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08/08/2003 12:42:54 AM · #1 |
As I was roaming the streets of New York City, I carried a tripod around. I had literally 23 people (I counted) ask me for directions while I was there! They must have thought I was a native local photographer! Ha! I sure fooled them (although I was able to tell them directions).
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08/08/2003 01:07:46 AM · #2 |
In HK's financial district, I got shooed away several times by eager guards. One even asked me if I had a written permission to take photos using a tripod. And to think, I wasn't even an obstruction to anyone as it was already 10 PM. So now I know, don't brandish a tripod while roaming Central HK during non-tourist hours. The zeoulous guards would think you're a spy.
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08/08/2003 09:51:58 AM · #3 |
There must be something about tripods. I got the same treatment here in Toronto, Canada. I walked into a very photographed structure. There were at least 50 different people taking photos. I was the only one with tripod and got asked to leave a not to take any photos. I told them that I am just an amateur learning to take better pics and they said - fine than shoot without the tripod... What the heck is the difference. You end up with the photo anyway... all the people without the tripod are still able to do exactly the same with the photo as I am. It's so weird...
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08/08/2003 10:01:22 AM · #4 |
Seems like tripods are instantly associated with the *pros.* Can't really reason with overzealous guards romping with booming voices. Here, even certain public places (the highly photogenic ones at that!) are guarded from TRIPODS. They'll ask you for 'clearance' if you're seen loitering near the HK kilometer-long escalator, for instance. I haven't really heard any rational explanation for this.
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08/08/2003 06:48:31 PM · #5 |
| I attemted to enter the beautiful Japanese Gardens in Seattle with my tripod and was told that tripods are not allowed. The reason? Photographers with tripods have disregarded the "stay on the path" signs and trampled the plant life. Hey, one bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch! |
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08/08/2003 06:52:17 PM · #6 |
I was in Amsterdam last week. Carried a monopod, a bag with goodies, a 602 (with teleconverter at times) and was walking around a lot to study scenes from not so obvious places.
Several tourists asked me to take their picture with their cameras. One said I looked a bit like a pro photographer and she was sure that I could make a wonderful composition with the canals, the Rijksmuseum (the Museum that has Rembrandt's Nightwatch), her and her mom. Fact was that I could't get her camera working at first, because I didn't move the slide that covered the lens far enough (fixed lens P&S). :))))
But someone else put some very expensive equipment in my hands. I am amazed by that kind of trust (with me being a total stranger who could run away at any time). I am happy people trust me, don't get me wrong.
When I browse my stuff of that day, there are only two out of eighty shots that are really good in my opinion.
It also happens that some people in my village come to me and ask how their SLR's work (camera malfunctions). Can't give them an answer yet.
The only places I get into trouble with my pods are museums. I have no problem with storing them into a locker. Gives me a chance to practice handholding a 1s exposure. :)
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08/08/2003 07:04:23 PM · #7 |
When I was in Montreal, we attempted to use our tripods in the basilique notre dame but we were told we were not allowed to use tripods inside the church. When we questioned why, we were told that its because people have used photographs of the church to defame its name (?? We were confused too). Oh well, low light, very low light and we were forced to handhold.
I used a shot I got for my B challenge 
Message edited by author 2003-08-08 19:06:48.
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08/08/2003 07:24:59 PM · #8 |
| It's the "you can't use your tripod here" times when I'm thankful for my Canon IS lens... amazing technology. It does work, and lets you capture a photo that otherwise would have been blurred because of camera shake. |
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08/08/2003 07:31:33 PM · #9 |
Once while shooting a beam of sunlight poking through some trees onto a path a man and his young son walked through the frame, then stopped and turned round to see what the heck I was pointing my camera at. The fathers words to his sone were 'wow, look at that!'. He then asked me if I was a pro, and looked quite put out when I laughed!
The shot didn't come out great, but I did manage to get 2 people to see a stunning sight they would otherwise have walked straight past : ) I doubt they'd have paid any attention if I hadn't been using a tripod.
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08/08/2003 07:36:26 PM · #10 |
My tripod walks around zapping people with a laser gun.
(Just an old BBC series)
Message edited by author 2003-08-08 19:37:00.
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