2009/11/30 Cotty <[email protected]>: > That's fair enough - except that in the UK we have public rights of way, > typically classified as 'footpath', 'bridleway', and 'road'. These are > effectively public spaces, although in law the public have only the > right to 'pass and re-pass' along them. In law, being able to photograph > from public rights of way - even though these rights of way may well > pass through 'private' ground - is allowed. Or should be allowed - most > security people would doubtless vehemently oppose knowing anything of > the kind. > > My point is not to advocate an adversarial situation - but simply to > know the laws of the land. Little solace then to the singleton > photographer though, I know....
I have posed the "difficult customer" to security at West India Quay. At dusk on 9/11, even. :-) They were quite well-behaved, but didn't allow me to use a tripod because it was a "health and security hazard" to the said public strolling past. After a bit of talking they also claimed my camera was a "professional camera", not intended for snapshooting. And no, P.J., I didn't tell them it couldn't be a professional camera because it was a Pentax. However, I took the lead and asked them if it would be OK to take the same picture with a small compact. He said "yes, but you still can't use the tripod." So I asked him if it would be OK as long as I didn't use the tripod. He confirmed. There was a statue with a high granite socket nearby. I asked his explicit permission to use the socket for support, got it, and took a pic with a W60 compact on low ISO, using the self-timer. So I got the last laugh anyway, I guess. Also, I didn't leave until I had an email address for where to apply for a photo permit. Anyway, the guys on duty that night were very sensible; in a kind of we-didnt-make-these-rules-but-want-to-do-our-job-properly kind of way. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
