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 02/12/2005 03:54:59 PM · #1
I was shooting under a railway tressel for the Bridges challenge today when a cop stopped me and asked what I was doing. I told him I was photographing the bridge. He asked "why?" I explained for a photography contest and he was satisfied. He also warned me to be careful about what bridges you photograph do to terrorism concerns. He said it was illegal to photograph some bridges. I don't know if its true or not, but thats the last bridge I'm photographing today.
 02/12/2005 04:12:29 PM · #2
I stopped on the way to work yesterday morning to photograph the St. Johns Bridge near Portland. They are currently renovating the bridge, so there are construction barricades everywhere. With no place to park on the bridge access road I just pulled up next to the curb between to barricades, just like the construction workers do. Then I got out and started walking around the construction area, shooting photos wherever I pleased. A few construction workers waved to me as I walked by. A while later a cop drove by as I was standing in the road right where it turns onto the bridge, and he just smiled and waved to me as he drove by. As I was walking back to my truck one of the construction workers asked me what I documenting, so I told him I was taking shots for a photo contest. He gave me a grin and went back to work.

I guess the St. Johns Bridge isn't one of "those bridges." :)


02/12/2005 04:21:31 PM · #3
Originally posted by cloudsme:
He also warned me to be careful about what bridges you photograph do to terrorism concerns. He said it was illegal to photograph some bridges. I don't know if its true or not, but thats the last bridge I'm photographing today.


I have been shooting around the footings of two bridges that I know are on the list as high priority targets, and had security people within feet of me while I was shooting. Not a peep. If these two briges that have been listed on the Homeland Defense list as red targets, are OK to shoot I can't imaging that it is illegal to shoot any brige. it dosen't mean that the occasional officer might not ask what you might be up to, but not because any particular bridges are on some do not shoot list.
 02/12/2005 04:56:29 PM · #4
Originally posted by BrennanOB:
[quote=cloudsme] He also warned me to be careful about what bridges you photograph do to terrorism concerns. He said it was illegal to photograph some bridges. I don't know if its true or not, but thats the last bridge I'm photographing today.


I'm a hopeless photophobic when it comes to photographing public places. I'm not sure what to do about this Bridges challenge yet!
 02/12/2005 05:04:29 PM · #5
Originally posted by Erin_K:
Originally posted by BrennanOB:
[quote=cloudsme] He also warned me to be careful about what bridges you photograph do to terrorism concerns. He said it was illegal to photograph some bridges. I don't know if its true or not, but thats the last bridge I'm photographing today.


I'm a hopeless photophobic when it comes to photographing public places. I'm not sure what to do about this Bridges challenge yet!


Just bust a cherry and do it.
 02/12/2005 05:12:52 PM · #6
My only problem was the fact that I was shooting at night in an area where there are young gangs. In fact, when I was returning from shooting I was stopped and only got out of it by chance, luckily I was close to one of the streets where there's more traffic. My emergency solution would have been to use my tripod as a club :)
No problem with the police though...I just wish they had been around when I needed them ;)
In this thread is one of the pictures I shot that night. I'm not going to enter it, I shot a completely different bridge.

Message edited by author 2005-02-12 17:13:26.
 02/12/2005 05:15:13 PM · #7
Greetings,
Gloda, maybe you should have shot pics of the gangs instead, HEY, maybe that should be a challenge topic, Gangs!

Mike

02/12/2005 05:18:42 PM · #8
Originally posted by gloda:
My only problem was the fact that I was shooting at night in an area where there are young gangs. In fact, when I was returning from shooting I was stopped and only got out of it by chance, luckily I was close to one of the streets where there's more traffic. My emergency solution would have been to use my tripod as a club :)
No problem with the police though...I just wish they had been around when I needed them ;)
In this thread is one of the pictures I shot that night. I'm not going to enter it, I shot a completely different bridge.


That would not be a problem where I live. Not that we don't have gangs. We do. But in Alabama we are legally alowed to carry one of these as long as it is kept concealed.

Message edited by author 2005-02-12 17:20:50.
 02/12/2005 05:31:07 PM · #9
Originally posted by mfairbanks:
Greetings,
Gloda, maybe you should have shot pics of the gangs instead, HEY, maybe that should be a challenge topic, Gangs!
Mike

Sure, they would have appreciated my invitation to steal the camera. I had expected something like this, so I put the camera into my backpack as soon as shooting was over. I think I didn't look that interesting to them, otherwise they wouldn't have let me off so easily. Just some crazy guy with a tripod :)
 02/12/2005 05:38:25 PM · #10
Originally posted by nsbca7:

[...]In Alabama we are legally alowed to carry one of these as long as it is kept concealed.

Nah, I think I rather need this:

Message edited by author 2005-02-12 17:41:15.
 02/12/2005 05:53:31 PM · #11
Originally posted by gloda:
[quote=nsbca7]
[...]In Alabama we are legally alowed to carry one of these as long as it is kept concealed.
Nah, I think I rather need this:


As they say in the Robocop movies..."I'd buy that for a dollar."
 02/12/2005 06:14:36 PM · #12
The sad thing is, congress has everyone in the United States looking for 'possible threats'. Even more sadening, while their heads are following photographers their children are being abducted. Is it really that far off? We are in a country where people murder their own fathers, their pregnant wives, all for financial gain. It's a country where you are what you spend. You're nothing without money. It's not that hard to believe that some Americans would sell out their entire nation to gain profit and ironically not be able to use it here. It really sounds like you found at least one cop ACTUALLY DOING HIS JOB. I don't mind being 'questioned'. It's when they 'hassle' me for it that pisses me off.

It only occurs to me that if we quit wondering what effect a certain type of underwear will have on society, and start acting against actual criminals who hurt people, we might actually get somewhere. I'm tired of hearing about redundant 'victimless crimes' (their word, not mine!). If there is no victim, then where is the crime? Cops should stop spending time trying to come up with something that you're doing wrong, and start looking for wrong-do'ers.

I really don't understand profiling. Maybe it's because I'm 'white' but I don't think anyone can drive a mercades through crack central without being pulled over.. White, Black, Red, Tyedye'd. I'm sure there are officers who are racists that slip through the cracks. But a great number are actually out to help.

Sorry Joe.
 02/12/2005 06:14:46 PM · #13
Originally posted by nsbca7:


That would not be a problem where I live. Not that we don't have gangs. We do. But in Alabama we are legally alowed to carry one of these as long as it is kept concealed.


Wow, America is funny, you can carry one of these, but you can't photograph bridges, or is the UK funny as it's the other way round.
 02/12/2005 06:17:06 PM · #14
Originally posted by Fleximus:
Originally posted by nsbca7:


That would not be a problem where I live. Not that we don't have gangs. We do. But in Alabama we are legally alowed to carry one of these as long as it is kept concealed.


Wow, America is funny, you can carry one of these, but you can't photograph bridges, or is the UK funny as it's the other way round.


(sarcasm)what? you've never needed a flame thrower before?(sarcasm)
 02/12/2005 07:59:50 PM · #15
I don't think that's a flame thrower. I think it's muzzle flash from an automatic weapon firing at a high rate.

Robt.
 02/12/2005 08:24:59 PM · #16
Originally posted by nsbca7:

Just bust a cherry and do it.
LOL! Again!
 02/12/2005 08:25:43 PM · #17
Originally posted by bear_music:
I don't think that's a flame thrower. I think it's muzzle flash from an automatic weapon firing at a high rate.

Robt.
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This is more dangerous than I thought!
 02/12/2005 08:30:05 PM · #18
Originally posted by BrennanOB:
... it dosen't mean that the occasional officer might not ask what you might be up to, but not because any particular bridges are on some do not shoot list.

As long as I remain on the "do not shoot" list I'll be happy to discuss the First Amendment with a police officer.

Maybe we could all say that we saw some "suspicious characters" hanging around, and we wanted to try and get a photo of them in "action" to send to DHS.
 02/12/2005 09:04:05 PM · #19


This is the bridge where the incident took place. Will use a different bridge for the challenge. Too many perspective problems with this photo. I guess if anything happens to this bridge, I'm in big trouble.
 02/12/2005 09:06:03 PM · #20
Originally posted by bear_music:
I don't think that's a flame thrower. I think it's muzzle flash from an automatic weapon firing at a high rate.

Robt.


Close. It's muzzle flash from an semi-automatic weapon firing a single armour piercing NATO .223. And no, they are not legal everywhere in the US. In Alabama it is considered a pistol and so anyone without a criminal record who is over 21 can have one. The the only requirement to get permit to carry one is $10, some form of ID,lack of a criminal record and that you keep it concealed. I am legally alowed to keep this in the seat of my truck locked and loaded while driving in heavy traffic. But oral sex is ilegal.
 02/12/2005 09:07:48 PM · #21
Originally posted by GeneralE:

Maybe we could all say that we saw some "suspicious characters" hanging around, and we wanted to try and get a photo of them in "action" to send to DHS.


hahaha that's hillarious -- I never thought of that. Next time I'm out and stopped by the cops for being 'suspicious' I'm just going to be like "well, I saw some suspicious characters, so I stopped my car and came out here to take some pics -- apparently they must have left" hhahahaha
 02/12/2005 09:08:12 PM · #22
Geez I can see why! Next to the Brooklyn Brige or the San Perdo bridge, this must be one of the most critical bridge in the nation's infastructure. Sure to be a top priority of our nation's enemies.

Message edited by author 2005-02-12 21:10:59.
 02/12/2005 09:12:48 PM · #23
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by BrennanOB:
... it dosen't mean that the occasional officer might not ask what you might be up to, but not because any particular bridges are on some do not shoot list.

As long as I remain on the "do not shoot" list I'll be happy to discuss the First Amendment with a police officer.

Maybe we could all say that we saw some "suspicious characters" hanging around, and we wanted to try and get a photo of them in "action" to send to DHS.


That'll be handy for the self-portrait challenge...
 02/12/2005 09:53:29 PM · #24
Where I live, there are a countless amount of Tourists usually around, and they all take photos. Since all the bridges around my area are quite popular, I tend to find rare spots to shoot so I can have original persectives. I doubt any policeman in Ny would harrass you for taking photos even though terrorism is our number one concern.

Message edited by author 2005-02-12 21:54:33.
 02/12/2005 10:02:17 PM · #25
This thread reminds me of my experience in the previous bridges challenge. Here is the thread:
//www.dpchallenge.com/forum.php?action=read&FORUM_THREAD_ID=14905
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