Flash photography is not allowed on the London Underground, and there are signs all over saying so. When people take flash photos on the platforms they are told off by a public announcement read by Stern Father Voice (the same chap who often asks Inspector Sands to report to the Control Room).
There are good reasons for it being disallowed, amongst which are that people are a bit nervous about bombs on the tube; it is also apparently very dazzling for the train drivers. Non-flash photography is ok though. Bob > Last time something like that happened to me I was on a subway > platform with camera poised - aimed at an incoming train, not at > people. > > A security guard approached me and told me that taking photographs was > prohibited by TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) regulation 16. I > rather took him by surprise when I replied that I was aware that > regulation 16B prohibited the taking of photographs "for commercial > purposes" without express written permission of the TTC. (the > regulations, which have been incorporated into a City Bylaw are posted > near a door on each subway car - and I'd read 'em!) > > I patiently told him that I'd never sold a photo taken in the subway > system and didn't intend to sell what I was taking that day, so in > fact I had the right to shoot. > > He said it made passengers feel uncomfortable to see a guy with a > camera and asked again nicely if I could stop shooting. Deciding that > (a) he was being nice about it, and (b) he had a gun and I didn't, and > (c) in fact I was on private property (okay, it was quasi-public, but > that's another discussion for another day) and he could in fact hand > me a Notice under the Trespass Act and boot me off the premises for no > good reason whatsoever, I chose to save my fight for another day. > > I smiled and said, "Okay, look, I'm putting my lenscap on and turning > off the camera. I certainly don't want to offend anyone or make them > feel uncomfortable. Thanks!" And that was that. > > So that's my story. > > I like your stoy, though. I'll join the swelling chorus and suggest > you take a photo-walk again, in the same area, tomorrow. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
