Photos of ex-members on your website

riczxd · #1 05-16-2008, 12:43 PM

Hi, I am the new moderator of my sorority's website and I decided to totally re-do it. I was wondering if it was ok to blur out the faces of former members instead of putting a photo over them.. since that's kind of ugly and distracting. Has anyone ever done this before?? Thanks!

DSTCHAOS · #2 05-16-2008, 12:48 PM

Hi riczxd

I think putting photos up with all current members is less distracting than having photos with blurred faces.

I have seen websites with faces blurred or X'd out of photos. That makes some people curious about the story behind those people.

CBU Jeff · #3 05-16-2008, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Hi riczxd

I think putting photos up with all current members is less distracting than having photos with blurred faces.

I have seen websites with faces blurred or X'd out of photos. That makes some people curious about the story behind those people.

I would have to agree. Is there a way for you to crop out the non-members in order to still use the desired picture?

CUBuffs · #4 05-16-2008, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

I have seen websites with faces blurred or X'd out of photos. That makes some people curious about the story behind those people.

I think most NPC chapters do that when someone from the chapter is on Panhellenic Exec or is a Recruitment Counselor. They have to be disaffiliated from the chapter for recruitment, and be removed from the website.

33girl · #5 05-16-2008, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by CUBuffs

I think most NPC chapters do that when someone from the chapter is on Panhellenic Exec or is a Recruitment Counselor. They have to be disaffiliated from the chapter for recruitment, and be removed from the website.

Yes, their faces have to be blocked out so no one knows their affiliation.

To the OP - if it's someone who has been terminated or resigned their membership, I would crop them or get rid of the photo entirely and put up a new one. If you blur them it's going to create a LOT of questions and having to answer "uh, they quit" isn't exactly the best thing.

ZetaXiDelta · #6 05-16-2008, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

Yes, their faces have to be blocked out so no one knows their affiliation.

To the OP - if it's someone who has been terminated or resigned their membership, I would crop them or get rid of the photo entirely and put up a new one. If you blur them it's going to create a LOT of questions and having to answer "uh, they quit" isn't exactly the best thing.

We (the founding sisters) did not quit.

DSTCHAOS · #7 05-16-2008, 08:24 PM

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We (the founding sisters) did not quit.

You ask us if the edit is "better," just know that leaving out the detail is for you, not us.

DSTCHAOS · #8 05-16-2008, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by CUBuffs

I think most NPC chapters do that when someone from the chapter is on Panhellenic Exec or is a Recruitment Counselor. They have to be disaffiliated from the chapter for recruitment, and be removed from the website.

Yes but I'm not talking about NPC chapter websites.

KSUViolet06 · #9 05-16-2008, 08:21 PM

My chapter has always cropped them out, or just not used the photo if the ex-member was unable to be cropped out.

LΩVE · #10 06-06-2008, 09:06 PM

Do you really have to remove them?

On our site there are no pictures including Recruitment Team because it is less distracting, but if we removed all of the pictures of girls who have quit over the years, we wouldn't have many left. Blurs are distracting. So unless it's a case of us not wanting to be associated with the particular girl, we include them in occasional pictures.

texas*princess · #11 06-07-2008, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by LΩVE

Do you really have to remove them?

On our site there are no pictures including Recruitment Team because it is less distracting, but if we removed all of the pictures of girls who have quit over the years, we wouldn't have many left. Blurs are distracting. So unless it's a case of us not wanting to be associated with the particular girl, we include them in occasional pictures.

A few thoughts on this post:

1) I think it's good to have at least some pictures of your members. Your website is a PR tool, so potential members feel warm and fuzzy when they see pictures of girls having fun together/participating in sisterhood events/etc.

2) When a member quits, or gets terminated, I wouldn't want her strutting around wearing my letters because that associates her with our group... a group that she is no longer a part of. It's only fair to her to do the same and take her pictures (or crop her out) off a public website that would associate her with the group.

knight_shadow · #12 05-16-2008, 12:51 PM

^^^ Co-sign. Or, if possible, you can simply crop the person out of the shot.

ETA: Whoops, looks like we posted at the same time there.

DSTCHAOS · #13 05-16-2008, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by knight_shadow

^^^ Co-sign. Or, if possible, you can simply crop the person out of the shot.

ETA: Whoops, looks like we posted at the same time there.

I'm going to fight you if you don't start using the quote feature.

knight_shadow · #14 05-16-2008, 12:55 PM

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I'm going to fight you if you don't start using the quote feature.

I will from now on LOL

baci · #15 05-16-2008, 12:59 PM

I am a tiny bit confused. If you are re-doing your website, why would you even use these photos?
(When you say former members, do you mean depledged? Deactivated? Graduated?)

I just feel if you are going to re-do it, you need to do it right. I give you lots of credit because it is a tough job and something I would have a very difficult time doing.