Have you ever had issues in photographing residential property?

BradS · Jun 15, 2024

pentaxuser said:
Thanks both for the replies. I would have been surprised if either establishment had a policy that inhibited entrants from taking photographs It just seemed that those warning again such practices where children are present were at odds with what appears to be an "open house" policy of the Disney theme parks

Maybe it is the fact that a lot of people are snapping away in a place where there are hundreds if not thousands of children gives a kind of safety in numbers to both the kids' parents and the photographers of areas where kids are present

pentaxuser

I too am a little perplexed by the admonishment.

However, I have observed that it sometimes happens that a relatively small number of people with extreme opinions state their opinions more forcefully than is, perhaps, justified by the actual reality while a more moderate opinion held by the majority remains unspoken or softly spoken with the obvious, unfortunate side effect that outside observers unwittingly infer something which is contrary to reality.

BrianShaw · Jun 15, 2024

@pentaxuser , you probably should have kept your word and read replies without comment. @BradS is very correct. Please read and heed… and don’t trash this thread.

RezaLoghme · Jun 16, 2024

Good behaviour, some sartorial standards, building rapport long before pulling the camera out, not using a massive DSLR with a cream-coloured football pitch journalist's tele lens but a smaller, less "loud" camera....all that goes a long way.

VinceInMT · Jun 16, 2024

BradS said:
Disneyland is in California. The one in Florida is called, Disney World.
Neither has any restrictions on guests taking pictures outdoors - quite the contrary in fact.
There are places, indoors, where they request that guests refrain from flash photography.

I grew up near the one in Anaheim. My dad was in the navy and spent lots of time off the coast of Vietnam in the 60s. Disney gave those vets complimentary family passes so going to that park was a frequent activity for us. I remember there were these Kodak displays throughout the park with suggestions on how to take a good photo of one attraction or another and, of course, what Kodak film one might use.

Some years later, the mid-70s, I was working in a medium-size photo finishing lab and it seemed like in every batch of 50 rolls that came through my station there was at least one customer order that had Disney photos on it.

TomR55 · Jun 16, 2024

VinceInMT said:
I grew up near the one in Anaheim. My dad was in the navy and spent lots of time off the coast of Vietnam in the 60s. Disney gave those vets complimentary family passes so going to that park was a frequent activity for us. I remember there were these Kodak displays throughout the park with suggestions on how to take a good photo of one attraction or another and, of course, what Kodak film one might use.

Some years later, the mid-70s, I was working in a medium-size photo finishing lab and it seemed like in every batch of 50 rolls that came through my station there was at least one customer order that had Disney photos on it.

I had gone to Disneyland as a child, with my parents, sometime in the mid-1960’s.

I hadn’t been there until the late 1990’s, when I spent some time in Southern California on business. The nature of my work afforded me lots of free time, and I always traveled with my trusty M2, a 35mm Summicron lens, and a dozen rolls (or so) of TriX.

At this time, I didn’t have the time to make purchasing a ticket and investing substantial time feasible.

So I worked the main street, outside of Disneyland, and made some interesting photographs of the neighborhood and local people. I recall wondering if Anaheim had changed much since the mid 1960’s or, if as a pre-adolescent, my recollections colored my perceptions. I remember thinking about this a lot when walking those streets and making those images.

BrianShaw · Jun 16, 2024

There is a big difference, perceived or real I shall not state, between "taking pictures" at a family-oriented venue and "some random person who appears to be intentionally taking pictures of strangers". One is overlooked; the other tends to raise the hackles of a certain subset of the population... meaning the "human population" not a national/regional population. There seem a multitude of reasons for that, some easily understood and some not so easy to understand.

VinceInMT · Jun 16, 2024

TomR55 said:
…I recall wondering if Anaheim had changed much since the mid 1960’s or, if as a pre-adolescent, my recollections colored my perceptions. I remember thinking about this a lot when walking those streets and making those images.

It’s changed a lot. In the 1960s when I’d go to Disneyland the park consisted of the ticket booths that were just outside the railroad station and the beginning of Main Street. Everything south of there to Katella Ave. was parking lot. Now that parking area is filled in with more attractions.

BTW, in the early 70s, with free passes, it was popular to go there on a date. I took along my Istamatic 126 and shot some photos of Gary Pucket and the Union Gap performing at the Tomorrowland stage. This was about ‘71.

Alan Edward Klein · Jun 16, 2024

Things were simpler in the old days. People weren't so paranoid.

TomR55 · Jun 16, 2024

VinceInMT said:
It’s changed a lot. In the 1960s when I’d go to Disneyland the park consisted of the ticket booths that were just outside the railroad station and the beginning of Main Street. Everything south of there to Katella Ave. was parking lot. Now that parking area is filled in with more attractions.

BTW, in the early 70s, with free passes, it was popular to go there on a date. I took along my Istamatic 126 and shot some photos of Gary Pucket and the Union Gap performing at the Tomorrowland stage. This was about ‘71.

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I recall ticket booths right before the train (an elevated monorail?). BTW, love that picture! I bet those were Fender amps in the background. I had one of those amps, called a “Bandmaster” (IIRC). Weighed a ton, but was very dependable. I hope that you kept those pictures, and I hope that at least somebody who never had those experiences (because they were born later) spends some time to absorb them … and maybe ask a few questions, if that’s not expecting too much.

Thanks, again, for the follow-up.

Flashcam · Jun 16, 2024

ChrisGalway said:
Or just leave the USA. You folks have big problems.

True

VinceInMT · Jun 16, 2024

TomR55 said:
I recall ticket booths right before the train (an elevated monorail?). BTW, love that picture! I bet those were Fender amps in the background. I had one of those amps, called a “Bandmaster” (IIRC). Weighed a ton, but was very dependable. I hope that you kept those pictures, and I hope that at least somebody who never had those experiences (because they were born later) spends some time to absorb them … and maybe ask a few questions, if that’s not expecting too much.

Thanks, again, for the follow-up.

Here are three more. I shot some the year before of the same band and I have them around here somewhere but they were without a flash so kind of lousy.

Sirius Glass · Jun 17, 2024

xkaes said:
Who said anything about "threatening". Just click your shutter -- say "Have a nice day" -- and report the idiot.

That is what I do. Shoot from the street of other public property and move on. I cannot remember when someone bothered my about photographing buildings, people can be another problem. Then again, I do not do street photography.

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