CaptainBlighNY

Recently, while on a cruise, I did a shore excursion to visit a penguin colony on the Falkland Islands. We were a van of 4 people. Three people were taking photographs. One person was using a cellphone camera. One women had a point-and-shoot camera. I was using my Nikon D500 with a 300mm zoom lens with a monopod.

At the top of the hill was the penguin breeding area where the newly hatched chicks were waiting for their parents to return with food. The colony consisted of Gentoo, Magellan and King ePenguins. The parents had to walk (waddle) about 1/2 mile from the water to the nesting area to give their chicks food.

That day I took over 1000 exposures of the chicks, their parents making the 1/2 mile trek from the ocean and the parents feeding them.

A few days later the women with the point and shoot camera tells me there was a problem with her camera and would I give her my photos. She asked me to give her my memory cards so she can copy them.

What would you do?
1) First question - Would you share your photos?
2) Do you tell her you do not share your photos.
3) Do you give her your memory card. [probably/definitely not]
4) Do you ask her for a memory card and you copy your photos for her [assuming you have a computer.]
5) Do you tell her they are RAW files and there is nothing she can do with them.
6) Do you tell her my memory cards are XQD which need a special card reader.
7) Tell her next time to buy a better camera.
8) Check your setting before staring out on an important photo assignment.
9) Take a couple of test shots and analyze them before staring out on an important photo assignment.

But the real first question is “Would you share your photos?”

johngault007 Loc: Florida Panhandle

No, I wouldn't.

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

I would share BUT not trust her with your memory cards. I would work out something so she can use JPEGS from your file. I would also just pick out your 10 best images and email them to her. Bottom line, do not let your memory cards out of your sight.

Bob Mevis Loc: Plymouth, Indiana

I wouldn't share my photos. Not out of meanness mind you, that excuse just doesn't ring true to me.

bleirer

I would get her email and send her a few of the memorable ones after you've selected them.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

When I had my images culled, fully edited, resized for online sharing, watermarked, and posted to a read-only site, only then would I send her a link to that site. If I liked her as a friend from just a random meeting, I'd include an offer along with the site link to forward any images of interest to her, putting the burden back on her to pursue the idea of actual image files. I'd share only resized 2048px images to any subsequent request.

Quixdraw Loc: x

I agree - but certainly not my favorites.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

I would suggest to her that I would be glad to email a sample. If she liked them perhaps I would send more.

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

As purely a hobbyist and not a professional, I don't have a problem with sharing my photos with someone who is polite and friendly. As long as it doesn't require too much extra work for me to do so. It's the neighborly thing to do.

flyboy61 Loc: The Great American Desert

Good solution, but send the images at relatively low resolution, so the any sharing will be low-quality. It won't stop theft of your images, but will be a discouragement.

1,2 NO!
8,9 Definitely!

RWR Loc: La Mesa, CA

If I wanted to share my photos, I would share them. If I didn’t want to share them, I wouldn’t. The last thing I would care about is what anyone else thought about it. But then, I do my own thinking and have no need to copy what others would do.

RichardTaylor Loc: Sydney, Australia

Cany143 Loc: SE Utah

Its interesting that you asked what others might do in a similar situation, but didn't mention what you actually did.

bobmcculloch Loc: NYC, NY

NO, are you serious, NEVER, with a friend probably, a stranger NOPE! BTW nobody ever gets my originals!

Soul Dr. Loc: Beautiful Shenandoah Valley

I would tell her all my images are captured in the raw format and not transferable.
Then I would tell her she might have better luck asking the person who took pics with their cell phone.
No way would I give my memory card to someone I didn't really know.

will