This week had a "corporate security" looking guy tell me that I'm legally not allowed to take photos of the building from a public street because it is a "private property". UBS bank behind the Liverpool Street station in London.
burchyk wrote:
This week had a "corporate security" looking guy tell me that I'm legally not allowed to take photos of the building from a public street because it is a "private property". UBS bank behind the Liverpool Street station in London.
Next time whoever tells you something like this, tell them to hold on a sec while you google that location.
Then show them all the online images of that ‘private property’.
I found hundreds almost immediately of that bank.
Of course there are two sides to these stories. I've been amazed a few times the logic people use to determine that they are allowed to be somewhere. My home sits on a long driveway that is clearly marked as a private road. Yet I still get people who think wandering around is their right. One woman, appeared to have made my drive part of her work out routine by walking past my house, to the end of the road and back. Each time, my dogs barked at her as she walked by and I was fairly obviously looking to see what was going on. After 3 or 4 times, I went out and stopped her on the road. As politely as I could, I told her its a private road and a disruption every time she walks up the road and I would rather she not make me driveway part of her route. She made an odd noise, looked put off, and started to walk further up the road. That pissed me off and I told her to leave. She did, but gave me the "you're are an AH" look as she did so. Surprised she didn't call the cops. Not sure what logic she was processing that thought what she was doing was ok.
SGinNorcal wrote:
Of course there are two sides to these stories. I've been amazed a few times the logic people use to determine that they are allowed to be somewhere. My home sits on a long driveway that is clearly marked as a private road. Yet I still get people who think wandering around is their right. One woman, appeared to have made my drive part of her work out routine by walking past my house, to the end of the road and back. Each time, my dogs barked at her as she walked by and I was fairly obviously looking to see what was going on. After 3 or 4 times, I went out and stopped her on the road. As politely as I could, I told her its a private road and a disruption every time she walks up the road and I would rather she not make me driveway part of her route. She made an odd noise, looked put off, and started to walk further up the road. That pissed me off and I told her to leave. She did, but gave me the "you're are an AH" look as she did so. Surprised she didn't call the cops. Not sure what logic she was processing that thought what she was doing was ok....Show more →
SGinNorcal wrote:
Hard to say, she had a thick, eastern European accent.
Scandinavia + Baltic countries and to some degree Czech Republic + DACH have pretty extensive "right to roam". Depending on where she was from, she might have considered it completely normal to walk on private land like that.
Desmolicious wrote:
So yesterday in the early evening I was walking Riley along the strand by the beach. Had a Nikon F2 with me - the usual.
A nice enough man in his late 60s walking his dog sees me, calls out ‘is that a film camera?’, then comes over to chat. Nothing strange about that interaction. Then he asks me if I have a roll of film that he can have! Now he doesn’t have a camera with him, just him and his dog.
I actually did not, and stated that, but this was so strange. So I say ‘do you know Paul’s Photo in Torrance? They sell film there.’
He said he knew it well…. So this dood just sees me w a film camera and figures he could hit me up for film? Am I missing something here?
Now I’ve given film to kids before in the past - unsolicited - just saw them taking pics w film cameras and did them a solid. But for an adult with no camera in sight to ask for some? Just weird....Show more →
I dont really think it's that odd, had arguabby odder myself on the beach. One homeless guy came up saying he'd been alive in the Age of Aquarius 28,000 years ago or something, as one example
Here people get all mad over private property rights then basically destroy the land, on a regular basis. Basically all I was gonna do is walk around or something
Not film, but related. I was taking pictures with the Fujifilm XT5, and some lady stopped her car next to me and loudly commented that she hadn’t seen anyone take pictures with a film camera in a long time. I said, “Hi, thank you! It’s digital though.” She made a face like she’d swallowed a bitter pill and sped off like a maniac without saying another word. In residential area... Like… what? Why?
olegkin wrote:
Not film, but related. I was taking pictures with the Fujifilm XT5, and some lady stopped her car next to me and loudly commented that she hadn’t seen anyone take pictures with a film camera in a long time. I said, “Hi, thank you! It’s digital though.” She made a face like she’d swallowed a bitter pill and sped off like a maniac without saying another word. In residential area... Like… what? Why?
AmbientMike wrote:
Here people get all mad over private property rights then basically destroy the land, on a regular basis. Basically all I was gonna do is walk around or something
Not sure if my story bothered you. But just because my driveway is long doesn't make it public land. If you live on a standard city lot, would you accept people in your front yard? At the very least people could ask permission.
