to be irritated at the parents taking a million photos

[sailorsgal]

at the nativity. Can't they just sit and enjoy the show.

Er no. That would mean enjoying ur child, which is patently ridiculous. This is about their infant, not urs.

Ill be taking a thousand when dd is in hers. She's destined to win xfactor/all possible acting awards ever ever ever

I think that there should just be one photographer and everybody can get 'official prints' for a fiver with money going to the school/nursery.

I really don't want to watch a nativity play from behind somebody's wavering camera phone.

I wouldn't care but they had another relative with a video camera aswell.

I'm surprised they were even allowed to take photos tbh.

They were in the front row aswell.

That's why my school forbade it and took the photos themselves - made a little money that way too!

yanbu. They really pissed me off last year. Non-bloody-stop clicking away.

I took a few photos at the end after the applause when they were all lined up nicely.

YANBU

Can't understand people who'd rather take a million pictures of events rather than actually experiencing and enjoying said event. One or two pics is perfectly sufficient. Eejits.

I spent most of the play watching through peoples iphones as they videod it, which was a pita. And the kids with parents in the front row end up staring into the camera, singing to it rather than concentrating on their dance or whatever

Ah, blissful camera free year for us. Photos blanket banned due to 'sensitive issues' (ie they have a looked after child who absolutely cannot be photographed for safety reasons). It was nice to see everyone actually watching and engaging!

Our school has banned parents taking photos, that didn't stop another mother from happily snapping away then proceeding to put the pictures on Facebook shortly after. The ban is to protect other children's identity but then she clearly didn't care!

That's probably because their kid isn't Second Bird

are you talking about me?

My DH missed the nativity, he was gutted, so I recorded it and took a few photos too.

I would much rather have sat and just watched it

that's why our primary banned cameras and had a video made . Raised money for the pta too.

My dh didn't see it either. A couple of pics is not a problem but they took pics the whole time, watching the show throw the lens. Their partner was there and the rest of the family.

not me then!

The parent in front of me recorded the whole thing through her fucking iPad. No little camera phone for her, she waved her iPad around for the duration.