Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Frank. Jim -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jnelon=netvigator.com at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jnelon=netvigator.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Frank Dernie Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 2:37 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] TSA publishes poster depicting photographers as terrorists Hi Jim, It is a while since I was taking pictures in London, but I go most places in the UK with a camera and have had no trouble yet. cheers, Frank On 9 Sep, 2010, at 15:30, James R. Nelon wrote: > I'm going to the UK (London) next week on business, but I plan to take > at least two extra days to update my London photo portfolio. Are there > any restrictions on shooting in London? I'll have two R8/DMR's around my neck. > > Jim Nelon > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jnelon=netvigator.com at leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jnelon=netvigator.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf > Of Mark Rabiner > Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 1:57 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] TSA publishes poster depicting photographers as > terrorists > > I was stopped 4 days ago by a large security guard on 72nd and Madison. > "I'm sorry no photography" he said I had just been shooting the spires > at the very top of the building lit by the setting sun as I walked by. > "I'm sorry you're sorry but I'm photographing anything I feel like if > its not a military base" I said. "including you - is this a military base?" > "That's top secret information" he said (really!) I kept walking and > As I passed another guy with the same polo shirt who also had been > watching this unfold he mumbles something at me maybe menacing but I > really couldn't hear him and I asked as I kept walking "are you threatening me?" and he says no. > I got the vibe he thought the other security guy was an idiot. > They then watched me walk into Central Park with my cameras swinging > beside me. > I'll post one of the pictures they came out real great. Great light. > Great architecture. > I think they just get bored and have nothing better to do but harass people. > I'm sure I'd do the same if I had the job. > "just stand outside this building all day". > > He had said it was a "government building" come to think of it. > We need to not have our tails between our legs. Stops them from wagging. > > Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of > the press .... > First Amendment to the United States Constitution. > > If its a military base or a US bank (inside) you can't shoot. > Anyplace else you can. Don't let them tell you otherwise. > We are the good guys. > That's specific to the US of A but not that far from most other places. > Except of course, France. Where you own the light which bounces off > your face or house. > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > mark at rabinergroup.com > > >> From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 07:13:21 +1000 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] TSA publishes poster depicting photographers as >> terrorists >> >> That's already happening over here, Mark. I've been stopped and >> prevented from taking more photos when I stopped for a few seconds >> and shot some clouds from a railway station walkway. Other >> photographers have been physically restrained. As far as I know >> there's no record of any terrorists actually using a camera prior to >> their attacks on innocents. I think that the only EVIL photographers >> are the ones with Panasonic and Olympus compacts >> ;-) >> >> Cheers >> Geoff >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Greystacks, 18 Denchworth Road, Wantage, OX12 9AU +44 (0)1235 768505 +44 (0)7803 135214 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information