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And by us, I mean people in general, not Americans or Brits or Germans or whomever, but the Global Us.
9-11 has made everyone paranoid. People are constantly seeing a potential threat where there is none.
16-year old freelance photographer stopped and detained in london
Confrontation Between a Police Officer and Photographer in Los Angeles
UK Photographer Films Own Arrest
Photographer and Civil Liberties Group Sue Department of Homeland Security
Just because we have a camera and are out taking pictures it doesn't mean we as photographers, amateur or professional, are terrorists taking recon photos for the Taliban. It's our hobby, it's our job, it's something we enjoy doing. Stop and think about it. If the attacks on 9-11 had never happened, would you law enforcement officials be stopping someone for taking photos of a state capital building with great architectural elements? I don't think so.
Just because some nut-jobs decided to hi-jack some planes and fly them into the Twin Towers killing 2,995 people, 19 of which were the terrorists themselves (1), doesn't mean that the person snapping pictures of a park bench is plotting the next attack.
Use some common sense people! Photographers are not the scourge. We're not plotting to take over the world. We're NOT the enemy. We ARE just doing what we love to do, that's it. There's no secret agenda behind our lenses.
Now, don't misunderstand my rant here to mean that we, as photographers, can go out and take pictures of whatever we want. There are laws and we must abide by those laws. Every state has different laws regarding photos. I would HIGHLY suggest that you Google those rights in your particular state. You'd do yourself a great service by doing so, that way you don't end up in jail over a misunderstanding.
I would also suggest you download and print out this PDF from Bert P. Krages, Attorney at Law, The Photographer's Right.
The image linked below was something that a photographer in Great Britain made and is being distributed in the July 10th issue of Amatuer Photographer.
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It highlights the laws of that country regarding photography and photographers. We as American's need someone to step up and do the same for us by printing Mr. Krages' document on something easy to carry with us. I would do it if I could.
9-11 has made everyone paranoid. People are constantly seeing a potential threat where there is none.
16-year old freelance photographer stopped and detained in london
Confrontation Between a Police Officer and Photographer in Los Angeles
UK Photographer Films Own Arrest
Photographer and Civil Liberties Group Sue Department of Homeland Security
Just because we have a camera and are out taking pictures it doesn't mean we as photographers, amateur or professional, are terrorists taking recon photos for the Taliban. It's our hobby, it's our job, it's something we enjoy doing. Stop and think about it. If the attacks on 9-11 had never happened, would you law enforcement officials be stopping someone for taking photos of a state capital building with great architectural elements? I don't think so.
Just because some nut-jobs decided to hi-jack some planes and fly them into the Twin Towers killing 2,995 people, 19 of which were the terrorists themselves (1), doesn't mean that the person snapping pictures of a park bench is plotting the next attack.
Use some common sense people! Photographers are not the scourge. We're not plotting to take over the world. We're NOT the enemy. We ARE just doing what we love to do, that's it. There's no secret agenda behind our lenses.
Now, don't misunderstand my rant here to mean that we, as photographers, can go out and take pictures of whatever we want. There are laws and we must abide by those laws. Every state has different laws regarding photos. I would HIGHLY suggest that you Google those rights in your particular state. You'd do yourself a great service by doing so, that way you don't end up in jail over a misunderstanding.
I would also suggest you download and print out this PDF from Bert P. Krages, Attorney at Law, The Photographer's Right.
The image linked below was something that a photographer in Great Britain made and is being distributed in the July 10th issue of Amatuer Photographer.
img9.imageshack.us/img9/8804/l…
It highlights the laws of that country regarding photography and photographers. We as American's need someone to step up and do the same for us by printing Mr. Krages' document on something easy to carry with us. I would do it if I could.
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A week ago today, we lost the most dedicated woman I've ever known...My Mom. It was very sudden almost a blink of an eye. She had been sick over the last year, but was on the mend. She had been in the hospital two weeks prior to her passing due to some severe disorientation and confusion. She was on steroids because she'd had an over-active thyroid problem. We believe the steroids contributed to some memory lapses which caused her to misuse her medication and take more than what she remembered taking. But they were trying to fix that.
Last Monday she appeared to be fine the entire day, but that night when my Dad was trying to help her to bed
My deviantART Story
It's really short and simple. I joined back in 2006 somewhere around October....it might have been 2005. We'll see if the year mark ticks over come the end of October. I was dating someone who was a member at the time. She was on here one night when I was at her place and I asked her what she was doing. She started showing me around and I made an account that night.
I'd stopped coming around for a little while, but then I got some sort of creative spark and began playing around with Photoshop. Started making forum signatures for myself and friends. Which turned into making fliers for event in City of Heroes. I lost my job in 2007 and ended u
There is a distinct possibility...
That I'll be closing my account permanently by the end of the year at the very latest, maybe sooner.
The rampant art thievery that is allowed to continue here is astounding! I personally have reported image/user after image/user when there is no doubt that the person A) Did not take themselves B) When they outright say that they just took images off the internet and posted them because they think that unless they see a visible copyright, it's public domain and therefore they can use the pictures however they wish.
DeviantArt USED to be an ARTIST community. Don't get me wrong, there are people on here that do the best they can with what equi
Great Britain will have these next month.
Now we need an American published photography magazine to step up and do the same!!!
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I have to agree with you on this. I was stopped at a mall for taking a photo of the reflections and their distortions as you opened and closed the doors. Wow... The doors are just so a terrorist target... Not. I can understand being asked not to take photos in a store, as I could be photographing a business secret, the store doesn't know who I do or don't work for. But being told that I can't take a photo inside a mall at all, that's more stupid than the crap they show us on the news every day (see Kwame Kilpatrick as an example).