On Sunday, January 26, 2003, at 05:34 PM, Bob Walkden wrote:
C'mon Bob. You were spotted while surreptitiously wielding a camera in a secluded space�obviously feigning interest in a beret clad geezer. The only plausible explanation is you were there on behalf of the detective agency her husband hired to collect evidence against her for their pending divorce. Did you happen to get any shots of her "friend" scurrying off behind the stacks? ;-) <---passe winky faceI had a couple mildly of amusing incidents this weekend. I was in a very beautiful travel bookshop in London on Saturday, which is illuminated from above by natural light streaming in through an atrium. It's a lovely, old wood-panelled place. Sitting among stacks of books about Paris was a distinguished old gentleman in a black beret. I had a camera with me so I wandered past him, took a light reading, wandered back again and took the first frame, intending to walk around him, shooting quietly and discreetly.Next thing I know there's this woman standing right in my face. She: Do have permission to photograph in here? Me: No. Do you work here? She (now very agressive): No. Why are you taking my photo? Me: (getting narked): Because that's what I do. I don't have to explain myself to you. She: It's illegal to photograph in a private place. Me: Madam, it is not. Check your law. Besides I don't give a damn.
Dan Scott
