We were kicked out of the beach...

[cauzimme]

Last wednesday I ask a friend to do a photoshoot at the beach so I could use it in my portfolio, we went to Ardene, and bought some bodysuit and accessories and head out to the beach, the one I was seeking to do photo was closed so we head out to an another, we shot for maybe an hour, and then someone came and told us it was very innapropriate, way to sexy for children and parents, and that we were lacking respect, so they kick us out. It wasn't because photoshoot were not allowed theres were 2 other photoshoot going on, but with small children and yoga poses. Yep what a ****ing dissapointment, we weren't loud, we weren't doing poses 0verly sexy, or being innapropriate at all, we were 2 girls having fun...

 

[YassPro]

Sometimes I feel like we're still living in a different era. Things like this make my blood boil.


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[480sparky]

Who was this 'someone', and what authority did they have?

 

[zombiesniper]

I find it sad that today there are still some prude that can look at a situation and just because a camera is there it's bad.

Had this lady been laying on the beach or playing with a her child. Nobody would have said a thing but because someone was there taking her photo....suddenly a fully clothed woman is sexual. Guess these same people blush at the the Sears catalogue swimsuit section.

The beach near me girls that are too young run around wearing too little and no one bats an eye. I bet you would have run into a similar situation here with this lady that is wearing 4 times the clothing.

 

[jpross123]

I would have just kept on shooting, its a public area.

 

[cauzimme]

Sometimes I feel like we're still living in a different era. Things like this make my blood boil.


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True!

Who was this 'someone', and what authority did they have?

It was the lifeguard and it was directly after the last pose, so I told my model, okay let's do a yoga pose then since they are allowed pointing the other photographer and the lady says rudely, NO I SAID STOP, you need to leave... We were laying on the beach discussing a looking trought the photos and again she said, you have to leave, it's over girls...
We paid 20$ to have access to the beach, and we couldn't even stay.

I find it sad that today there are still some prude that can look at a situation and just because a camera is there it's bad.

Had this lady been laying on the beach or playing with a her child. Nobody would have said a thing but because someone was there taking her photo....suddenly a fully clothed woman is sexual. Guess these same people blush at the the Sears catalogue swimsuit section.

The beach near me girls that are too young run around wearing too little and no one bats an eye. I bet you would have run into a similar situation here with this lady that is wearing 4 times the clothing.

Exactly, i'm so frustrated, people are hypocrite!

I would have just kept on shooting, its a public area.

Well she was yelling at us, didn't really feel like shooting anymore.

 

[YassPro]

I would have just kept on shooting, its a public area.

I think, based on different situations that even if @cauzimme would have called the police, or te lifeguard would have called it, the police would have taken the lifeguard's side. That's the sad reality, those kind of people usually don't care if they go above the rule, is the people that don't matter. So it wouldn't have been worth it.


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[jpross123]

Well she was yelling at us, didn't really feel like shooting anymore.

Yeah that probably did dampen the mood a bit...

I think, based on different situations that even if @cauzimme would have called the police, or te lifeguard would have called it, the police would have taken the lifeguard's side. That's the sad reality, those kind of people usually don't care if they go above the rule, is the people that don't matter. So it wouldn't have been worth it.

You're probably right. Our society is getting worse as the days go on.

 

[DarkShadow]

I wouldn't have left if I did this kind of work for anyone other then a LE officer. stop letting no buddy's push you around and stand your ground. I had a lady tell me I can't take pictures of the inside of a coffee shop from the public side walk I said you want to bet and if you don't like it call the cops and she did.The cop came and told her nothing he could do and if she don't want people looking in or taking photos close the entry door. HaHa.

 

[480sparky]

.........It was the lifeguard .............

If it was a public beach, I would have just kept on shooting then. Private beach, well, that's a whole other sticky wicket.

Part of the reason many in our society think they have authority is because people fold in a heartbeat to them. We LET this kind of behavior propagate, and this empowers those who do not have authority into believing they do. And when those with no authority start demanding we surrender our rights (and we allow this to happen), then we no longer have those rights.

While I'm sure the laws in Canada are different than the US, I'm also pretty sure they're quite close.

 

[DarkShadow]

Well said sparky.

 

[Designer]

I find it sad that today there are still some prude that can look at a situation and just because a camera is there it's bad.

It's not the camera, but the poses. The poses are intended to be provocative. Provocative can be interpreted in more than one way.

 

[480sparky]

It's not the camera, but the poses. The poses are intended to be provocative. Provocative can be interpreted in more than one way.

I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description ["hard-core pornography"], and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it, and the motion picture involved in this case is not that.
......................................................................................United States Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart 1964

 

[Granddad]

You paid £20 to access the beach so that makes it sound like a private beach. If that's the case the lifeguard may have had the authority of the owner(s). That makes it awkward, you probably did right to leave without a fuss. Assuming you weren't going beyond the line of decency I agree the lifeguard was an a**hole but the world has lots of a**holes with uniforms who love to goose step all over common sense.

Maybe next time look for a beach that's not private, isn't frequented by families and has no lifeguard/Nazi storm trooper on duty?
At least you got some good shots while you were there.

P.S. There's a beach not far from me that would be perfect, I did a nude shoot there several years ago and there was no one in sight. Unfortunately it's probably about 6000+ kilometres too far away.

 

[480sparky]

You paid £20 to access the beach so that makes it sound like a private beach..........

Even public property may charge day-use fees.