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The Disneyland Hotel
Anaheim, CA
[Last week's schedule for Disneyland Hotel shots got all screwy, so here's one more before we move on]
Another in the tripodless Disneyland Hotel series, this shows of the central area including the Southern pool, Tangaroa Terrance/Trader Sam's complex, Monorail Slides, and Frontier Tower in the background.
Side note: This photo set was a bit of an experiment. While the last year+ of my photography without using a tripod has shown me that it's possible to do even night photography without one, this wasn't about proving that. This was about figuring out whether Disneyland security's increasing photographer harassment was them being anti-photography in general, or more specifically anti-tripod. So I went to an area that seemed to be drawing lots of security guard attention (the Disneyland Hotel) with the express intent to *blatantly* photograph for hours, but without a tripod. Should I get harassed, it would show that Disney is cracking down on photography in general. If not, it provides some indirect evidence that it's really the tripods that are grabbing their attention.
The conclusion: I photographed for hours without a single of the many security guards that walked by me even giving me a 2nd look. In contrast Mr. Greening took photos of the hotel the night before me *with* a tripod and was apparently confronted by security (although he did some clever permission asking to be able to continue shooting with his tripod). Far from scientific, but I think it's clear that the tripods are the thing drawing the negative security attention. Is it right? I don't think so, but it is what it is.
Tripods are basically an alarm that summon security guard attention at this point, and stomping one's feet about the policy on Disney's website ultimately doesn't matter to these guys. If we want to start a dialogue with Disney about this, it needs to happen at a level higher than the Joe Securityguards walking the park every night. While tripods may not be "officially" banned a la Tokyo Disneyland, there is an increasing de facto tripod ban that seems to be slowly creeping in.
(Also: these are just my thoughts: I'm not telling anybody what to do, I DO like using tripods at certain times, and any other disclaimers needed to not offend anybody. I'm just trying to start a dialogue with my fellow photographers.)
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Coronavirus; The Recovery.
It is now law that you have to wear masks in shops. Broadwalk, Harlow, Essex.
I was out photographing round Canary Wharf last Saturday. I spotted this good composition with reflections in the skyscraper glass, got lined up right just as a security guard came rushing over to me shouting Stop, Stop, Stop …(click, click, Click) ….Stop. Bear in mind this was not Bejing but a financial district in London. The really hilarious bit was that when I pointed out that I was entitled to take a picture in a public place he got a bit desperate and said it was a very special building. In fact it was not MI5 or similar but an ordinary Bank.
The problem with Canary Wharf is that it is a purpose built development and the developers retained ownership of the streets and pavements rarther than having them publically maintained. However they give free access to 10’s of thousands of members of the public daily, most arriving through 2 public train stations with no restrictions notified. I do not think it has ever been tested in court but I suspect a Judge with any common sense would rule such a location to be effectively a public area for the purpose of freedom to take photographs.
For more of a rant about persecution of Photographers by Security Guards and some of the legalities see my latest Blog Post at edwinjonesphotography.com/blog/2014/3/stop-forbidden-picture
The picture was taken handheld with a Sony A700 with a Sigma 10-20 wide angle lens at 10mm. 3 raw images 2EV spacing. Opened in Photoshop first and each image noise reduced with Noiseware Pro and saved as tiffs. The picture was enhanced with HDR processing, Topaz and Photoshop to bring in more detail. The Contrast Optimiser setting was used in Photomatix for a natural look. The image was converted to Mono in Photoshop with the Black and White adjustment layer.
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[ISO 5000 and f/4, but the bright lights fooled the camera's meter into underexposing.
I'll be back with a tripod for a multi-second second exposure at ISO 100, and f/6.3 the next time we have a clear, deep blue night sky]
This splendidly bearded man is a security guard at a construction site. I’ve seen him a few times. Today we chatted and he allowed me to take this portrait. People are kind.
Out now: Big Mango, a 40-page book of colour and black and white photos, taken on random walks through Bangkok during the protests against the government of Yinluck Shinawatra in December 2013.
Still available: : Queen of the South: 57-pages of B&W-photographs of natural beauty, gritty cities and interesting people in the Visayas (Philippines).
Both are available through www.blurb.com.
A soldier standing guard at Buckingham Palace.
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Part of my Deep Reflections series. These are single images that capture the reflecting surface, what is in front of the reflecting surface, and what is behind the reflecting surface. This allows the brain to recombine aspects of 3 different depths in various ways.
Friday morning walk around Austin, TX.
These are old pre-2010 35mm scans edited for clarity. This unmarked second generation 1991-1995 Dodge Grand Caravan is some sort of private security vehicle I guess. Photographed in San Jose.
This security guard got curious about what I was up to after I snapped his picture here. So curious, in fact, that he was eager to look at the photos on my camera. I was happy to oblige and we actually had a good chat.
In deference to him, I'll just say that this is in Washington, DC., and leave it at that.
Bangladeshi people are always concerned about their country and it's state, regardless of their own-personal miseries. Funny thing is, the concern is limited to the expression of anger while reading the newspaper or in Tea-store discussion.
Funny.
This is a letter sent today to the Department of Transportation by Art Spitzer of the Capital Area ACLU. It is in response to ongoing harassment photographers have faced around the DOT headquarters building in Southeast DC, and the insistence by the headquarters' police force that it is illegal to photograph a federal building.
Here's a related photo, and here's the discussion at DC Photo Rights, where you'll find examples of more incidents and a full account of the DOT policy.
In almost every residential building of Banasree has a security guard. Though they are designated as guard, but their range of duties include Caretaking, Bill paying, Premise cleaning etc. They pass quite a busy life actually.
Taken with a DX lens, which is 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6 VR. That explains the vignetting.
Advocate Aurora Health Security
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
May 2019
Photo by Asher Heimermann/Incident Response
Loitering and smoking in Shinbashi on Monday night. Spent a few hours there after a meeting I'd had in Tokyo. Shinbashi is a superb place to shoot in the rain and when the workers are heading home.
Whole load more images from this wander of mine, here:
japanorama.co.uk/2010/06/30/people-of-tokyo-shinbashi/
Nikon D700
Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 Ai @ f/1.2
Shot straight to black and white using my Monochrome-2 picture control for Nikon.
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Tate Modern, Turbine Hall
In the foreground sign for the "Pop Life: Art in a Material World" exhibition
In the background a giant steel structure from "The Unilever Series - Miroslaw Balka: How it is" exhibition. It is 13 metres high and 30 metres long and is sitting on 2 metre stilts. Round the back there is a ramp that lets you inside, into a space of total darkness - it can be quite intimidating. My 7 year old refused point blank to step inside.
This is a long exposure - 15 sec. It was pretty busy so impossible to get the picture without any people in it, you can probably spot the ghosts of people going down the stairs behind the Pop Life sign. I had to take the picture without my tripod, as the moment I set it up a security guard ran to me asking me if I had a press pass. Apparently you are allowed to take photos but if you use a tripod that makes you a professional:-)
Explored 29/11/09, Thank you for your comments & faves