Mike wrote: > Once I wanted to take a pic of one of the building of Polaroid offices here, from a >parking lot, openly accessible from > a dozen places. The second I stepped from my car with a tripod and a P6x7, I was >approached by a couple security guys, > asking who employs me, whether I have appropriate clearance, and so on, summing it >up with something like "get the hell > out of here boy" (probably more polite than that, though). Mind you, one could make >a good shot of that place from a > pizzeria across the street. I am dead sure, if I just stopped there and grabbed a >few shots with a P&S, noone would > have given a damn. I am really surprised that anyone was given *more* slack because >everyone assumed he was a pro.
Are you living in a police state? The concept of needing permission to shoot public buildings or private properties is unknown in my part of the world. Pal
