steveo52 Loc: Rhode Island and Ocala Florida

Although I can't share any experience of photographing aircraft, I'd like to tell you what happened earlier this year.

I had just purchased my first DSLR camera a Canon t2i. About a mile from where I live is river/stream. There's a series of overpasses that the river flows under. I thought great I can experiment with shutter speed. I was in the process of taking photos, looked and noticed about 500 feet away a woman standing by the side of the road near another overpass. Who knows maybe she was waiting for a ride from someone? About a minute later I hear sirens then police and fire/rescue vehicles show up to assist the woman. Meanwhile my camera is still mounted on the tripod and I'm snapping away at the overpass I was at, not the one where the police/fire personnel were at. Out of the clear blue some curious onlookers are starting to congregate where I'm shooting. Next thing you know the woman who was waiting starts walking to where I was set up screaming at me for taking photos. She was followed by a police man who started asking what are doing? I explained I just got a new camera and talking photos of the river. I know the cop thought I was full of you know what. He started asking where I lived etc, etc. After I showed him ID I convinced him I was not photographing whatever was going on. Apparently, it was a domestic matter with a teenager and the mom.

Nevertheless after that I got out of there as quickly as I could then went a half mile down the road to photograph another part of the river.

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

crazy...! if a camera is in the vicinity of some people get crazy heard stories like that before. if a people had all these rights to shoot what ever they wanted when they wanted why would the police go bonkers. would have thought they would want too just see if pictures showed who was lying an who wasn't. person could go on an on about the analytics of this. thing i get out of this is that a person be smart look around think about the yay's an nay's. people with i'm me an can do what ever attitudes just get thier seleves all riled up an everyone elese.

Roger Hicks Loc: Aquitaine

It is not unknown for excited young men (or even old men) to make exaggerated or unrealistic (and legally unfounded) claims, especially when they want to assert what authority they have, or when they feel threatened.

Cheers,

R

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

could be who knows

liebgard

quote=photogrl57]we even have Air Force One .... I'd love to know which presidents flew on it and photograph the inside... but LOL don't see me getting permission to do that.[/quote]

Come out to the Ronald Reagan library where there is an Air Force one and a heli-one. You can tour around and inside it and take all the photos you want.

awana Loc: Lakeland Florida

One suggestion, come to Sun N Fun this march and photograph until you are sick for 6 straight days.

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

wnna go but not got there yet

Soccershooter Loc: Indiana

AP Mgr was wrong, he should not approach you. He should have called the TSA and reported it. TSA should have immediately sent agents to investigate.

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

an wait 2 days for them to get there. got to realize thier .gov employed. once on airport property. mgr has all athority to detain anyone.

Soccershooter Loc: Indiana

LOL, but it is really a security issue.

lyonflying Loc: Michigan's beautiful U.P.

Pardon the late entry, I am a month behind in my emails. My husband and I both read all five pages of replies. When hubby took his airport manager training, he was told if you see ANY suspicious actions around an airport, contact local athorities. My husband will apporach a person and ask if he can help them and his next action depends on the answer. Example: At a fenced in airport in Texas, a student returned from a solo flight, parked by the hanger and locked our 172 before going into the office for a debrief. Another plane landed and one of the two occupants went over to the 172 and used a screwdriver to jimmy the door open when another pilot came out of his hanger and confronted him. He jumped back in his plane and they took off but not before the alert pilot wrote the "n" number down on his hand. A phone call to the athorities plus radar tracking and they were caught when they landed in San Antonio. Typical drug runner tactics. Who can tell if a photographer is honestly interested in planes or if information for a future illegal activity is being gathered? Bottom line-always ask before taking pictures around an airport, there is a reason for those fences and managers.