plan B

Lately we've been running into a lot of privacy issues involving students at local schools. We're invited to events they're hosting but after we've shot the program, a teacher or principal notifies us that they will need to review the photos to make sure we haven't photographed students on the "do not publish" list. This is a growing problem and a major catch-22. We're invited to these events but are limited in what we can do. The school administrations are basically asking that we submit our work and let them edit it which is something we're not willing to do. I had two such instances last week and was really getting frustrated with the lack of organization and cooperation in these school systems.

So, it was time to switch gears. The photo below shows a teacher, or student, working on a building project. I initially shot this photo the way I did for dramatic effect and to spice up the fairly ordinary event I was attending. Again, after shooting for an hour with this group of students, the teacher told me I couldn't publish any photos of the kids not wearing their safety glasses. Big help. Not a SINGLE kid was wearing their OSHA-approved safety glasses and left me in a major bind. Instead of getting completely frustrated again, I remembered that I had shot this picture and sent it in for publish. Thank god.