[LargeFormat] Chicago...tripods and the law

[Georges Giralt]

Hi !
Some years ago the member card of "Federation Française de Photographie" 
(french member of FIAP) was with a blue, white and red stripes like the 
French flag and most or all the officials cards. This helped a lot being 
not bothered by policemen of poor value ;-)
Alas, this time is long gone... This member card has not more value 
thant yesterday, but having changed it's design serves as nothing good, 
especially during these times of anti terrorist foolishness..
But I can't say it helps a photographer to be able to provide an 
"official" card whith is picture actually stating that he _is_ a 
photographer... It reduce the harassment.
The problem is that when young I've been told that my better lens is and 
will always be my tripod, so I can't go handheld ...
Cheers

Tim Atherton wrote:
>>I was once asked to turn on my MPP Mk VII (English clone of Linhof
>>Technica)...
>>
> 
> 
> I'm fed up with the airport jobsworths asking me to turn either my Toyo 45A,
> My Phillips or my Leica M4P - last time I launched into my - "you can't turn
> it on it doesn't have batteries" routine my wife kicked me in the shins
> (while at the same time trying to stop our two and a half year old from
> constantly ramming and demolishing the metal detector with his stroller -
> this was the 3rd airport and 12th hour of a long trip), looked at them with
> a scowl and said "just open it up for them, they are too stupid to
> understand".
> 
> Having been on the receiving end of that look myself, I noticed the security
> guard just shut up, took a quick look at the camera and handed it back....
> :-)
> 
> tim
> 
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