Comments on: Don’t Shoot off in Bellevue Park

By: photojunkie » No Cameras In Tim’s

photojunkie » No Cameras In Tim’s — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:09:26 +0000

[...] * Don’t Shoot off in Bellvue Park [a similar article from earlier this year] * The Photographer’s Right * You Can’t take Pictures Here! [a flickr group] * Photo Taking and the Law [a discussion on flickr central] * Assult on Photography Going from Bad to Worse [thread on the photoblogs.org] [...]

By: re-verse

re-verse — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 04:27:51 +0000

Wow, I’m going down there This Week to shoot – You’ve just made the place magnetic for me.

By: george

george — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 23:19:20 +0000

I’ve had my 300mm lens out in parks when I go birding. Nothing but compliments for me.

The trick to “street” photography is to get them to smile at you and acknowledge that you’re taking their picture. This is concent.

If you haven’t gotten this concent then I can understand why they’d freak out. The extent to which these people took it is about overboard. It sounds like a lynch mob to me.

To settle the dispute you should have offered to call the police on behalf of the woman who wanted to smash your cameras.

By: Allan

Allan — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 22:41:28 +0000

I agree with sinnick – the market has alot of volatile types who feel they own the cultural landscape. Look at the issue market-centric folks have/had with the arrival of the excellent “Freshmart” – a store that has enabled me and my family to shop locally without needing to use the car to get to the nearest megastore. I’ve lived in the market for over 8 years, and sometimes just shake my head at the outrageousness of peoples’ arguments.

By: Sean Galbraith

Sean Galbraith — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 20:03:27 +0000

Man they are territorial. Unfortunately, crazies don’t take well to having the finer points of law explained to them.

By: amanda

amanda — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 15:07:59 +0000

Yikes! I’ve taken pictures in that park and never had a problem before… But I can see how it could be possible. I’ll be in the neighbourhood of Ashbridges Bay today, so I wouldn’t mind getting my picture taken!

By: Stefan

Stefan — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 14:37:14 +0000

Since you mentioned the Meetup on the 11th, I’d thought I might do another plug here.

The ‘fo: http://www.flickr.com/groups/topic/59108/

All are welcome. The more the merrier.

By: sinnick

sinnick — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 04:01:24 +0000

As laid-back as it’s supposed to be, I’ve never felt comfortable shooting people in Kensington. There’s an attitude of hostile, bourgeoisie superiority that can pervade that whole place..suspicious of outsiders. I still love it there, but man…what you guys experienced is rough. That’s never happened to me before.

By: Denise

Denise — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 22:25:54 +0000

Last weekend at the car-free day, I had a similar encounter with that man who, likewise, ranted death threats… apparently, in “his world” cameras are evil, as are shorts and earrings. He has been seen at the park on Queen/Jarvis where men play chess, and threatens people there as well… so beware!

By: Easternblog »

Easternblog » — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 20:20:46 +0000

[...] ted on
Saturday 6 August 2005

Look! It’s my picture from Portraits in the Park. Rannie’s a GOOD photographer, because I felt [...]

By: Nadia

Nadia — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 15:48:56 +0000

Hi Rannie, thanks for linking! And thanks for the link to that article on public photography. While it’s a no-brainer that nobody has the “right” to take your camera and smash it, Canadian law is much less clear on the issue of public photography than US or UK law. There are handy PDFs online that summarize your legal rights in the US and the UK, but none for Canada (I’ve searched!). It’s good to know that the law pertains to publishing images, not taking them. I’ve always been happy to take down images of people if the subjects ask me to (so far this has never happened).

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 14:52:22 +0000

YIKES !
Sorry to hear about the ‘rowdies’ tainting one of your visits to the park. Its good you folks kept a calm outlook, as yeah, you did nuthin’ wrong.
Hopefully your portraits will make you smile about it all.