On 15/6/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, offered: >Later this summer I am going to be travelling. I have some questions >(how can I not? <g>) > >1. Is photography officially allowed inside the airport buildings? >2. Is photography officially allowed on the planes? > >I am thinking of likes of ME Super, M 50/1.4 for possible low light >and some 400 ASA film, probably b/w.... > >What d'you say? > >BOris
Boy, these can'o'worm questions! The short answers are: 1. No. and 2. No. The look-like you're a tourist with a pointyshootycam is: 1. Yes and 2. Yes. The Long answer is: 1. Maybe 2. Maybe. ---------- To cut a long story short, if you're quick and don't hang about, you'll be fine, especially in the airport. Lots of folk with cameras shoot lots of pics of aircraft, and no problems. If you start mucking about with a tripod and a large camera, you'll have security buzing around you like flies on a pile of poo asking questions. The bigger the camera, the harder the questions. Be discreet, be quick, and you'll be fine. Keep the gear simple and honest, you'll be fine. If I was going to do a series in an airport I would contact the PR and talk it out with them first. If I was travelling through and snapping as i went, i would just do it. The key is this - look like a tourist and you are a tourist. Things NOT to photograph: any sensitive areas like security checks, x-ray areas, security camera installations, hallways and doorways, any machinery that relates to airport infrastructure (like baggage handling equipment close up etc), or *any* military aircraft or vehicles. Tip: if you're ever killing time in an airport and happen to be standing close to x-ray security check areas, don't stare at the operations staff - they will ask you to move on. For the sort of stuff you're after, you'll be fine. Have fun and carry on until someone questions your motives :-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _____________________________
