Is there any way to prevent a camera from taking a picture

I know its a weird title but here's the story....One of my friends is trying to prevent people from sneaking pictures of his clothing line and copying them. I have no clue if anything like this even exists but is there anything or any ways to make a picture way over exposed. Weird question but had to ask

Get a rent-a-cop.

Yeah, he needs a giant lazurgun though

http://www.wired.com …to-shield-on-giant-yacht/

Clothing line and all...sounds like y'all are rich so it shouldn't be a problem.

Good luck!

Ban cameras and mobile phones from your show.

If it's someone else's show, there's not much you can do, except to only show in circumstances you can control.

I know of no easy way to get what you want (thank goodness from a photographers perspective ) That said, wouldn't everyone be able to see the clothes when someone wears them in public anyways? I guess I don't understand the clothing industry because it seems they would need to be seen publicly to sell them and for people to wear them. On the other hand, if someone wanted to copy an article of clothing, couldn't they just buy it, examine it and copy it without ever needing a photo?

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veronephoto wrote in post #9472410
I know its a weird title but here's the story....One of my friends is trying to prevent people from sneaking pictures of his clothing line and copying them. I have no clue if anything like this even exists but is there anything or any ways to make a picture way over exposed. Weird question but had to ask

I think the only way would be to make them a registered trade mark. That would prevent out and out copying , but not altering of the original. At which point you get into legal arguments about derivative work and whats allowable.

Karl Johnston wrote in post #9473052
Yeah, he needs a giant lazurgun though

http://www.wired.com …to-shield-on-giant-yacht/

Clothing line and all...sounds like y'all are rich so it shouldn't be a problem.

Good luck!

It's good to know my CMOS camera will still shoot the yacht!

veronephoto wrote in post #9472410
I know its a weird title but here's the story....One of my friends is trying to prevent people from sneaking pictures of his clothing line and copying them. I have no clue if anything like this even exists but is there anything or any ways to make a picture way over exposed. Weird question but had to ask

Use pancro-amber safelights for all room lighting and outfit the staff with night vision goggles. Then ban any camera larger than a deck of cards.

The only thing I can suggest will only keep people with flash from being able to get a good shot. You can set up speedlights directed toward where people would be taking pictures and put optical triggers on them so the speedlights flash every time their camera flashes. This will cause all of their shots to come out with bright flashes directed at them. If the room is not lit well then they will have a hard time getting a good picture without flash. Hope this helps.

Surely any pictures of his clothing line is free publicity and therefore a good thing, after all all someone needs to do to copy one is to buy one.

Anke wrote in post #9474946
Surely any pictures of his clothing line is free publicity and therefore a good thing, after all all someone needs to do to copy one is to buy one.

Yes, but if all someone needs to do is buy one, that means there is at least one that has been paid for. Also, the clothing line may not even be up for sale yet.

ambrowns wrote in post #9475304
Yes, but if all someone needs to do is buy one, that means there is at least one that has been paid for. Also, the clothing line may not even be up for sale yet.

Then we must be talking about internal security, which is a matter of hiring reliable people--no technical means can really deter a mole.

Once it's been revealed to the public, revealed is revealed.

tzalman wrote in post #9472838
Get a rent-a-cop.

To be followed soon thereafter by a "A rent-a-cop stopped me from from photographing clothes...is this legal?" thread

http://news.zdnet.com/​2100-9595_22-144687.html

This may be what he was looking for but it is not in production yet itself.