Taking a Photo from someone's Facebook..

MarkyMark22 · 04-09-2013 1:44pm #1

Hi guys, not sure if I'm in the right thread but need some advice, I have a lady friend who's moving away and I planned to do something nice for her as a going away/house warming present.

I wanted to make her a photo frame with some people she really cared about in the photo. However, in order to do this I need to take a photo from her Facebook.

I'm wondering if that's acceptable/not creepy? As in would you be creeped out if someone did that for you? Maybe I should just buy her the frame and let her put her own photo in it?

Thanks for any advice!

ABajaninCork · 04-09-2013 1:50pm

Does she 'own' the photo, or is it someone else's?

If it's someone else, then send them a message telling them what you want to do and ask for permission to copy.

MarkyMark22 · 04-09-2013 1:55pm

ABajaninCork wrote: »

Does she 'own' the photo, or is it someone else's?

If it's someone else, then send them a message telling them what you want to do and ask for permission to copy.

Well it's her photo. I.E it's on her Facebook profile. I would ask her about it prior to doing it but I was going to do it as a surprise..

JenEffy · 04-09-2013 3:23pm

I would think it's fine. You're taking the photo to frame it for her. That's not creepy

Esoteric_ · 04-09-2013 4:16pm

I think it's quite sweet, actually.

heretochat · 04-09-2013 4:18pm

Don't mention it to her but surprise her instead..

Great thought for a gift my friend.. and original to boot. She will be chuffed.

Big Bag of Chips · 04-09-2013 4:59pm

It's not creepy - once it's up on Facebook, it's public.

Sounds like a nice idea. And it's obviously a picture she likes.

LegacyUser · 04-09-2013 4:59pm

op even though i can see you would be doing this with the best intentions, i must admit i do find it a bit creepy. what would be less creepy is giving her the frame, and a voucher for a printing place so she can choose whatever photo she wants in the frame herself.

04-09-2013 5:03pm

I agree with Big Bag of Chips; whatever is put on Facebook is in the public domain so she can't technically stop you. It's a really sweet idea and I'm sure they'll love it.

Big Bag of Chips · 04-09-2013 5:06pm

Just to add... If it's a photo of the 2 of you, THEN it might be creepy... Would she want a framed picture of you two??

04-09-2013 5:18pm

Big Bag of Chips wrote: »

Just to add... If it's a photo of the 2 of you, THEN it might be creepy... Would she want a framed picture of you two??

I wouldn't say a photo with the two of them would be creepy at all. We don't really know the level of their friendship - maybe she thinks very highly of them and would love to see a photo of them together included in it.

MarkyMark22 · 04-09-2013 6:03pm

Hey all, thanks for the advice.

It's not a photo of the two of us. It's a photo with her and her younger siblings, who she is constantly posting statuses and tweets about, so I know she really cares for and loves them a lot, so I think she will miss them greatly whilst away at college.

Again, I'm just worried it may creep her out.

njs030 · 04-09-2013 6:49pm

You said she is constantly posting statuses about them but don't mention her actually talking about them....how well do you know this person?

To be honest op I'm very close to my younger siblings but unless it was a good friend I would find it quite creepy if someone printed out a photo of us and gave it to me in a frame.

I'd suggest giving her the frame and letting her make the choice.

MarkyMark22 · 04-09-2013 6:56pm

notjustsweet wrote: »

You said she is constantly posting statuses about them but don't mention her actually talking about them....how well do you know this person?

To be honest op I'm very close to my younger siblings but unless it was a good friend I would find it quite creepy if someone printed out a photo of us and gave it to me in a frame.

I'd suggest giving her the frame and letting her make the choice.

She's a good friend, I just said that as we talk a lot on social networks, as a lot of people our age do. She's an easygoing person who isn't really the judgemental type but its my paranoia that leads to worry..

njs030 · 04-09-2013 7:15pm

Ah well if she's a good friend then it's a very sweet idea....personally I would love it from someone like that!!
Very thoughtful op.

Legs.Eleven · 04-09-2013 7:31pm

If she's a friend, then she knows you're not a creep and would know how you intended it (with the best intentions). Can't see anything creepy about it anyway from my perspective. It's a very sweet idea.

Big Bag of Chips · 04-09-2013 8:16pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I wouldn't say a photo with the two of them would be creepy at all. We don't really know the level of their friendship - maybe she thinks very highly of them and would love to see a photo of them together included in it.

I was going by the OP's uncertainty.. I have a very good friend who I'd love to give me a framed photo of us together... Other 'not so good friends', I might find it a bit odd! If they were people I wouldn't normally have a framed picture of!

OP, now that you've clarified what the picture is, I think it's a lovely idea. But I just wonder how close you are as friends. Because I would know immediately which of my friends would appreciate a gift like this, and I'd also know for which friends it would be over stepping a mark and be a bit weird. Not necessarily, the gift specifically, but the fact that I would give them ANY sort of gift.

But... If she is a good friend, and if you giving her any sort of gift wouldn't be strange, then I think it's a lovely idea.

ivytwine · 04-09-2013 10:29pm

I've done this for a very close friend, made her an album for her birthday with pics of all her friends, her and her boyf etc. another friend got digital photo frames for another pal in our gang and we all helped her pick photos- mostly from Facebook!

It's not creepy at all for close friends, it's lovely, and I'd rather have close friends looking at my pictures than an acquaintance!

MadMardegan · 04-09-2013 10:44pm

Completely depends on your level of friendship.
If she's just someone you talk to every now and then it could come across as creepy, but if she's a good, close friend then I think that's a great idea.

Paddy Cow · 05-09-2013 12:00am

Op if you are close enough friends that you feel comfortable enough giving her a framed photo, then I think ye should be close enough friends that you can take the photo from facebook. My cousin wanted to get a sentimental present for a friend and I suggested getting a mug with pictures of her and her kids on it. To do it I had to go onto her facebook, her friend's and her friend's kids facebook. When she gave the mug to her friend, the friend was absolutely delighted and taking the pictures from facebook wasn't an issue. She loved the mug so much that she put it on the mantlepiece as she was afraid if she used it she would break it lol.

December2012 · 05-09-2013 8:24am

I did this for a friend and she loved it, because it was something she never thought of doing it for herself. It's not creepy at all.

Ciaran_B · 05-09-2013 11:03am

So is she your girlfriend? If she is then I reckon it’s fine. If she’s just a friend you’re heading towards creepy-ville.

Princess Peach · 05-09-2013 11:12am

A friend made me a photo collage using pictures she had of me, and also pictures that she had gotten from my Facebook page, think there was one of my dog, and one of me and my boyfriend, me and my sister or other friends she wouldn't have her own photos of. I loved it!

I've also been in friends' homes and seen they had framed photos that they have taken from my Facebook of photos I had of us.

If you're her friend on Facebook she has made the photos public for you to see anyway. Isn't the point of it to share the photos sure?

osarusan · 05-09-2013 1:10pm

Just a possible technical point: my sister in Ireland does this with some of the photos of my kids I post on Facebook, to print for my mother, and says that the quality is somewhat reduced, making the prints not great in quality if you try to print bigger sizes. No idea if it's true - maybe the file was just small in the first place (though my camera is decent enough).

Do you have / could you get access to the original file without raising the creep factor?

ruaille buaille · 05-09-2013 1:35pm

I think its a nice idea but only if you are very close friends and you know here family. Sometimes people can appear to be very close with their family on facebook but in real life they might not be getting on. I know several people like this.
My suggestion is you could get a picture of you and her and some of your other friends instead? Like a kind of group photo of her friends if you have one?

SillyMangoX · 05-09-2013 3:36pm

My friend did something like this for me, made a birthday card with pictures taken from Facebook, a framed photo from Facebook too! I also made a clock collage for a friend before (a picture of her, us, or other friends and each number) which she loved!

Matteroffact · 08-09-2013 3:10pm

It's only creepy if you are not a friend on her facebook page. If you are then she knows you have access to the photos so no problem there. It would only be creepy if you were not her friend but went into her facebook page and took the photo she had up there unbeknownst to her.

Taking a Photo from someone's Facebook..

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