I do know that any photo competition I have entered required a signed release form from the parents! So I am going to say (sadly because of idiots who want to do harm) that you are in the wrong! Not that you are, it's just the way you have to deal with Snowflakes, Parents, Cops, Judges! As great a man you may be, just delete it and tell the kid to get the hell out of the way, your trying to take a picture, oh heck that won't work either, you swore at the little poor child who most likely gears the 'F" word 500 times a day! It's a sad World we live in, very sad! Just a note, I carry release forms with me just in case, but they can still say no!

There are too many people in this country that believe to their core that their right to something trumps anyone else's right - then the start bullying you if you disagree . . . If some photographer invades my space with his camera and I am not comfortable, I am entitled to my sense of safety, even if I am in a public space. He has a choice - he can produce a real model release, not a slip of paper with a single sentence that somehow indicates my consent, and offer me some form of compensation. I am not looking to make money, but it does speak to the legitimacy and professionalism of the guy with the camera. I would probably tell the guy to keep his offer of compensation. The point is that far too many people believe that society is the same as it was when the old photographers were running around with cameras snapping candids of random people. Sadly it isn't. And they need to adjust. Insisting you have the "right" to take a picture is the same as insisting you have the "right of way" in a traffic accident. The judge will laugh, and tell you it was your responsibility to YIELD the right of way and likely charge you with failing to yield the right of way. It's not about who's right and who's wrong - it's all about common sense and courtesy.