> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:04:42 +0200, Alfred Molon
> <alfred_molon@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> What restrictions are there for photography in public places in London?
>
> Main thing is that you shouldn't be dressed as an Arab.
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> On 2008-06-25 22:53:06 +0100, snapper@mailinator.com said:
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>> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:04:42 +0200, Alfred Molon
>> <alfred_molon@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> What restrictions are there for photography in public places in London?
>>
>> Main thing is that you shouldn't be dressed as an Arab.
>
> Or take picture of other people's children.
>
Or buses: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...aedophile.html
On Jun 25, 4:04*pm, Alfred Molon <alfred_mo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> What restrictions are there for photography in public places in London?
> --
You almost definitely will be detained if you set up a tripod and
start taking photos in the Tube. I have not been to London since
1990, but when I was there (as a journalist with credentials) I was
stopped from taking photos at one of the stations (I think it was
Bank, and was using a tripod) and told that I would have to get
"permission" from London Transport. If I hadn't had credentials, I
wonder whether the cops might have been a little less polite.
I would have looked into the matter further, but I was pretty much
just stopping over at London on my way back to Chicago from shooting
in Belfast (pardon the pun), and was due to return to Chicago in a
couple of days.
I am sure they are a bit more paranoid these days than they were
eighteen years ago.
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On Jun 25, 4:04 pm, Alfred Molon <alfred_mo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> What restrictions are there for photography in public places in London?
> --
- You almost definitely will be detained if you set up a tripod and
- start taking photos in the Tube.
As with tripods almost anywhere including museums, the main concern is
with members of the public tripping over them. And the resulting
liability issues. More especially on station platforms.
-I have not been to London since
-1990, but when I was there (as a journalist with credentials) I was
-stopped from taking photos at one of the stations (I think it was
-Bank, and was using a tripod) and told that I would have to get
-"permission" from London Transport. If I hadn't had credentials, I
-wonder whether the cops might have been a little less polite.
That's simply because London Transport's public liability insurance
doesn't cover accidents to passengers as result of their tripping over
tripods being used by amateurs. If you made a prior arrangement with LT
(again as with museums) and paid a fee they would possibly have arranged
to have a member of staff on hand to assist you, and log your visit so
as to come under the terms of their liability insurance. They may also
assume that if you're using a tripod then the photographs are to be
used for commercial purposes, and may wish to charge you a fee on
that basis as well.
michael adams
....
-I would have looked into the matter further, but I was pretty much
-just stopping over at London on my way back to Chicago from shooting
-in Belfast (pardon the pun), and was due to return to Chicago in a
- couple of days.
-I am sure they are a bit more paranoid these days than they were
-eighteen years ago.
In message <2008062523020116807-adm1@fastmailfm>, adm <adm1@fastmail.fm>
writes
>On 2008-06-25 22:53:06 +0100, snapper@mailinator.com said:
>
>> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:04:42 +0200, Alfred Molon
>><alfred_molon@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> What restrictions are there for photography in public places in
>>>London?
>> Main thing is that you shouldn't be dressed as an Arab.
>
>Or take picture of other people's children.
You can do that.
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Chris H wrote:
> In message <2008062523020116807-adm1@fastmailfm>, adm <adm1@fastmail.fm>
> writes
>> On 2008-06-25 22:53:06 +0100, snapper@mailinator.com said:
>>
>>> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:04:42 +0200, Alfred Molon
>>> <alfred_molon@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> What restrictions are there for photography in public places in London?
>>> Main thing is that you shouldn't be dressed as an Arab.
>>
>> Or take picture of other people's children.
>
> You can do that.
You can tie a rope around your neck and jump off a high building too,
but in both cases the results are likely to be less than pleasant.
Way before all this current fuss, back in the eighties, I punched a guy
out for taking photographs of my four year old daughter in a shopping
mall's kid's playground. He refused to hand over the film, I punched him
out and took it - didn't damage the camera, just took the film. We both
got arrested, I got released, he, after a search of his home, got a
prison sentence. Nothing is new, just better publicised.
You *don't* show inappropriate interest in other people's kids if you
are smart. On the other hand, I have seen kids who are real cuteys and
have asked the parent/guardian if I could photograph them simply because
they are so cute and have never been refused. Like Jimmy Durante, I like
little girls - but not in a nasty way (I have quite a few of my own
along with a cute wife). They can be fascinating to photograph,
particularly when they are precocious.
* Alfred Molon wrote :
> What restrictions are there for photography in public places in London?
I spent a couple of hours taking shots all up and down the Thames
back in April. All the way from Tower Bridge to Parliament
House. I was on the far side of the river from Parliament House
with tripod set up taking what I thought surely must be
common/tourist photos, when I heard someone behind me. Turned
around and there were 2 police asking what I was doing - as if it
wasn't obvious. They said I was in a "restricted zone". Sounded
like crap to me, but didn't want to aggravate them.
When it became clear to them that I was genuinely taking touristy
night photos, and after asking who I was, where I was from, who
was I visiting etc, they let me be. I had the ****s by then and
left anyway. Besides, I got dozens of shots in the hours before
they quizzed me anyway.
What critical information did they think I was going to be able
to gather on the far side of the river, with a 17-55mm lens, at
night, that couldn't be obtained hassle free with a compact
digital camera in your pocket standing on the footpath right at
P/House? There are tourists everywhere taking shots of it with
compacts, mobile phones even.
Don't get me wrong. They were both very friendly people. I had
quite a good chat with them. I just couldn't see why I needed to
be asked in the first place.
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