Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dans un courrier daté du 02/02/01 16:03:42 Paris, Madrid, oliverbryk@home.com a écrit : << Frank Filippone wrote: "I was thrown out of Santa Barbara about ayear ago for using a tripod in the streets of the city ( So I went to the COUNTY Courthouse where the law does not apply), and again more recently I needed Special permission to take pictures at TravelLand in Los Angeles....again that... " ... You need permission from the LA City Council to take pictures here" nonsense..... "Sometimes it just is not worth hauling out the 4x5 with tripod.....and dealing with the idiots! "Frank Filippone A couple of years ago I had similar encounters with rangers at several California State parks when I set up a Hasselblad on a tripod. In each case, the ranger demanded to see a permit for commercial photography. In each case, I stated that I was not a commercial photographer. That did not satisfy the ranger who invariably brought an invisible camera to his or her eyes, clicked an imaginary shutter button, pointed to my tripod, and said, "but you must be a commercial photographer". When asked to show me the applicable regulation and its definition of commercial photography, none of the rangers was able to satisfy my request. When I asked where I was supposed to have obtained this permit, the answer was, "from Sacramento" (the state capital). Making the taxpayer prove a negative (no pun intended) seems to be an ingrained habit of mindless bureaucrats. Oliver Bryk >> Her in France people look at you just like if you came from another planet . When I was 14 , I 've been seen around a supermarket with a camera . Some poeple witnessed my presence and declared it to the local police . Police came home one evening to see my parents ! Talk about stupid poeple ? On the other side , I've shot ( I mean with a camera ) cops in manhattan with no problems ; I've even got a picture of 2 cops in their car showing their tongues at the camera ! Jo Goodtimes , France . airborne radar tech live free or die