Have you been busted?

[JAS_Photo]

I have been three times now! Here are the photos I was busted for taking.

The first one I got busted by the owner of the building. It turned out he was a member of the Club and when I told him I photograph architectural details, he was fine with it. Actually this fire escape is frequently photographed.

The second one was at Co-op. I was waiting for a baked chicken and quickly took a couple of photos of the fruit while waiting. The produce manager sent one of his guys running after me, lol.

The third is a major highrise oil tower. It actually consists of two towers and a plaza. I was more interested in the Chinese Cultural Center though. I talked to the security guard a bit and he was pretty cool actually.

[Marko]

I've been busted lotsa times It makes my wife crazy...she hates the attention. In stores, museums, etc. I usually play dumb..."Oh really I didn't know - Sorry"

[masp]

Hmm, I was just thinking, does presenting a photographer's business card ever help when you've been busted? Seems like it might be a way to impress whoever busted you.

Or then again, it might just give them a name and address so they can press charges.

[JAS_Photo]

Basically, no. In the case of the highrise towers I was in the walkway between the buildings making me on private property. As the security guard told me, there have been instances of a certain rightwing political party having photos taken on the property and then publishing them in magazines and basically they do not want to be associated with that. Also if a publishing company, commercial photographer, film crew, etc. want to shoot there they are approved and pay a fee.

He did say though, that as long as I am on public ground, I can photograph the building all I want. My offense was being in the plaza area while taking pictures.

[Greg_Nuspel]

I have been busted many times, I hate the ones that don't know what the laws are. I have been on a public sidewalk and had a security guard interfere with my taking pictures of a building. He stood and waved his hand in front of my lens, I felt like calling the authorities and let them decide. I guess we should carry a copy of this with us at all times.

[Iguanasan]

Only a couple of times for me. Once in a parking garage. First day with the new camera and apparently I looked suspicious. I was probably just trying not to look too conspicuous while I hid from the rain. Once by the police as someone thought I was doing something offensive.