thanks. interesting points u got there.
first of all, my legal understandings tells me that the
photographer owns the copyrights to the pictures, as long as the
pictures taken are decent and not doctored in the wrong way.
it is not wrong to have other attendees taking pictures beside the
appointed photographer. the reason for not encouraging so
are:
1. be it new or old faces, we do not know the integrity of everyone
here. the reason for restricting to only a couple of photographers
is a mean of possible damage control.
even for joho, i share my thoughts with him when he first joined me
for sentosa trip, equipped with his first nikon camera.
i even requested to browse thru some of the pictures before he went
home with it.. not because i doubted his intention, but to make
sure people see what they want to see.
2. many of u have seen his work. thus, i can safely say that joho
is one of the most skilled photographer around this joint and is
armed with the most appropriate equipment.
and since he is already doing the job he does best, i thought
others would be better off enjoying themselves than to be snapping
away.
3. and the distribution part would be easier if there is only one
source.
as for your other suggestions:
- i believe the educating part has already take place for quite a
while. the policy around here is that if u didnt attend, u wont get
the pictures. period.
to some, we even emphasized about distributing the pictures to the
right person before we pass them the link.
- when we start to vet the participants list, it means the
situation is getting really severe.
it mean that we have to openly unwelcome certain individual.
fortunately, we have not come to this stage yet, and we hope we
dont have to.
- i dont know about the last suggestion. firstly, the issue here is
about people distributing photos to people who are
unauthorised.
secondly, it is not a case of stalking as well.
lastly, i dont know how private can we go when it comes to beach
activities.
nevertheless, i do agree that "soft approach" should adopted here
as well. it would be done on a case-to-case basis.
for now, we are just trying to lay out some of the appropriate
guidelines.
