[Leica] Forbidden building

[rmcclure2 at woh.rr.com (Rob McClure)]

Doug,

As a banker, it makes me nervous seeing someone taking photos of our 
buildings.  There is no rational reason for it as you have well-stated, 
but after a number of recent, nasty bank robberies, anything out of the 
normal is grounds for caution.  That said, I often grab pictures of 
other banks' facilities -- usually of a branch for sale, a unique 
drive-up arrangement or some other feature we might wish to poach.  I 
always take the shot from a car using a long lens so as not to attract 
attention and cause angst for local bank management or law enforcement.

Regards,

Rob McClure



On  Jun 17, 2007, at 12:44 PM, dnygr wrote:h

> Yesterday while photographying in NYC, a man approached me and 
> informed me that "it was against the law to photograph the building," 
> the Credit Suisse bank. He had a red blazer on with somethings written 
> on it. I don't know if he was a security guard or not.
>
> I was taken aback by the man's statement. It was not the first time 
> that near a bank someone had motioned for me not to take a photograph.
>
> I hope the man felt better after warning me off. Keeping people with 
> film in their cameras from taking photos will certainly make him and 
> building safter. It is a well known fact that terrorists have not 
> discoverd that digital cameras are easy to disguise in the palm of 
> hand. It is also well known that terrorists are dumb, cowardly and 
> unable to think of using a cell phone to take a photo. They would also 
> never think of entering an adjoing building and taking a photo 
> unobserved out the window or doing that from inside a passing car.
>
> Has anyone on the lug experienced anything similar?
>
> Doug
>
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Rob McClure
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