On 11/9/05, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/11/05, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed:
> > Consider the school's viewpoint.<snip> I've gotta agree with Cotty on this one <audible gasp from the crowd> Were I a school administrator, I'd have been disturbed to look out the window to see a guy with an slr apparently pointing his cam at the school. Maybe I'd have gone and chatted with him first, before summoning the cops, but OTOH, maybe the cops were never called, and it was a bluff to make him stop/explain himself. AFAIK, there's no law in Canada saying you can't shoot on school property without prior permission; that's likely schoolboard policy. What is the law is the Trespass Act, which says that you can be asked to leave private property (which a school is, for the purposes of the Trespass Act) without a reason given. Again, maybe the "it's against the law" was a bluff, designed to defuse a difficult situation. I've certainly shot at many of my kids' school events without permission, and never been hassled. BTW, Cotty, I carry around my cam at Toronto's largest mall, the Eaton Centre, with impunity. But then again, I try not to be too obvious about it... Anyway, back to the problem at hand: there have been enough problems with weirdos hanging around elementary schools that I don't have a problem with them (perhaps) over-reacting in this situation. I mean, really, squirrels? What was this guy thinking, and why is he surprised that he was approached? We photographers have to use some common sense, too. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
