Being photographed

[BCAC]

Do you people always let anybody that wants to take a photo of you when you're kilted?

I'm beginning to politely refuse. I mean with all these internets and so called "social networks" (facebook, twitter etc) you never know where your photo is going to end up, do you?

What do you all think?

[Chas]

Quite often you don't get the option to say no and often you don't even know it has happened.

The other thing is, if you are not doing anything illegal, immoral or fattening, why would there be a problem?

Regards

Chas

[Pleater]

Ah well - it is the price of celebrity, you know. Some people do use the modern technology as a weapon - one of my neighbours broke up with her boyfriend and had to ask all her friends not to upload photos with her in as he went through all their information and would come around to the house shouting and yelling if he saw something he did not like.I'm just waiting to notice people using such things as alibies in detective programs.I might be a bit blase about my image - for a long time I have been appearing at folk clubs and events and getting my photo taken is something I only just notice these days. I was interviewed for the TV once too - but that was a long time ago. Just a few times people have recognised me from a photo, but nothing unpleasant has ever happened in 40 years of exposure to the camera lens. Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[cessna152towser]

Likewise I have never had any unpleasant consequences from being photographed. In fact quite a number of times I have been approached by people who said they recognised me from the internet, and struck up pleasant conversations, not only here in Scotland but also while I have been on holiday (vacation) in North America. As an ambassador for the kilt I feel that I should always show willing to be photographed.

[robbiethepiper]

For 5 years I made my living busking ( U.S. trans = panhandling? ). Photographed many times daily. Rarely did anyone ask for permission, but most put something in the bowl. Some thought a smile was enough. Others seemed to believe they had the right to record anyone dressed unusally. I just try to accept that in this world there are the good, the bad and the ugly.Try to stay closer to the good.

[Paul Henry]

Do you people always let anybody that wants to take a photo of you when you're kilted?

I'm beginning to politely refuse. I mean with all these internets and so called "social networks" (facebook, twitter etc) you never know where your photo is going to end up, do you?

What do you all think?

I'm not sure what you think the issue is, just about anyone can take a photo of anyone in the public arena,what harm do you think will happen.
As Chas says if you have done nothing wrong what is the problem
As Cessna says , perahps people want to take pictures of kilts and that's a good thing isn't it?

[auld argonian]

I suppose that the biggest trepidation that you might have is that you'll be held up to ridicule by some dipstick who posts your photo on facebook or whatever with a caption like, "Look at the goofball in the kilt!"

Eh...that can happen anytime to anyone, face it. It's just one of those things that comes with the territory. As it is in almost all public interactions between kilties and "civilians", ninety-nine point nine percent of them are going to be positive and that point one percent is insignificant. I think that the majority of people are genuinely impressed by a kiltie and look at it as a chance to win some converts to the cause...how about when some other heretofore unkilted guy says, "Dang...that looks pretty good...I ought to think about getting a kilt."

Dinna fash yersef.

best

AA

[Tobus]

just about anyone can take a photo of anyone in the public arena

This.

Everyone here likely has their image recorded many times a day without even knowing it (whether kilted or not). Security cameras and other means of photography/videography are everywhere. People on the street take pictures of other people all the time. It's perfectly legal and there's not much you can do about it.

Refusing someone's polite request for a photo doesn't do a bit of good. They will in many cases take your picture anyway, without you knowing it.

If you don't want the attention of others, it's probably best to just wear trousers. But if you wear a kilt, being photographed comes with the territory.

[ForresterModern]

I suppose that the biggest trepidation that you might have is that you'll be held up to ridicule by some dipstick who posts your photo on facebook or whatever with a caption like, "Look at the goofball in the kilt!

AA I agree that there is some risk involved that ridicule may be lobbed at us for being kilted, but I think that happens enough anyway whether we are aware of it or not. IMHO as long as I am not doing anything I would be ashamed of or embarrassed by (or legally in potential trouble for), and it is not a great inconvenience to me personally, I generally do not have a problem with passersby wanting to have their pictures taken with a "kiltie", regardless of where it ends up being posted. I agree with Alex (cessna) that we are ambassadors of the kilt whenever we strap one on and go out in public, so we should look good, behave properly, and give the best impression possible to all who encounter us that we are normal people who just happen to prefer/like wearing the kilt, be that on occasions, intermittently, or daily wear. People will take pictures of us whether we are aware of it or not, at least the ones we agree to we can have some control over our appearence and presentation in the results, where the others we have no such control.

jeff

[TheNaughtyScot]

This is why we always need to be dressed well to represent the rest of us well. Like how the news always finds the dumbest individuals to represent the community, no one wants to be the posterchild for improper kiltwear or why men don't look good in kilts.