jim_millen

<p>Many thanks for all the responses - much appreciated! <br>

Since nobody else has heard of such a law either, I'm going on the assumption that my commenter on Flickr doesn't know what he's talking about. :-) Unless I hear otherwise, of course! Until then I will continue taking photographs like that one - always bearing in mind sensible consideration for peoples' privacy and feelings though.<br>

Thanks again!</p>

<p>First off I hope this is the right sub-forum - none of the others seemed appropriate, but do let me know if I should post this elsewhere!</p>

<p>Now onto my question. Somebody has recently commented on one of my pictures on Flickr, suggesting that I should have sought the subject's permission as he is wearing a turban. Apparently there is some law in the UK that requires you to seek permission to take a photograph which shows a religious symbol? </p>

<p><a href=" photograph and comment, and my initial response, are here.</a></p>

<p>I have done quite a bit of Googling about this; I'd never heard of such a law and it seems a bit unlikely - after all, as stated in the comment it would surely prevent any photography of churches, mosques and so on? It's also stated as permission to take the photograph at all - which again seems a little hard to enforce. Seeking permission prior to publication makes more sense, but I still can't find anything out about it.</p>

<p>I was under the impression that the only laws relevant to this sort of street photography were those of privacy <a href="http://www.urban75.org/photos/photographers-rights-street-shooting.html">as described in this article</a>.</p>

<p>Still, I could be entirely wrong and some obscure UK law does indeed prevent photography of religious symbols without permission. But I can't believe nobody on here knows about it if that is the case! So... any thoughts or advice?</p>

<p>Jeff - thanks for taking the time to answer questions on here, much appreciated! </p>

<p>I'd like to ask whether you've got any tips on how to develop & refine a personal style? As everyone's uncle seems to own a digital SLR these days it's obvious that creativity & artistic merit remain the true differentiators. So I'm curious whether you take any structured approach to developing these aspects of your work, or whether it's just something that's been more organic? I'd also be very interested in your approach to critiques of your photographs - do you seek constructive criticism to improve? If so, how do you choose the right critics?</p>

<p>Thanks for any response!</p>