......the idea sounds....to put it mildly.....absolutely ludicrous..nutty and totally hysterical !....if it is true !......but I doubt it will ever become a reality......lets hope :):)
Photography and Filmmaking
Creative, conceptual and technical; contemporary and historical
Does anyone know what is going on with new laws on photography and public places within the UK.
I have been told thart plans are being set up to ban photography in public places in the UK. I belive this all ready happens in France,and was set up after the death of Princess Diana.
Does it work and is it realy enforsablwe.
With the new digital medium I would think that it is almost ipossible to regulate with more people taking pictures in every location than ever before, we are the nost photographicly recorded generation.
I would also say that it would be an infringement of freedom of expression as well as human rights.
having permits to shoot using locations are quite arbitrary, it is almost everywhere.
i had an experience on a shoot (without obtaining permit) in a public place with a whole bunch of talents and subjects here where i am in singapore. within half an hour the authorities came in to check on us, but after checking they actually asked me shoot quick and leave.
In reply to BillySoh:
As a person who shoots outdoors most of the time I usualy ask people if I can take there picture first in any case, I also get them to sign model realease forms, this means that I can also get free pictures to them as a way of saying thank you and also conrtact them if anything developes from the picture taking so to speak.
Nealy all the models in the book series www.pbase.com/fistral have free pictures and if nothing else something to look back at in the future of a great holiday and time in there lives.
I have also got fed up with questioning my self at every level before taking pictures and last year I lost some great shots of guys summersaulting in sand dunes, in the furure I will take the picture and challenge at every level anyone that tries to prevent me, if they do from doing so. We are not in a dictatorship that prevents life from being recorded. (yet) and I dont see how we ever can be now with the new digital revalution.
Its either be at the front and challenging authority or get left behind.
In reply to Chris Summerfield:
I've no problem with the talents. Often it is only nosey authorities that bother me and usually I don't care especially if it is a public space.
I think in anycase that there is possibly somthing more disturbing in a population being monitired by cctv in any situation and not allways for the right reasons by the powers that be with out asking for permission.
UK the most monitored people in the world
If you look into this and go on to government sites that discuss new laws etc you will find that there is no such law being introduced. It started when a guy suggested that commercial photographers carried an ID badge when shooting in public spaces. It was a suggestion that was passed around and had not much response from governing bodies within the photography field. Someone else took this a step further and misunderstood the suggestion and started a petition against the idea of photographers not being allowed to photograph in public places without an ID badge. That in turn got misinterpreted and people read this suggestion as an outright ban in public places. Without knowing where the suggestion came from in the first place a panic stricken petition was sent in to Downing street, the new law does not exist.
In reply to bina79:
Thanks Bina.
As mentioned I think that such a law would be un workable in any case.
A friend told me about an on line pettition that was put in place against it last week, I suggested that it was possibly set up by extreamists and possibly not really worth signing it.
So thanks for the feedback and facts.
hi there chris..i think if you take photographs there might always be somebody who trys to stop you..it seems integral to the process in a way.
the big issue everywere it seems is the "tripod"as soon as you have a tripod out- you really need a permit..almost everywere it seems.defo anywere in paris,london parks.on the street.
the rest of the time it can be a minefield ,permission?ive had problems at gigs and fashion shows were i have had written permission, all the badges etc-and there will be the venues own security.. who have there own rules....and can make them up as they go along!
access all areas??people have control issues!in all areas!
In reply to shaw:
Nice to here from you Chris Shaw Hope that the book project is going well.
When I am shooting people on location adter just asking them if I can take there picture bI do find it nerracking and sdometimes missed the chance when that element has taken over. I find that if I ask and they say yes then the pictures look and fel a lot more personel, also I think that it is only far to let them have a picture or set from the results, its an expensive way of shooting medium format but thats the way I work. Hope things are going well with you.