Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually, I seldom take photographs unless I am in a group, or in an extremely touristy place, in the UK. I can do without dealing with overbearing cops (remember they will be even more overbearing than normal as I am recognizably from the sub continent) - and I can shoot enough street to my hearts content at home, anyway! Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 4:53 AM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> wrote: > I haven't shared this story yet, but last August while I was in Weymouth, a > resort town in Dorset, southern UK, I was accosted by the beach lifeguards > with a threat to call the police on me if I didn't cease and desist taking > "illegal" pictures of "children". > Apparently, some child's mother told them I was taking pictures as I walked > along the beach. > Which I was, but their immediate assumption was that I was there for > nefarious purposes. > I held my tongue, since I was in a foreign country and really didn't want > to > spend time explaining myself to the police. > I am most definitely an Anglophile, but this attitude in the UK is one that > really needs societal adjustment. > > As a counterpoint, no one said a thing to me while photographing the > Barcelona beaches, children included, even when some adults were semi-nude. > > Jay > > On 12/10/2013 2:22 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote: >> >> Thank you Gerry, this is not yet happen in Catalonia, but the society is >> of course every day more sensible to this, I understand but is very sad >> >> cheers >> Lluis >> >> >> El 10/12/2013, a las 09:52, Gerry Walden <gwpics at icloud.com> escribi?: >> >>> This is a great series of images Lluis, and obviously a great place >>> significant in Catalan history. the crazy thing is that if I had tried to >>> take similar images in the 'free' United Kingdom I probably would have >>> been >>> arrested as a potential paedophile. I would definitely need a CRB check >>> (Criminal Records Bureau). >>> >>> Gerry >>> > > > -- > Jay, > > Jay Burleson Gallery <http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/> > "Being a Leica customer is like dating the most beautiful girl in the > world... > who cares more about herself than you... but, you keep calling her back > anyway... > because the sex is so good... most of the time." (RickLeica on LUF) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information