Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From the real world to the utterly mundane... Has anyone on this list tried the Vested Interest Xtra hands vests? If so, please contact me off-list. Thanks B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Kyle Cassidy Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 3:57 PM To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' Subject: [Leica] a domke vest and a little moxie twiggy posted a fantastic example of what we, in the PLUG, refer to as the domke vest and a little moxie effect. >for instance while walking times square i found myself surrounded by >police while they arrested somebody who presumably tried to rob a store. >Because i carried the f580200combo the police let me just stand there >while the sidewalk was cleared and cordoned off.Obviously they believed >me to be press.And the beast was able to make 25 shots of which i >scanned one http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=427149 the best example i have of it was when i went to a political ralley with a domke vest and a monopod and was standing in the cheap seats hoping to get a dinky shot of some tiny guy half a mile away when some bruiser grabs me by the arm and says "hey! you know better than that! no press in this area!" i protested, but he dragged me up into the photo pit where i met -- Sal DiMarco for the first time. i got good shots of the candidate from about four feet away and i wasn't even trying, that was just the vest, no moxie involved a'tall. though, conversely, this issue of National Press Photographer has an article about photojournalists being illegally forced from public highways and private yards (where they were with permission of the owner) and one even arrested during the recent bridge collapse. the mayor of the town quickly appologised and chastised the officers involved. saying (i'm paraphrasing) "they were just trying to enforce the rules, without knowing what the rules were." but i'm sure the real photographers on the list will tell you that you can stand on a public street and take photos of whoever you want without the police being able to (legally) tell you to get lost, as long as you're not in their way or endangering someone, snap away. a free press keeps tyranny at bay. kc - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html