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 03/04/2010 12:06:40 PM · #26
Originally posted by love:
maybe he's a criminal and thought you were shooting for America's Most Wanted? ; )


You wink, but you're probably right... Guy definitely looked like a drug addict.. As did the neighborhood :)
 03/04/2010 12:17:26 PM · #27
I would like to know what are the laws for that kind of thing here in Brazil. I always feel unconfortable and a little scaried to take some shots because of that. People here would most probably want to be in the photo and show-off their houses, maybe i'm too woried, but still.
 03/04/2010 12:24:18 PM · #28
I have never had it happen, but if the shot is clearly of a person I will ask permission unless they obviously cannot tell (candid shot at a distance, etc.) or not lilely to care (public event). I have had people at an outdoor craft show stop me from shooting...afraid I would copy their art I suppose. Also some buildings, especially interiors, may be considered trademarked from an archtectural perspective and stop you from shooting.

In any case it may be worth carrying a "Get Out of Jail Free" like in the attached link. //www.krages.com/phoright.htm
 03/04/2010 12:25:09 PM · #29
Illegal aliens are spooky about photos too. I rarely photograph the local ones because it makes them nervous. If I do, I use my P&S, which does not seem to bother them. I live in an area where agriculture is big, to there are a lot of them here.

03/04/2010 12:58:19 PM · #30
Originally posted by MelonMusketeer:
Illegal aliens are spooky about photos too. I rarely photograph the local ones because it makes them nervous. If I do, I use my P&S, which does not seem to bother them. I live in an area where agriculture is big, to there are a lot of them here.


This is crazy...if you have a P&S you are accepted but not respected as a photographer, if you'r holding a DSLR you are respected as a photographer but people fear you. Crazy world.
 03/04/2010 01:04:36 PM · #31
With all these stories of people being stopped I have yet to hear about a woman being stop.
 03/04/2010 01:10:04 PM · #32
Originally posted by faidoi:
With all these stories of people being stopped I have yet to hear about a woman being stop.


I think Germaine would disagree...although she wasn't actually "STOPPED".
 03/04/2010 02:04:07 PM · #33
I've had people ask me what I was doing, but when I tell them they're usually like, "Oh okay..."
 03/04/2010 02:27:18 PM · #34
Originally posted by sabphoto:
Originally posted by faidoi:
With all these stories of people being stopped I have yet to hear about a woman being stop.


I think Germaine would disagree...although she wasn't actually "STOPPED".


I also got kicked off a mall parking lot ages ago, but it was private property. No big deal.
 03/04/2010 03:20:52 PM · #35
Originally posted by wetland:
I have never had it happen, but if the shot is clearly of a person I will ask permission unless they obviously cannot tell (candid shot at a distance, etc.) or not lilely to care (public event). I have had people at an outdoor craft show stop me from shooting...afraid I would copy their art I suppose. Also some buildings, especially interiors, may be considered trademarked from an archtectural perspective and stop you from shooting.

In any case it may be worth carrying a "Get Out of Jail Free" like in the attached link. //www.krages.com/phoright.htm


The architecture may be protected, but that only means you can't build another building that looks like it or use an image of it for profit. You can take photos, it's your later usage that's limited.

I've found it best to comply, ask polite questions about what they're doing and why, make notes, mental or otherwise, of names and/or badge numbers and any other pertinent facts or details. Then, later, if you feel you were treated unfairly, write down your experience, sticking to the facts, and go demand an explanation from their superior, if you don't get a reasonable explanation/apology, work your way up the ladder and decide at what point you want to call a press conference or issue a statement to the press, if you think that's warranted. Getting worked up and confrontational with the police is a good way to wind up in jail, or, worse, getting hit with pepper spray then a beat down like Rodney King.

03/04/2010 03:26:06 PM · #36
Originally posted by Kelli:
Originally posted by sabphoto:
Originally posted by faidoi:
With all these stories of people being stopped I have yet to hear about a woman being stop.


I think Germaine would disagree...although she wasn't actually "STOPPED".


I also got kicked off a mall parking lot ages ago, but it was private property. No big deal.


I was asked to leave a PUBLIC Beach by Harbor Patrol because I had a camera and some schmuck had issue.
 03/04/2010 03:35:44 PM · #37
I have been stopped on private property, a local convention center in Dallas, Texas. Once at a restaurant I was asked why I was taking photos but was allowed after explaining that they were for personal use. This week I stopped on a rural highway to take some shots of the moon and the police pulled up behind me to ask what I was doing...one look at my camera was all he needed for his answer. Not even 15 seconds after he left another police car pulled up along side and he too saw the camera and continued on...
 03/04/2010 03:39:29 PM · #38
Originally posted by kleski:
I have been stopped on private property, a local convention center in Dallas, Texas. Once at a restaurant I was asked why I was taking photos but was allowed after explaining that they were for personal use. This week I stopped on a rural highway to take some shots of the moon and the police pulled up behind me to ask what I was doing...one look at my camera was all he needed for his answer. Not even 15 seconds after he left another police car pulled up along side and he too saw the camera and continued on...


Maybe they got a lecture after my experience with the Dallas P.D.
 03/04/2010 05:11:59 PM · #39
Originally posted by kleski:
I have been stopped on private property, a local convention center in Dallas, Texas. Once at a restaurant I was asked why I was taking photos but was allowed after explaining that they were for personal use. This week I stopped on a rural highway to take some shots of the moon and the police pulled up behind me to ask what I was doing...one look at my camera was all he needed for his answer. Not even 15 seconds after he left another police car pulled up along side and he too saw the camera and continued on...


This for me is an example of the police doing their job properly. They see something unusual, they stop, find out it's just someone taking photos and they move on. I have no objection to the police asking me what I'm doing, but I would expect that when I say, "I'm a photographer, I'm taking photos for my hobby", that should be enough for them.
 03/04/2010 05:40:33 PM · #40
I might not get hassled more because I know most of the local cops due to my real job.
 03/04/2010 11:17:09 PM · #41
Originally posted by ragamuffingirl:
I might not get hassled more because I know most of the local cops due to my real job.

Hooker? Lawyer? Donut shop owner?
 03/05/2010 12:16:49 PM · #42
Mafia Kingpin... or rather Queenpin. :-p

Seriously - victim advocate. I see a lot of the local police officers a lot in court.
 03/05/2010 03:04:55 PM · #43
Originally posted by ragamuffingirl:
Mafia Kingpin... or rather Queenpin. :-p

Seriously - victim advocate. I see a lot of the local police officers a lot in court.


Just think of how many more friends you would have with the local police if you were a prosecutor. :O)

Ray
 03/06/2010 04:10:41 AM · #44
Well after just saying that I never have any problems in Sydney, today I was stopped by the Transit Police while taking photos in Town Hall Station.

They asked me why I was taking photos, I told them it was for the sake of photography and my personal use, that I was doing a study of Sydney's underground passages. He said to me a couple of times that I need to be aware of what people think when I take photos underground especially around infrastructure, I said I know, but again, it was only for my personal use.

I figured I would be co-operative and asked if they would rather I didn't take photos in and around the station, but to my surprise he said no, I could continue, just to be aware of what people might think if they see me doing it.

So not entirely sure what I'm supposed to do with that, but I say good on them for knowing their boundaries, treating me with respect and doing their job properly!
 03/06/2010 05:14:14 AM · #45
Originally posted by Covert_Oddity:
So not entirely sure what I'm supposed to do with that, but I say good on them for knowing their boundaries, treating me with respect and doing their job properly!

Sure, but... what will people think?? :P
 03/06/2010 05:47:31 AM · #46
In Vegas, although I donĂ¢€™t shoot inside the gaming area, I have never been hassled, though some of the show girls outside the entrances sometimes wish a toke (tip). Once a guy was following my 17 year old daughter for far too long, so I stepped ahead and snapped a shot, then informed him I could delete or show the cops the photo, his choice, seems he had to be elsewhere.
LOL at Rock Jam in Grand Junction, Colorado it seems sometimes, Rock music + a few drinks, and a guy with a camera = wardrobe malfunction. often interesting while the wife is standing there ; p.
 03/06/2010 01:43:37 PM · #47
Originally posted by Covert_Oddity:
Well after just saying that I never have any problems in Sydney, today I was stopped by the Transit Police while taking photos in Town Hall Station.

They asked me why I was taking photos, I told them it was for the sake of photography and my personal use, that I was doing a study of Sydney's underground passages. He said to me a couple of times that I need to be aware of what people think when I take photos underground especially around infrastructure, I said I know, but again, it was only for my personal use.

I figured I would be co-operative and asked if they would rather I didn't take photos in and around the station, but to my surprise he said no, I could continue, just to be aware of what people might think if they see me doing it.

So not entirely sure what I'm supposed to do with that, but I say good on them for knowing their boundaries, treating me with respect and doing their job properly!


Yeah... Because we all know there are SOOOO many more terrorists than photographers.. Jackasses. He should either have said nothing, or asked you to move along... Mentioning it in that cryptic was is worse than useless...
 03/06/2010 04:05:51 PM · #48
Originally posted by coryboehne:
Originally posted by Covert_Oddity:
Well after just saying that I never have any problems in Sydney, today I was stopped by the Transit Police while taking photos in Town Hall Station.

They asked me why I was taking photos, I told them it was for the sake of photography and my personal use, that I was doing a study of Sydney's underground passages. He said to me a couple of times that I need to be aware of what people think when I take photos underground especially around infrastructure, I said I know, but again, it was only for my personal use.

I figured I would be co-operative and asked if they would rather I didn't take photos in and around the station, but to my surprise he said no, I could continue, just to be aware of what people might think if they see me doing it.

So not entirely sure what I'm supposed to do with that, but I say good on them for knowing their boundaries, treating me with respect and doing their job properly!



Yeah... Because we all know there are SOOOO many more terrorists than photographers.. Jackasses. He should either have said nothing, or asked you to move along... Mentioning it in that cryptic was is worse than useless...


Screwed if you don't and screwed if you do... I would love to follow you around all day just to see if you ever do things that I don't agree with and then post on the web just so the world could know what a dufus you are...

See how pleasant that is... and I don't even know you... just like you have no idea who this police officer is and exactly what his motives were.

Have a great day,

Ray

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