Photographing Children:
Photography can sometimes be quite controversial there isn't no law to say you cant photograph young people/children. But there are certain rules & certified bodies in place to make this safe. Child/young person photography is most commonly used for parents having their children's portraits taken & school photographs. School photographers come once a year to the school to photograph the children, most also offer extra siblings/family to be photographed in the image too. In schools the child will be issued a letter at the start of the term for parents to sign. This is to give permission for your child to be photographed or filmed while in school or out on a trip with the school. They also issue a letter a week before the school photographer is due to come out this is a chance for the parent to give consent or decline the opportunity. As a photographer you will need certain checks done to be allowed to photograph children and work in a child environment. These are called the children's barred list formerly list 99 and an enhanced DBS check, these are provided to create a safe environment for the children.
Children's Barred List:
The Children’s Barred List (formerly List 99) Check allows educational establishments to check against a database to see if there is a possible match for a person included in the children’s barred list. If a person is included in the children’s barred list, employment by the educational establishment is prohibited.
The information on the database is held under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 and is maintained by the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Please note, the Children’s Barred List check (formerly List 99) is not a comprehensive check against the barred list – this can only be obtained through an Enhanced criminal record check
So, a separate Children’s Barred List check, depending on the result, may enable an applicant to start work while the enhanced disclosure is being processed (subject of course to all other relevant references and pre-employment checksbeing completed).
Eligibility
According to the Department for Education, educational establishments (such as schools, colleges and nurseries) can apply for a Children’s Barred List check if their applicant:
- Undertakes unsupervised activities: teaching, training, instructing, caring for or supervising children, or providing advice/guidance on well-being, or driving a vehicle only for children
- Works for a limited range of establishments (‘specified places’), with opportunity for contact: e.g. schools, children’s homes, childcare premises. This does not include work by supervised volunteers
- Provides relevant personal care, e.g. washing or dressing; or health care by or supervised by a professional
- Is a registered childminder and/or foster-carer
Cost
The cost for a list 99 check through APCS is £12.50 plus VAT.
The cost for a list 99 check for organisations who are registered with APCS to carry out DBS checks is £6.00 plus VAT.
Turnaround times
Same day results for all orders received before 2.30pm Monday – Friday. For any orders received after 2.30pm, the results will be issued the next working day.
DBS Check:
The employer gets an application form from DBS or an umbrella body (a registered body that gives access to DBS checks).
The employer gives the applicant the form to fill in and return to them along with documents providing their identity.
The employer sends the completed application form to DBS or their umbrella body.
DBS sends a certificate to the applicant. The employer has to ask the applicant to see the certificate.
DBS sends a certificate to the applicant. The employer has to ask the applicant to see the certificate.
If the applicant has subscribed to the DBS update service, the employer can check their certificate online.
A DBS check has no official expiry date. Any information included will be accurate at the time the check was carried out. It is up to an employer to decide if and when a new check is needed.
Applicants and employers can use the DBS update service to keep a certificate up to date or carry out checks on a potential employee’s certificate.
There are 3 types of check. The employer or organisation running the check should provide the applicant with more information about the level of check required.
DBS check applicants must be 16 or over.
The time it takes to process a DBS check depends on:
DBS check applicants must be 16 or over.
The time it takes to process a DBS check depends on:
- the level of check
- if the details given for the check are correct
- what police forces need to be involved in the check
Standard (£26)
This checks for spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings.
Enhanced (£44)
This includes the same as the standard check plus any additional information held by local police that’s reasonably considered relevant to the role being applied for.
Enhanced with list checks (£44)
This is like the enhanced check, but includes a check of the DBS barred list.
Copy right:
Moral rights are rights of creators of copyrighted works generally recognized in civil law jurisdictions and, to a lesser extent, in some common law jurisdictions. They include the right of attribution, the right to have a work published anonymously or pseudonymously, and the right to the integrity of the work. The preserving of the integrity of the work bars the work from alteration, distortion, or mutilation. Anything else that may detract from the artist's relationship with the work even after it leaves the artist's possession or ownership may bring these moral rights into play. Moral rights are distinct from any economic rights tied to copyrights. Even if an artist has assigned his or her copyright rights to a work to a third party, he or she still maintains the moral rights to the work.
Moral rights were first recognized in France and Germany, before they were included in the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works in 1928. Canadarecognizes moral rights (droits moraux) in its Copyright Act (Loi sur le droit d'auteur). The United States became a signatory to the convention in 1989, and incorporated a version of moral rights under its copyright law under Title 17 of the U.S. Code.
Some jurisdictions allow for the waiver of moral rights. In the United States, the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (VARA) recognizes moral rights, but applies only to a narrow subset of works of visual art.
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Where is child/young photography found?
Child/young photography is commonly found in schools/nurseries for year photographs, toy stores/department stores offering professional photographs at slashed prices or with special offers, and hospitals/maternity wards offering newborn portraits.
Most child photography is done with high key using a white background and flash kits. As this brief is for us to be taking nursery photographs I'll be looking into school photography.
The most traditional style to photograph school portraits is high key, using a flash kit, and framing the portrait as a head and shoulder shot. Most school photographers use 2 lights with diffusers attached. At my children's school the photographer uses a back light and a front light with an umbrella attached. Some companies are "breaking the rules" with school portraits, by choosing to do some lying down shots or by using props. The newest ones is to have a school desk and blackboard in the background with the year written on it eg. 2016. The also offer family portraits if you have siblings they can have there picture taken along with your child also the mum & dad.
A well known school photography company is Tempest photography they also cover nurseries which includes the NCN Adams nursery.
Why choose Tempest?
Tempest Photography has been in the academic photography business for over 80 years. In that time a lot has changed – here's a few things you may not know about Tempest.
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