I know there are some ACF bods on here, do you have an equivalent document to ACP 50 and the guidance on photographs of cadets shooting, specifically in relation to cadets doing blank firing exercises? (The ATC doesn’t have guidance on shooting outside of a range.)
Before I get a huge amount of questioning, I don’t really want to go into why I want the info.
There are no specific rules really. Some people seem to be allergic to showing cadets with weapons but we just shout at them until they cry. The basic principle is to ensure that there is nothing a TSA could have kittens about. The rest is common sense really.
Thanks, That’s a shame, it would have been nice to see if you had anything official.
What is this ‘Sense, Common’ of which you speak?
We just don’t see the need to have specific rules for taking photographs of cadets doing fieldcraft. Why would we?
Our media rules says “All Cadets to be supervised on the range and this must be shown in all photographs taken” so we need to show a supervisor in shot for pictures of shooting. Presumably this so that the public don’t get the impression that we hand cadets rifles and ammunition and tell them to get on with it!
However we don’t seem to have any similar rule (in the media manual anyway) for advanced fieldcraft or for rifle drill but the same mentality ensues.
Surely cadets are supposed to be supervised during training anyway, regardless of whether or not they are on the range? The problem with that rule is that it basically rules out the close up shot as you wouldn’t be able to have another person in the picture. I do quite a lot of photography in cadets and the close ups often turn out quite well.
We do have a PR manual but it doesn’t really have rules like that in it.
If you take a look at the ACF Image library you will see numerous pictures of cadets with weapons with no instructor in shot.
That may be the issue here.
The rule only seemingly applies on a range, which is where the grey area starts. Rifle drill and Fieldcraft don’t take place on ranges.
And they will be, but somebody clearly want them to be “overtly” supervised when being seen with those nasty, scary gun things.
The rule used to say that the supervisor had to be in a position where they could not be easily cropped out 
Makes taking interesting photos of shooting nigh on impossible.
I’m guessing the same rules don’t apply to fieldcraft or rifle drill as there are plenty of pictures from JL and the D&C with no instructors in sight.