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Yeaa nothing new in the city a common occurance with these types i had it in fleet place,numerous others have encountered these wild beasts...try to ignore them and snap them...what can they do
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I'll go there on my next walkabout, let's see if he'll try intimidate me?
I NEVER just walk away.
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Same old story sadly. Personally I just ignore these types and carry on doing what I do. If they want to call the police, let them. There's plenty of photo organisations campaigning against this stuff at the moment.
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Were you on a pavement alongside a road, or on a paved area? Paved areas are often private property. They're not entitled to stop you from photographing when you're on it, but they can ask you to leave for trespass.
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^^^^
I was standing in the street opposite among a row of parked mopeds which is the Queen's Highway as far as I'm concerned.
I may email the building owners a link to their image on Streetview and tell them I'd be interested to hear what action they will take against Google ;)
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Agree with the sentiment Catnut - if challenged I always ask what authority they have and where they believe the public/private boundary is. I was challenged the other week by the Tower of London where the shops and bars are near All Hallows church. I had noticed some cones laid out and was told by a security guard that I could not take photos behind the line of cones, so I carefully stood as close as possible to one and took a photo - pathetic really but I did not want him to have the tiny minded satisfaction of stopping me!
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Just don't worry about them - jumped up *@!%s with nothing better to do and feel that their uniforms give them some kind of authority.
They must be bored out of their tiny minds just standing about in a monkey suit for ten or so hours a day and only employed to comply with the buildings insurance.
They can't do jack - coz you hadn't broken any laws
On the odd time this has happened to me ive asked them on whose authority and they back down.
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cloudy images edited this topic 11 months ago.
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I had something similar very near where you were, at the Citypoint building a few years ago. 2 sets of particularly officious and threatening security guards tried to see me off. I made sure I got the shots I wanted before I left, of course!
Citypoint (along with the area pianowerk describes near the Tower of London) are both owned by a company called Tishman Speyer. They are known for their aggressive stance towards photographers. I managed to get an email address for him and sent an email explaining my experiences there; he never replied of course, but I did find out something ironic. His company is patron of the arts in Shoreditch. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but photography is an art, is it not?........
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What exactly does the law say about photography in public places
and people in photo who you didnt ask the permission of?
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www.met.police.uk/about/photography.htm = worth printing out and carrying in your camera bag
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cloudy images edited this topic 11 months ago.
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Thank you, I will do that! :)
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Recent vid from the london street photography festival shows some of them in action.
Interesting seeing how some seem to try and deliberately confuse the public and private spaces until challenged.
The good news is the cops come out well, unlike sometimes in the past, with a clear "if its public property then its your right to take pics" line.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJH9F7Hcluo&feature=youtu.be
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Good video from London Street Photography from the above poster. Watched that video when it went up and provides a great inside for any toggers doing this kind of thing.
Hi by the way x
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Superb video
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This, PHNAT link photographernotaterrorist.org/ should also prove useful for being kept up to date with what those tossers get up to.
You can also print out your own Bust Card: photographernotaterrorist.org/bust-card/ Again, quite useful.
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Excellent vid :)
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Yaa good 1...At least the Police are turning round now,after earlier videos from a couple of years ago...
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