Curious to other photographers thoughts..

[JodieB]

What if this happened to you? What would you do?

http://galvestondailynews.com/search.lasso?all_of=nick+adams&mode=news_week

[genex]

Here in America civil liberties are being shaved away little by little especially since 9-11. Subway photography in NYC has been limited, and nowadays if you try to take photos of landmarks, etc. the cops often harass photographers.

On a lot of the photography forums I'm on I've heard of lots of people getting a hard time from the authorities. I think there's a balance between freedom and 'security' and unfortunately right now it's pushing to one side more than the other.

[JodieB]

The photographer is my son.

[Tre]

A photographer pushed a cop? Yeah, right.

They're so full of ****.

The cops involved need to be charged with filing a false police report. I would assume there was also a crime when they stole his camera and tampered with it.

[serpico1961]

I know what you're saying but I took some pics of a federal bldg and before i did i called the local FBI office they said no problem at all. A little extra work I know but maybe if we had done this earlier 9/11 would still just be a day in sept

[Duckbump]

How can anyone take a side unless they were there. 2 different stories.....it's hard to say who's right or who's wrong. Cops, photographer.........perhaps they are both lying. And the media is almost always biased. Tough call on this one.

[JodieB]

Duck...the photographer is my son.

[TomNine]

I know what you're saying but I took some pics of a federal bldg and before i did i called the local FBI office they said no problem at all. A little extra work I know but maybe if we had done this earlier 9/11 would still just be a day in septIs this really what you are going with? A photographer takes photos of an arrest in public, the cops rough him up, arrest him on (probably) trumped-up charges, tamper with the evidence, and you think more of that would have prevented 9/11?

Most Americans would give up all their liberties for a tiny sliver of "security," there is nothing new here.

[James]

Reason: I said '****', not ****

That cracked me up for some reason

[MarkH]

That was his son's Duck.

[Duckbump]

Duck...the photographer is my son.


Haha.....:p Then I guess you would be a little bit biased and take his side!!!!:p

[MsGuns]

Jodie is a female...the photographer is HER son...

That was his son's Duck.

[MarkH]

Same difference, Ms Guns of Navarone!!

[MsGuns]

his and her are different...what did you learn in school?

smile

Same difference, Ms Guns of Navarone!!

[MarkH]

his and her are different...what did you learn in school?

smile


I learned I could charm women, ma'am. I wasn't much one for classes. I'm street smart not book smart like you.

[JodieB]

I'm a boy? LMAO


OMG..that would be classic. I'd be rich if I was a boy and gave birth. My one question woulld be....How the hell did he come out?

[BigD]

Here in America civil liberties are being shaved away little by little especially since 9-11. Subway photography in NYC has been limited, and nowadays if you try to take photos of landmarks, etc. the cops often harass photographers.

On a lot of the photography forums I'm on I've heard of lots of people getting a hard time from the authorities. I think there's a balance between freedom and 'security' and unfortunately right now it's pushing to one side more than the other.


I shoot where I want and what I want. Until I am told not to, then sometimes I still do it. LOL Usually I have had authorities called because of what I am shooting of someone. Been close to getting into trouble, but haven't yet. :)

[LarryN]

Here in America civil liberties are being shaved away little by little especially since 9-11. Subway photography in NYC has been limited, and nowadays if you try to take photos of landmarks, etc. the cops often harass photographers.

On a lot of the photography forums I'm on I've heard of lots of people getting a hard time from the authorities. I think there's a balance between freedom and 'security' and unfortunately right now it's pushing to one side more than the other.

This has been going on longer than that. In 1984, I was in Los Angeles during the Olympic games. From the hotel where I was staying, I saw a beautiful old building. I went over to this building and I photographed it from a public street. There was no signage on the building indicating what it was being used for. There was no signage on or near the building stating that photos could not be taken. After taking some photos of the building, I decided to walk on some public streets to another side of the building and shoot it from that side. While enroute, I was stopped by a police officer who told me that it was illegal to photograph a military installation (in this case I found out that the building was a hospital). He did not see me taking photos. However, he did see that I was carrying a camera. In other words, I was stopped for carrying a camera.