Photographing in city streets.
Jan 25, 2012 18:53:42 #
Ted155
Loc: Melbourne Australia
In Melbourne there are restrictions in that you are not permitted to use tripods on the city streets or photograph in areas designated No Photography areas. This is meant to stop photographers from causing accidents and disruption to pedestrians according to the council. Of course permits are available at a cost. Is this just another money grabbing ploy?
Let me know what your thoughts are on this issue and does your area have such restrictions.
Let me know what your thoughts are on this issue and does your area have such restrictions.
Jan 25, 2012 18:55:51 #
Ted155 wrote:
In Melbourne there are restrictions in that you are not permitted to use tripods on the city streets or photograph in areas designated No Photography areas. This is meant to stop photographers from causing accidents and disruption to pedestrians according to the council. Of course permits are available at a cost. Is this just another money grabbing ploy?
Let me know what your thoughts are on this issue and does your area have such restrictions.
Let me know what your thoughts are on this issue and does your area have such restrictions.
With practice, you don't even need to raise your camera to look in the view finder. You just judge and click. You'd be suprised at what you'd get.
Jan 25, 2012 18:58:44 #
naturalite
Loc: Up state NY
Use a monopod. or faster shutter speed so you don't need one at all.
Screw political nonsense. I do what I want. If it's in public that is. If it's behind closed doors on private property it is their say so.
There is just way too much crazy crap in the world anymore.
Screw political nonsense. I do what I want. If it's in public that is. If it's behind closed doors on private property it is their say so.
There is just way too much crazy crap in the world anymore.
Jan 25, 2012 19:23:37 #
In Southwark Cathedral photography is "Strictly Forbidden', unless of course you make a donation to the church restoration and repair fund..... You could always explain that you don't understand or speak Australian! G'day.
Ted155 wrote:
In Melbourne there are restrictions in that you are not permitted to use tripods on the city streets or photograph in areas designated No Photography areas. This is meant to stop photographers from causing accidents and disruption to pedestrians according to the council. Of course permits are available at a cost. Is this just another money grabbing ploy?
Let me know what your thoughts are on this issue and does your area have such restrictions.
Let me know what your thoughts are on this issue and does your area have such restrictions.
Jan 25, 2012 19:28:07 #
Ted155 wrote:
In Melbourne there are restrictions in that you are not permitted to use tripods on the city streets or photograph in areas designated No Photography areas. This is meant to stop photographers from causing accidents and disruption to pedestrians according to the council. Of course permits are available at a cost. Is this just another money grabbing ploy?
Let me know what your thoughts are on this issue and does your area have such restrictions.
Let me know what your thoughts are on this issue and does your area have such restrictions.
Do be careful, around where I live people are getting run over even in the cross walk. Then there is the drug dealers, pimps, con men, gangs, car jackers, robbers, rapist too name a few.
But other then that why not go far away to the out back?
Jan 26, 2012 07:29:24 #
Dietxanadu wrote:
quote=Ted155 In Melbourne there are restrictions ... (show quote)
Seems like the gangs and everything you mentioned have less restrictions than a photographer just trying to earn a dollar the honest way, forgot.... if you play by the rules you have more restrictions.
Jan 26, 2012 08:22:40 #
[quote=traveler90712]
There was an article in a photo mag about a guy who walked around the city with his camera hanging near his waist. Wide angle lens, fast shutter, set focus, auto exposure. When he saw something he liked, he just pushed the shutter button.
As for the tripod restrictions, that is becoming common. I think it originated because tripods were becoming an obstruction/hazard. If the city can make a few dollars from permits, all the better. I can't imagine setting up a tripod on the sidewalk in Manhattan.
Even without a tripod, photographers can become a nuisance when they stand and block pedestrians. I hate to go to an attraction of some kind and have to stop walking while a snapshotter composes his shot and makes adjustments. I prefer to wait for an opening in the traffic, rather than asking people to stop so I can get a picture of something.
Ted155 wrote:
With practice, you don't even need to raise your camera to look in the view finder. You just judge and click. You'd be suprised at what you'd get.
There was an article in a photo mag about a guy who walked around the city with his camera hanging near his waist. Wide angle lens, fast shutter, set focus, auto exposure. When he saw something he liked, he just pushed the shutter button.
As for the tripod restrictions, that is becoming common. I think it originated because tripods were becoming an obstruction/hazard. If the city can make a few dollars from permits, all the better. I can't imagine setting up a tripod on the sidewalk in Manhattan.
Even without a tripod, photographers can become a nuisance when they stand and block pedestrians. I hate to go to an attraction of some kind and have to stop walking while a snapshotter composes his shot and makes adjustments. I prefer to wait for an opening in the traffic, rather than asking people to stop so I can get a picture of something.
Jan 26, 2012 11:31:54 #
These restrictions are partly about the money involved in the various "permit" schemes, but it goes deeper than that.
At the heart of the issue is the pathological need to exercise power and control over the common man that infects most if not all members of the political class.
JMHO.
At the heart of the issue is the pathological need to exercise power and control over the common man that infects most if not all members of the political class.
JMHO.
Jan 26, 2012 11:57:25 #
More likely a safety and municipal liability issue. Several years ago, New York City passed a law forbidding photography in the NYC subway system. Public security issues were cited. The law was quickly shouted down by us East Coast libertarian types, not to mention the legions of befuddled tourists.
Jan 26, 2012 12:48:50 #
Messsucherkamera wrote:
+1 agree completely. If it were only a safety issue, they wouldn't charge for the permit.These restrictions are partly about the money involved in the various "permit" schemes, but it goes deeper than that. At the heart of the issue is the pathological need to exercise power and control over the common man that infects most if not all members of the political class.
JMHO.
JMHO.
Jan 26, 2012 13:07:18 #
Ofcourse it's for the money! It just amazes me what you can do with the proper permit, i.e. give the government some more money.
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