Stolen stuff? Maybe that's why no photos are welcome. Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Rob Studdert <distudio.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 27/02/2010, Cotty <cotty...@mac.com> wrote: > >> That may well be in your experience. Note that the youtube video only >> shows what appears to be a Leica (M8?) with a not particularly large >> lens. Note also that the police can be heard explaining that it wasn't >> the photography that was causing attention - rather the manner in which >> it was being done - which is not explained further in the clip or >> demonstrated in the silhouetted interview. So: the actual manner in >> which the camera was being used was a cause for concern by the original >> PCSO. This argument could be used for any activity, I admit. But if the >> actions of someone attract attention, then there must be a reason why - >> and in my opinion not just because someone is holding a camera. YMMV. > > This is where I think it'd all gone wrong, you assume there must be a > reason, I'm betting someone just has strange ideas. I was caught in a > fairly volatile discussion the other day, I'm minding my business > shooting the local Chinese new year street festival and I shot across > the table of a vendor on the street. I was then harassed and shouted > at by the guy and his wife (I assume) who told me it's illegal to > shoot people without their permission or goods and then proceeded to > call the police. I was with my little guy and had to keep moving but I > was tempted to stay around. But then if the police were idiots I could > have found myself in a similar position to the guy in the video. > > The shot, the guy and his wife (who I was then determined to make a > photograph of) and the scene at large: > > http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/StreetVendor# > > We will probably all end up having to be registered as a certified > non-professional photographer at this rate. > > -- > Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) > Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours > Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio > > -- > 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. >
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