Sorry if this is a bit late but a work colleague at the bbc was quizzed over no more than taking a photo of St Pauls at sunset during the week by police.....
Speaking on the Andrew Marr show on Sunday morning Jeff Overs the only accrediated full time photographer at the bbc was 'detained' and stopped from taking a photo of the world famous landmark with another photographer. ( a member of the public). Protesting his innocence and showing his press pass did nothing to avert the zealous officer who had stopped various people, who apparently had not 'objected' earlier in the day according to Jeff. In the so called name of 'security' and anti terrorism, jeff a photographer for over 25 years experience and award winning photographer whose work appears in most national papers ever day, and who has photographed the Prime minister, Royalty and the Archbishop of Canterbury, amongst others this year alone, is a member of the NUJ and has security vetting to visit Downing street. but not to take photos in the street in St Paul's churchyard.. apparently.
Quite how this stops terrorism, or how this action is in the public interest, goes to show the depths that our rights and freedom 's have been erroded in modern times. Although at times I have sighed at marches, people striking, speakers corner's, and people yelling about there rights on virtually ever issue under the sun, be careful with your camera's especially photographing landmarks as they appaently have an 'exclusion zone around them' at least in the photographic sense. Quite how this ludicrous restriction serves democracy , is foreign to me......
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http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/news/2009/july/13/amateur_photographer_arrested.aspx
Na never not with that pic ;-)
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You'll never catch us "filth" Haha ;)
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On the BBC guy, he could have just carried on taking the photos if he's in a public place. The police officer obviously didnt know the law too well. However if he was on private land then that's different.
Since we're sharing
Apparently the stopping of photographers is happening more and more (although it seems fine if you use a compact for some reason). It's one of my hobbies too, thankfully haven't had any hassle yet.
Yes it's a 6 RAW exposure HDR Red Murph.
Colin, I could probably have gone higher up the steps but when you got a tripod out and it's pretty dark it's all about avoiding getting the tourists bumping into you.
I had heard about this a year or so ago outside the mayors office there is a private company who apparently 'manage' the land around the area, funny I thought as citizens we had a right to go about in a free and unhindered way, did it not used to say that on your UK passport a few years ago. We are now in the age of image rights, and if you photograph on Charring Cross station, or even at the bbc a person not even employed by the bbc asks you for a permit. In the case of South eastern trains it normally takes about 5 days to get a permit. The minute You take an SLR camera out apparently it is a problem. Quite why I have no idea, as people have said on her there is google earth and high resolution video on camera these days, a lot more easier to be subversive, which I imagine a terroist would choose . It was only a few years back that the post office tower was put on ordanance survey maps because of 'security'.... logic of the madhouse.