Photography in public places
To be honest I think you did the sensible thing. You were right and he was wrong, but sadly people in mundane jobs sometimes over-inflate their own importance to compensate.
Life is too short and their are plenty of other things to take photos of
I admire your restraint.....
I would also note the date and time of the incident and a description of the car park attendant. If you can find out his name, even better.
In France there is a law forbidding you to take photographs of people without their permission. It is rarely applied and is not of concern if the faces are not easily identifiable. It can make street photography a little more precarious.
It may be that the owners of the car park do have the right to forbid the taking photographs from the car park - even if you are taking photos of public places.
I'd be interested to know th outcome if you do approach the council.
I reckon he was bluffing. I would go directly to the City council and ask them.
I would also note the date and time of the incident and a description of the car park attendant. If you can find out his name, even better.
In France there is a law forbidding you to take photographs of people without their permission. It is rarely applied and is not of concern if the faces are not easily identifiable. It can make street photography a little more precarious.
It may be that the owners of the car park do have the right to forbid the taking photographs from the car park - even if you are taking photos of public places.
I'd be interested to know th outcome if you do approach the council.
Hi Blaze
Have taken your advice and emailed them as I feel very strongly about this.
Regards David
No permission is needed if the photographer is on publicly accessible land.
In practice, being nice to people is the best approach, explaining what you're doing even if you don't have to, and I would offer a business card as well, just in case their family has a wedding coming up.
Being polite & tactful always goes along way as John said...
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taking pictures from and he stopped you for your own safety
Think I'm joking?????.... The loading of cars is much
lighter than a lot of spectators so it is correct to make
sure that it is only used for what it was designed for
i.e.as a Car Park
A few years ago Liverpool Council realized that if say the
Queen came to a certain part of Liverpool, spectators would
stand in a multi-storey car park so they blanked it off with
hoardings
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Algi
A few years ago Liverpool Council realized that if say the
Queen came to a certain part of Liverpool, spectators would
stand in a multi-storey car park so they blanked it off with
hoardings
Did they remember to open it again after the event?
permanently blocked off! Can't be done on every
car park due to wind forces.
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Algi
It sounds as though the attendant didn't have enough to do.
IANAL by the way, just a sad geeky law students...
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I'd wager that had the OP been part of a group of oiks on those stupid mini-bikes that seem to infest car parks these days, the attendant would have stayed put in his cabin.
A bit too much of the nanny state and not enough common sense here.
I'd wager that had the OP been part of a group of oiks on those stupid mini-bikes that seem to infest car parks these days, the attendant would have stayed put in his cabin.
Equally so had the OP been dressed as a little old granny !
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I said I was obviously not taking pictures of the cars, he could see I was leaning on the wall looking outwards to take city photos. He then went on to say the city council had already prosecuted someone for photographing the city from a public building. I said I doubted it, he then became very heated so I packed up my camera and sat in the car till I calmed down.
What do think I should do or have done?