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Almost Arrested for Taking Photos at Union Station
From Andy Carvin’s Waste of Bandwidth blog:
As some of you may know, I’ve been testing out a Gigapan panorama photo system over the last week, after I received a loaner of their robotic camera mount from Carnegie Mellon’s robotics lab. I brought it in to NPR to demonstrate it to colleagues and go on a photo safari to photograph the architecture at Union Station. Apparently, as far as Union Station’s security operations are concerned, that’s a criminal offense, since we nearly got arrested.
Check out the rest of his post then head on over and digg the story.
Tags: almost arrested, andy carvin, gigapan, photographer rights, photography, union station
If You Put That Picture On The Internet I’ll Call My Lawyer
Saw this image via Thomas Hawk on Flickr.
Photo taken by Jeremy Brooks
Uploaded to Flickr by Thomas Hawk
Seems his friend Jeremy Brooks, had a minor run in with this guy while out shooting some photos.
However, Mr. Angry Overreaction Man decided that he now had a problem with me. He confronted me, demanding my camera. Of course, I refused. He got in my face and started threatening me, telling me that I cannot take his photo without his permission. I told him that yes, in fact, I can. He then walked up and bumped into me, trying to act tough. I told him that one more touch and I would call the police.
As I mentioned on Thomas’ photostream, it is well within our rights to photography in public places (unless you live in Quebec)… ask me nice and I’ll be inclined not to post it - or send me a cordial e-mail if you see an image of you that I’ve taken and I’ll likely remove it at your request - be a jerk or worse and it’s going to go up for sure.
Check out Jeremy’s accounting of the incident on his blog.
Digg Jeremy’s original blog post.
Tags: anger, flickr, jeremy hall, photographer, Portrait, rights, thomas hawk
Ansel Adams Photographs - Records of the National Park Service
Stumbled upon this cool archive earlier today. I love Ansel Adams, he is one of my favorite photographers…
In 1941 the National Park Service commissioned noted photographer Ansel Adams to create a photo mural for the Department of the Interior Building in Washington, DC. The theme was to be nature as exemplified and protected in the U.S. National Parks. The project was halted because of World War II and never resumed.
Check out the photographs over at The National Archives. Be sure to check out The Ansel Adams Gallery as well.
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