On 23/10/05, graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed: >And I would not be afraid to shoot over your shoulder, Cotty. If >confronted I would just say, "I'm with them", pointing to the TV >satellite truck. Actually, I would feel pretty safe in my old working >outfit of tie, namebadge, and camera equipment hanging all over me. >Unless I was photographing celeberties of coures <grin>.
No, completely by myself. I may be asked to get some shots of a street scene where children are present. I turn up, set up, shoot. I would have no problem with stills if I was doing that. Okay, I have a police-issued Press card, and if the old Bill did come up and ask me what I was doing (as has happened, but not for shooting in a plain street scene), then I would show him that, but all that does is point out that I work for a living. It does not give me some previously unknown right to shoot people in the street. I don't need one. We do not have a privacy law (as such) here and as far as I am aware, legally I can film or photograph on a public right of way, and that includes the people on that right of way - and off it - be they adults or children. That's as I understand it based on my company's legal advice. If that advice changed, I would adhere accordingly. I'm staff and have to do what the boss says. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________
