Pub Photography - A Risky Business?

[Lady Grey]

Some excellent recommendations and reviews - Mr Trench, Ms Pint and Mr Ven. Now that's my kind of church.

[Andy Ven]

I'm inspired to start a new thread....

[arwkrite]

Lady Grey , I like your avatar. I use the same on a B'ham history forum. A plaque on the wall of a local pub supplied my photo. Some one commented that it looked like a goblins house. Plenty of the plaques survive in Herefordshire.

[Lady Grey]

Thank you for that, the West Country Plaques are such an iconic feature of pubs in our respective locations, many of them survive in Cheltenham. I'm pleased that some of our local pubs that have closed and become different businesses, still have the plaque in situ. Unfortunatley, some of the plaques have been stolen during redevelopment, I wish people wouldn't do this, they are part of our heritege.

[Lady Grey]

Thanks I will post those next week and let you know when they are sent.

The cards arrived this morning - fantastic.

[Maldenman]

I met one today, of the "why are you taking a photo of my pub" type. It's private property, need permission, yawn, yawn. Anyway, I told him in no uncertain terms how it is, and also let him know that thanks to his boring tirade, he now has one less customer.

http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/35603/

[Farway]

I met one today, of the "why are you taking a photo of my pub" type. It's private property, need permission, yawn, yawn. Anyway, I told him in no uncertain terms how it is, and also let him know that thanks to his boring tirade, he now has one less customer.

http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/35603/

Nice one, it is strange that some folk feel they have right of censorship over what is legal from a public viewpoint, such as a pavement opposite a pub

Maybe point them to Google Streetview if they really have loads of money & are looking for a legal fight?

[AdrianPatrick]

While the owner of the premises has the legal right to refuse permission to allow even external photographs being taken, it is amazingly short sighted to do so in the modern age. ...Unless they have something to hide of course.

With social networking and Google maps currently changing the lives and habits of smartphone users, the greater the the web presence - especially through the spread of images - the more prominence is given to their business over their competition.

Far from objecting, landlords ought to be embracing and encouraging such practice!

I take photos in and around pubs all of the time as I illustrate pub chalkboards and keep a record of my work, and I often sense nervousness from the client, and sometimes customers too.

I feel it's mainly due to being loss of control over the venue's public image. But in this age, those that don't encourage photos, reviews, facebook 'check-ins' etc, are the venues that will become boarded up over the coming years!

[NickDavies]

While the owner of the premises has the legal right to refuse permission to allow even external photographs being taken, it is amazingly short sighted to do so in the modern age. ...Unless they have something to hide of course.

Out of interest, which bit of statute law allows you to refuse permission to take photographs of the outside of your premises? Indeed the implication is therefore that permission must be sought in the first place.

[Conrad]

While the owner of the premises has the legal right to refuse permission to allow even external photographs being taken, it is amazingly short sighted to do so in the modern age. ...Unless they have something to hide of course.

With social networking and Google maps currently changing the lives and habits of smartphone users, the greater the the web presence - especially through the spread of images - the more prominence is given to their business over their competition.

Far from objecting, landlords ought to be embracing and encouraging such practice!

I take photos in and around pubs all of the time as I illustrate pub chalkboards and keep a record of my work, and I often sense nervousness from the client, and sometimes customers too.

I feel it's mainly due to being loss of control over the venue's public image. But in this age, those that don't encourage photos, reviews, facebook 'check-ins' etc, are the venues that will become boarded up over the coming years!

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