The War on Photographers - Engraving Etc. Forum

From:	Stunt Engraver (DGL)	12 Jun 2006
To:	ALL	1 of 6

4065.1
In the July issue of Popular Photography (on page 75), you'll find an article by Neal Matthews, titled The War on Photographers. According to Matthews: "For too many cops and security guards, the enemy wields a camera." Part of article details the unfortunate experience of photographer, Jim McKinniss. Jim is an acquaintance of my wife, who was arrested, jailed and put through a trial, for the act of taking a photograph at night, from a public street, near an oil refinery in Southern California. David "The Stunt Engraver" Lavaneri DGL Engraving Port Hueneme, CA
EDITED: 12 Jun 2006 by DGL

From:	Mike (BIGPIXEL)	12 Jun 2006
To:	Stunt Engraver (DGL)	2 of 6

4065.2 In reply to 4065.1
Sign of the times I'm afraid Dave. Its happening everywhere around the world at present. A friend of mine got into trouble shooting a group of kids playing soccer in a public park in London. The Bobbies asked why he had such an interest in photographing children...... so it goes.

From:	Stunt Engraver (DGL)	12 Jun 2006
To:	Mike (BIGPIXEL)	3 of 6

4065.3 In reply to 4065.2
Mike, Looks like hidden cameras won't be just for sting operations anymore. If people start using hidden cameras, for what they'd normally shoot, "in the open" I'd hate to see what happens to them, if they get caught at that point. David "The Stunt Engraver" Lavaneri DGL Engraving Port Hueneme, CA

From:	Mike (BIGPIXEL)	13 Jun 2006
To:	Stunt Engraver (DGL)	4 of 6

4065.4 In reply to 4065.3

hehe.

My take is to use your biggest and most professional looking rig, the longest lens you own with a pro strobe. If you get caught, you can at least claim freedom of speach or shooting in the public domain. Using a small concealed camera would only lead to more suspicion.....God I hate all those cell phone camera junkies! The world is awash in mediocre images being WiFi'd to an online server. Just imagine what an overload that will represent to the "V-ger" discoverers in the future.....I know, obtuse.

From:	Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY)	13 Jun 2006
To:	Mike (BIGPIXEL)	5 of 6

4065.5 In reply to 4065.4
Aye Captain. Philadelphia, PA (Really Bensalem) When you finally understand it completely... it changes.

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