My mate Tim spotted this guy from the BBC and said he was using an iPhone with a lot of kit! So I went over to him while the protest was at a lul and had a look. He had an ariel in one hand on his chest was the transmitter and audio kit, with a microphone and on his back was a rucksac with … Continue reading BBC use iPhone to get media out
Well it looks like the Police in New York are looking to the same draconian laws that snappers in the UK are in fear off according to the New York Post. You may think that no one has been stopped yet under the new terrorism act and photography but that is not the case. When I was covering the Put People First march in London … Continue reading New York going the same as the UK?
In a previous post I referred to the slope of the bath tub which was an analogy for proving your photographic gear. Of course the wise will do heavy testing at all ISO and lighting conditions to work out how the sensor records details in the shadows as well as the highlights. They will also test their lenses for sharpness, flaws and find the optimum … Continue reading The Bicycle Wheel
From the photosynth blog (the actual site is overwhelmed with hits at time of writing but you can read the blog here or view this video to see what it is all about and how photography is going 3D There is two URL’s for photosynth http://photosynth.net and http://photosynth.com There is a photography tutorial here as well as a how to video here Photosynth Blog We’re … Continue reading Photosynth is now Live
Now this is what really annoys me, who has given the photographers, agencies and newspapers the authority to agree to this, this should have gone trough the unions for a decision if any. So now we have “The police will be issuing guidelines to picture desks across all London papers soon.” but thousands of press photographers won’t get that guideline, so it should be down … Continue reading Photographers agree to blur firearms officers faces
On Press Gazette: this is of serious concern in the wake that photojournalists have had to deal with lately with police FIT teams, but also throws a huge spanner in the works for the documentary photographer too. How are we meant to approach people living in society, record social issues with this sort of draconian crap hanging over our heads
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Editorial Photographers UK (EPUK) A pro based discussion group are so concerned over infringement of photographers rights they have launched http://www.photorights.org to keep track of access denial incidents and try and provide some basic information about what photographers may legally do. This service is not just for the seasoned pro, but for anyone who wants to legally take photos in public places So far, these … Continue reading Photorights.org
Just found this on the BBC website if you are into photography you can go and sign the petition but asking for the PM to clarify the laws is not a good idea in my opinion. It is open invitation to put laws into place when they are not needed.
Its paranoia that if you have a camera you are a terrorist or up to no good and a culture of fear has been built up deliberately. There is no law saying you are allowed to take pictures in a public place, there is no law saying you can’t either; its considered a right
Just launched today, free version of the Adobe Photoshop, well online version anyway. So now if you wondered what your Canon G9 images would look like processed in Photoshop you can find out. Continue reading Free, yes Free Photoshop!
Three weeks ago I reported that Photographers were under attack and more recently found a video of a film maker getting grief in London and the NUJ calling for ‘Press Freedom Protest’
Well at least the Met look like they are going to reverse there stance over people photographing in London. Maybe they realise photography is quite a natural lifestyle thing to do and we may not be terrorist’s after all.
However if the Met Police are going to play this as “we weren’t aware of the issues of photographers” frankly they can get stuffed, the NUJ have been complaining to the Met for more years than I can remember over abuse to press photographers and reminding them of photographers rights. (see the ‘Resources for the Photographer’ box on the sidebar for downloadable photographer rights guides)
I have to say I have grave concerns over policing in this country when I got stopped and searched at the end of last year for “subject in possession of long lens Nikon camera” (it was in fact only a 24-120 mm zoom and in fact my G9 has a greater focal length range) even when I have a UK press Card. My concern is that an amateur photographer, unaware of their rights may not have faired so well, and could have even ended up being arrested!
I appreciate and understand the police and government have fears over terrorism, but who is actually calling the shots here? It’s clearly not a government initiative and terrorism, which is a concern to us all has to be kept in perspective like the BBC has pointed out here it is not a new threat to the UK and during the troubles with the IRA we had far more attacks and loss of life than 7/7. Cameras were around then too, and probably used for surveillance by the IRA but it wasn’t deemed necessary to accuse the citizens of being terrorists. It makes little sense to me to restrict the law abiding citizens to a point they are the prisoners and there rights taken way from them.
Well that enough of my rant, Amateur Photographer has a piece on them with links to the MP’s Launching a petition in the House of Commons and more…
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