[LargeFormat] Chicago...tripods and the law
Edward Meyers
largeformat@f32.net
Thu Feb 19 07:54:03 2004
Perhaps a technique would be to set up a tripod with survey
"telescope" and make youself known. Then the next day come
back with the same tripod (with camera). Ed
On Wed, 18 Feb 2004, Joseph O'Neil wrote:
>
> >>My wife had decided that it's perfectly reasonable to spend hundreds of
> >>dollars for her, my daughter, and myself, to have an "American Girl
> >>Experience" with a doll, a tea and some other girly girl stuff in
> >>downtown Chicago.
> >>I get a half day furlough and thought of actually using some of the Crown
> >>Graphic stuff I find it perfectly reasonable to spend hundreds of dollars for.
> >>Can anybody direct me as to what Bureau, Department or Ministry I have to
> >>pay off to keep the police off my back with a tripod??
>
> Yes - loose the tripod, seriously. Tripods are lightning
> rods. You can scream all you like about your rights, and th elike, but
> it's not just the police. I once had a homeless man threaten violence
> agianst me when using a tripod and my super spped graphic. I returned a
> couple days alter, same man int he area, used the top of a public bench, no
> problems. or the shopping jmall I once got kicked out of by a security
> guard. Shopping malls are private property,a nd they do ahve the right ot
> ask you to leave.
> Returned a week later, opened up my crown graphic, sat on a bench
> in the mall, and got my shot.
>
> Yes, in a perfect world, setting up witha tripod woudl be no
> problem, but in the ral world, no such luck. Some national parks up here
> in Canada forbid professional photographers form takign images without
> permit/royalty. So how do they define "professional"? somebody who uses a
> tripod - at least in a practical sense. As utterly weird as it sounds, you
> could mount a disposable 35mm camera ona tripod and be mistaken for a
> "pro" by park staff, but set your crown graphic on top a rock, a park
> bench, a fence post, and no problem.
>
> I hear what you guys are all saying, but try it my way. You would
> be surpized how nessicity adds to creativity. :)
> good luck
> joe
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