This is a short and not sweet recap of what I learned this weekend spotting and shooting.
The group had 2 police incidences as many of you know..
Now the other story is I stayed to the last bit of light at Bayswater Park with Matt, Phil, Mel and Tommy.
When we approached the water the group of fishermen looked as us with a scowl and said:
NO NO Don't take pictures! You people bring the police and trouble, they come here on foot, boat and helicopter!
Tommy, already salty from the other police grillings, chimes in bold "its OK, WE do this" Also Tommy recently endured being scolded by an imbecile screaming at him saying "Hey you can't do that, everyone knows taking pictures of airplanes is illegal!"
They were NOT happy about our stand.
(Also I know some Spanish, yes all the "good stuff" They were letting us all REALLY have it!) Glad the others did not catch on, I was not in the mood for anything else but spotting and shooting.
Whats happening is:
9 out of 10 times the police were CALLED by civilians.
The PROBLEM is photographers have a MAJOR conflict with society! The fanaticism is unanimous, and that's scary yet very sad.
When and how were the mass majority: taught, trained and programmed to identify photographers as "part of the problem" is a good question.
However more importantly is what can we do about correcting this injustice!?
The only negative photographer events I can recall is the alleged connection to the death of Princess Diana. Some of us recall photographers getting harassed and/or detained for taking pics of fall foliage, the city, the skyline, landscapes, trains, boats...is there no end to this madness?!
I've asked around and yet to hear of a photographer being involved in any sort of foul play involving a jetliner, ever. But this is way beyond jets.
Ideas???
Could we get B&H involved in some sort of coalition or petition for the rights of photographers?
The ACLU?
Its completely demented that any photographer has to endure this persecution for no reason.
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