The fine line

[KeithT]

I think several things go together to make interesting photography: the wonderment of life; the never ending excitement of instantaneous capture; the need of the soul to be expressive; and the desire to report what is going on around us. That's what I tell the wife when I need a new piece of equipment anyway. It usually works, as she can't think of a contrary reply to stop me from getting my own way.

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[nickanderson]

Originally Posted by beauxreflets

When thinking about 'The 'Fine Line' in regards to photography two words spring to mind. Respect and Dignity!

I think if you had posted this comment earlier, there would have only been two comments.

I was really getting fired up by some of the things which had been said.

Have some respect for yourself and the subject and maintain the dignity of both then press the shutter release. Simple

[karenoliver]

Sometimes even when photographers document what is going on news agencies decide to doctor the photograph. This happened to Pablo Torres Guerrero. His photograph of the madrid rail attack showed a femur on the ground, some news agencies edited the shot to make it look less gruesome. Its tells you about here and shows both shots, the original and the edited. http://www.unh.edu/urc/2006/presenta...ut_giguere.pdf

[nickanderson]

Originally Posted by beauxreflets

when thinking about 'the 'fine line' in regards to photography two words spring to mind. Respect and dignity!

there is nothing else to add here! Whats done is done. Follow this moral code and the future will be better for all who matter.

[northumbrian1]

When I was young, with young children, it was considered the 'norm' to take photos of your kids at Bath-time. To look back at ones Family Photo album as one grew older seems to have changed somewhat. Obviously, one did not embarrass one's children by shoving their photos in the bath under their nose as they aproached mid-teens, but where does one put such photos nowadays? Are these photos in the bath or on the beach considered kiddie-porn? And are you a potential pedophile for photographing your children at a once natural event in their family history? northumbrian1

[northumbrian1]

To add to the above, from myself. should a person who is a Naturist, and who took pictures of his or her young family au naturale, how would that be viewed by the authorities and the police these days? There were times when we would go on holiday to Yugoslavia (before the war there), frequenting such beaches as there were (before we knew about the dangers of exposing one's pale skin to the sun's rays...) in split and other areas. Today such pictures as we had then are in a photograph album in the attic that hasn't seen the light of day for near on twenty-five years, yet, the guilt that came with modern-day outlooks has changed how we view such media today. There was a time when photos of one's children were considered a way of recording their growing up. Now, the guilt I feel, is it misplaced due to what has happened in recent years or was I right to be like the rest of humanity and keep a record of our children in the bath, on the beach, or larking around? northumbrian1

[packshotcreator]

For some being war-photographer must have been a pain...for others doing nature photography, a real pleasure...

that's life!