Don't worry Shel. Everyone is being profiled now: http://tinyurl.com/qtn
Dave On 10/20/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Earlier today I was walking from a friend's house to my bank, about a mile > away. It's a straight walk down one main street. It was a perfect day to > practice exposures with the isrDS. I photographed mostly junk - just > subjects that had interesting or tricky lighting - a car half in half out > of shadow, signs, flowers, and so on. My back has been bothering me, and > this was the first long walk I've taken in a while. Every couple of blocks > I'd sit on a fire hydrant to relax the muscles. > > About 3/4 the way into the walk a police cruiser pulled up along side me, > and out steps a sergeant. He politely asked what I was doing and I said - > not mentioning anything about photographing - that I was out for a stroll. > He asked about the camera and I told him it was my new digi, and I was just > making a few random shots to get used to it. I asked if he wanted to see > the pics, and I also asked why he was interested in my camera. He said > that someone had called in a complaint about me - seems I was walking past > a school (a high school) and decided that was a good place to sit and rest. > He was concerned that I might have been taking pictures of children. As it > happened, I only had two pix of kids on the card - one of a few guys > sitting in the shadow of a wall and another of a few girls running towards > me. These were all high school aged kids .... > > He didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with those, thanked me for > being cooperative and friendly (after running my info through their > system), and suggested I be careful when using a camera near children. We > talked a little - he really didn't want to hang around too long - and he > told me that the world has changed radically since I started photographing > back in 1967. > > I guess it has ... <sigh> > > > Shel > > >
