Escalating the situation especially with threats would be a terrible idea around here. I've been confronted maybe five times making photographs and thankfully all ended peacefully.
Escalating the situation especially with threats would be a terrible idea around here. I've been confronted maybe five times making photographs and thankfully all ended peacefully.You can take a picture of anything if you are NOT on private property. If anyone bothers you, take a picture of them -- and then report them to the Police (or at least threaten to)
Or just leave the USA. You folks have big problems.
You did, in post 17. Taking a pic of an angry person and threatening to report them to the police is a very bad idea here. It may be a great idea where you live though, I wouldn't know.Who said anything about "threatening". Just click your shutter -- say "Have a nice day" -- and report the idiot.
Taking a pic of an angry person and threatening to report them to the police is a very bad idea here.
One more reason to photograph the jerk and file a complaint. Threatening anyone with a gun, without a legitimate reason, is a crime -- FYI.
But this is a photo-related forum and not a place for cultural, political or philosophical digressions.
If I saw someone taking a photograph of my house with a cheap digital camera or a mobile phone I would take a photograph of them, and contact Neighbourhood Watch. We did have an incident 2 years ago where a man on a bicycle was photographing each, however we knew he would be captured on a state-of-the-art CCTV system, someone in the street works for a leading security company.
You forgot "And Sisterly Affection" but I'm sure the ladies forgive you. Nowhere I'd rather live, or photograph. It's a great city.So much for the "City of Brotherly Love".
But this is a photo-related forum and not a place for cultural, political or philosophical digressions.
The topic here will inevitably involve legal matters - actual or assumed.
My worst experience? Some Karen reported me in the Neighbourhood Watch whatsapp group as she spotted me walking home from my parents' house a few streets away, with my Leica I dangling from my neck.
Saying "Some suspicious bloke is taking photos through peoples windows"...... I obviously wasn't going to do anything nefarious with a 90-year old camera and a couple of folks in the group jumped to my defence right away.
My, how times have changed.
(Photo by Robert Adams, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1968)
He has remarked in the past about how un-tranquil his experiences were while making his work, and how he would make an image and quickly leave to avoid conflicts. If I remember correctly he also hired a security guard for at least one of his series, such was his concern. (I think it was for the Oregon clearcutting work)I wonder if Robert Adams would have been able to shoot this kind of picture (which is wonderful) in all tranquility nowadays, even In Europe.
He has remarked in the past about how un-tranquil his experiences were while making his work, and how he would make an image and quickly leave to avoid conflicts. If I remember correctly he also hired a security guard for at least one of his series, such was his concern. (I think it was for the Oregon clearcutting work)
I wouldn't be surprised if he had concerns while making the work for Turning Back given that nature of that project.
I seem to recall that he had some safety concerns while making his work in and around Los Angeles - primarily angry dogs and the occasional bout of gunfire.
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