Years ago I went back to the UK and as part of the trip was showing my (second) wife places where I used to live. Outside one house I'd lived in as a teenager, I took a couple of frames with my Pentax, at which a woman came storming out telling me I had no right to take a picture of her house - fortunately, she calmed down when I explained why. I did not attempt to use the reasoning that, being in a public place, I could photograph anything ( but not necessarily a person) I wished. Strangely, in the same trip, I visited my former RAF station and all I needed to do was to check with the MP on duty at the guardhouse, to get permission to wander around ad take as many as I liked! It was, though, a medical unit, not an operational fighter or bomber unit. In another thread, people on the small island where I lived are now saying that news outlets cannot publish photos taken at school events, because the kids are identifiable. Has this madness gone too far?
John in Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: Steve Cottrell <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2023 7:58 AM To: pentax list <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Pentax K3-iii Monochrome Wow! I guess we’re more fortunate in the UK. My whole ethos is about communicating with people and making them feel at ease. Not always convenient of course but without it people do feel threatened. Difficult with cityscape photography I grant you. Sheesh! Cotty On 14 Apr 2023, at 10:38, Ralf R Radermacher <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Things have definitely taken a turn for the worse since Dutroux in Belgium and the accident of an estranged British housewife in Paris. Today, we're the perverts trying to snatch pics of their kids. [snip] -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
