted, if you refuse, don’t expect to stay my friend.