I used to do photography for lawyers and investigators and there are usually
ways to get the images if you really want to do so. You can use long lenses,
shoot from a low position with a wide angle, and many others. You can
pre-aim and focus at a point and use a cable release to trigger the camera
when a subject is in position. If you take a picture when a person is
looking away from you it is usually safe. Sticking a camera in someone's
face is always offensive and you may get thumped for it. I have asked for
model releases in exchange for a print or percentage of any revenue
generated and people usually cooperate. The nasty guards in semi-private
places are a relatively new, and hopefully temporary, obstruction. Telling
them to f-off is always tempting but can be a problem, especially if you are
the guest of another country. If your physical appearance is that of a
Muslim Arab, maybe you should not push your luck for a while as profiling is
in vogue. A little common sense will go a long way to avoid conflict.
/jmac
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Garth
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 8:35 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Bye-bye photography, hello paranoia..
People on this thread seem to be of the belief that photography in
public spaces has become harder since 9/11. That may be strictly true,
but it's been getting harder for a very, VERY long time now.
Back in the 70s, when I first started photography in earnest, I did
"public-space" photography all the time. There were rarely problems --
you know the type -- where some yahoo would say to me "You have to pay
me to use my photograph." Back then, I actually didn't.
However, the law in Canada changed significantly due to a Supreme Court
decision in the mid-90s which actually restricted what could and could
not be photographed in public quite significantly. Since then, I've
actually seen very little public-space photography anywhere. Certainly
old-style candids are becoming quite rare.
These days, I do animal photography, landscapes, some macro,
architecture, and studio when I have a willing subject. But were an
alien race to use my photographic record alone to make inferences about
humanity, they'd come to the conclusion that the human race apparently
died off somewhere in the mid-1990s.
I expect this to reverse, not because of a change in the law or people's
attitudes, but because a new wave of high-quality digitals will arrive
that are insanely small and easy to secret on one's person, which means
there'll be "outlaws" who take candids without permission or warning.
Then their biggest challenge will be to stay away from lawsuits...
Garth
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