Reply to: Photography and The Police

[NickFitz]

Hi Nick - I've added you as a contact/friend, but I think you have to confirm that. (My flickr Id is OwlHoot1)

Done

[OwlHoot]

Hi Nick - I've added you as a contact/friend, but I think you have to confirm that. (My flickr Id is OwlHoot1)

[NickFitz]

Nice of you to revel in misery, while a house is being burned down you act like a tourist and cannot wait to get back to the mac to post how exciting it was for you to watch someone's life go up in flames.

Yer a self righteous arsehole.

I didn't even see the fire; I took photographs of the road closure, in the same way I often take photographs of incidents in my neighbourhood. I also did the odd useful thing like giving directions to a National Express coach driver who didn't know how to get round the closure of the main route into the city, and flagging down a driver who was about to go through the cordon at 40 (in a 30 limit) because he wasn't paying attention and the Police car had temporarily moved away to stop some other idiot driving out of a side road.

As for self-righteous: you're the one who's casting aspersions on the basis of zero knowledge of the situation.

[minestrone]

Anyway, that ain't a fire

This is a fire

[minestrone]

I'm sure we've all heard about the terrible scourge of Police officers persecuting innocent photographers.

Tonight the Police closed the main road near the FMB bar, and I took some photos. When I headed home, it was still closed, so I took some more photos and followed the detour, trying the various side streets until I finally came out at the other end of the cordon.

There was a copper over the road directing somebody away, so I wandered over:

"What's going on?"

"Are you from the Press?"



"No, I just live round here."

"Oh, OK, well there's been a house fire down there so we've had to close the road."

"Ah, right. Is it OK if I take some photos?"

"Yeah, sure, no problem!"

I can't even get persecuted nowadays

Pics here, if you like that kind of thing.

Nice of you to revel in misery, while a house is being burned down you act like a tourist and cannot wait to get back to the mac to post how exciting it was for you to watch someone's life go up in flames.

Yer a self righteous arsehole.

[norrahe]

Done, assuming you're using the same username on flickr. Otherwise I've just added some random stranger as a friend

Thank 'ee kind sir!

[NickFitz]

can you add me as a friend as well please?

Done, assuming you're using the same username on flickr. Otherwise I've just added some random stranger as a friend

[norrahe]

...and done - you should be able to see the set now

can you add me as a friend as well please?

[AtW]

Christmas over.

No pics of actual policmen though..

They are the invisible policemen - new project by Nu Liebor

[Zippy]

...and done - you should be able to see the set now

Oh dear, that worked.

[NickFitz]

Done

...and done - you should be able to see the set now

[Paddy]

That would probably depend if any recording equipment was on? Whatever you do just don't say you are Paddy from CUK - they'd totally beat you up thus confirming his views

Christmas over.

No pics of actual policmen though..

[Zippy]

Last time I put them on flickr I got loads of grief

If you add me to your friends on flickr, I'll put them up there visible to friends only

Done

[AtW]

I wonder what they would have said to you if you were from the press?

That would probably depend if any recording equipment was on? Whatever you do just don't say you are Paddy from CUK - they'd totally beat you up thus confirming his views

[NickFitz]

ah, don't do facebook , none on flickr???

Last time I put them on flickr I got loads of grief

If you add me to your friends on flickr, I'll put them up there visible to friends only