So far, here in the US, one can take photos of anything or anyone they can
see from any public place, provided they are not directly violating the
rights of others (such as impeding traffic, pointing your camera up women's
skirts, etc. (When I lived in Toronto, they were having a problem with
perverts with "shoe cams".) This doesn't mean that you won't ever be asked a
few questions. If you're shooting Dolly Parton down in San Onofre
(Affectionate name for the twin confinement vessels of the nuclear power
plant) with a long lens, someone will probably ask you a few simple
questions and be on their way. (They weren't quite sure what my big, black
1000mm f/8 lens with the rifle sight finder and the Arnold Swartzenager
tripod was.) Oh, if you get yourself an eight foot ladder to view some
sunbathing nudes over a private fence, you're probably in trouble. If you're
on the public beach where anyone can see the pretties, they're not my game,
but they're fair game.
Regards,
Bob Blakely
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"A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy,
and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes."
- Robert Frost
From: Herschel Mair
I personally think that if the OZ government is wanting to ban photography
in "Public places" (As the British and American governments have all but
done.) then it has little to do with a camera advertisement and a lot to do
with the paranoia that powerful people are instigating to dis-empower us.
The media is mightier than the military. Make no mistake, photography is a
force to be reckoned with in the hands of whoever controls it.
DON'T ALLOW ANYBODY TO CONTROL IT
THE EASIEST WAY TO DO THIS IS BY TELLING YOU THAT IT"S A DANGER TO SOCIETY.
My rant for the day
