London photography policy
Photography and filming policy
The London Ride has had a photography/filming policy since 2005.
2008 Policy
We welcome photography during the ride, but there are some restrictions.
A - PHOTOGRAPHERS BEHAVIOUR
Photographers are expected to behave in a respectful, friendly and reasonable manner at all times. If you make any rider uncomfortable, you will be required to leave the assembly area and/or ride.
B - AT THE ASSEMBLY AREA (both BEFORE and AFTER the ride)
- Ask permission before photographing a rider.
- No photos of people people beig body painted, dressing or undressing.
- No photos of people in the designated Body Painting area - this is enforced by stewards.
C - DURING THE RIDE
- No close up photos without getting consent of the rider
- No photos allowed if a rider objects
This policy is intended to curtail any inconsiderate photography which might otherwise take place. We wish to create a safe and supportive environment for all riders.
All photographers present at the ride must abide by this policy. Those who do not will be asked to leave. This includes any riders or press who take photos.
To ensure that this policy is clear to all present, it may appear on signs at the ride assembly area or on leaflets distributed at the event.
Debate about the policy
There has been some debate about the restrictiveness of this policy, to see this visit the following link [1]
Enforcing the Photo Policy (by you the riders)
We create a downloadable "Photo Policy Enforcement Board" which is downloadable as a PDF. We'll be updating with our 2008 version shortly, but for now here is the 2007 version media:London2007photopolicy.pdf.
The download prints out onto two sheets of A4 which you can attach to both sides of an A4 piece of card or cardboard. It has the photo policy info on one sheet and in large letters it says "This Photo was taken without permission".
Our hope is that plenty of riders will have their own "Photo Policy Enforcement Board" on hand at the ride. If verbal intervention doesn't succeed in stopping a problem photographer, please hold the board between an inconsiderate photographer and the unwilling subject. We'll see if this works. To make it happen, you'll need to download, and print the signs (and affix them onto two sides of an A4 sized bit of card). Be sure to have somewhere to store the card out of sight when you aren't using it (eg- when no problem behaviour is happening, and during the ride).
Recommendations for Photographers
If you are attending the ride as a photographer, we would like to remind you that the there are various points along the route which feature particularly striking backgrounds for photos of the ride (eg- Piccadilly, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, Houses of Parliament, Westminster Bridge, Waterloo Bridge, Oxford Street, US Embassy).
