Re: Lifesavers confiscate cameras at Gold Coast beaches

Savageduck wrote:

>> No surprise here when there are so many perverts out there taking
>> these pics and posting them on the internet without the woman's
>> permission.  It's going to get worse if photographers don't start
>> showing a little bit of responsibility and start policing their own.
>> When you have people taking pictures of children and posting them on
>> the internet without their parent's *written* permission or snooping
>> in their neighbor's window at night it is a problem.  Yep, we have
>> that problem in the US and it is very prevalent in Tennessee.
>
> All of that might be true of the "Photographic Bodysnatchers." However
> it seems private security, Law Enforcement and citizens here in US
> cities such as NYC and Wa****ngton DC, and among our allies in the "war
> on terrorism", the UK and Australia are encouraged to make life
> difficult for all photographers. That appears to have happened
> regardless of individual perversions and/or political affiliations.

I agree with you, but it still all comes down to the irresponsible actions
of the few that ruin it on the many.  The sad part is it only takes one
miscreant to get caught misbehaving and that is the one that starts the
media snowball rolling.  Seems the media doesn't notice the behaved and
responsible photographers following the rules.  Like I said before, we
have
that same crap going on in this group where a gentleman from Tennessee
feels
he can take pictures of his neighbors at night through open windows and
post
the pics on the internet.  That's an invasion of their privacy.  I won't
even mention the same action he's done with children without their
parent's
permission.  It's just irresponsible.

> Having
>
> said all of that, carry on pulling the trigger on that D3 (heavy
> panting, lust! lust!) while I wallow in the dirt with my lesser
> Nikons.

I'm loving it!  Don't fret, all Nikons are great!





Rita