[LargeFormat] Chicago...tripods and the law

[Edward Meyers]

Perhaps a technique would be to set up a tripod with survey
"telescope" and make youself known. Then the next day come
back with the same tripod (with camera). Ed

On Wed, 18 Feb 2004, Joseph O'Neil wrote:

>
> >>My wife had decided that it's perfectly reasonable to spend hundreds of
> >>dollars for her, my daughter, and myself, to have an "American Girl
> >>Experience"  with a doll, a tea and some other girly girl stuff in
> >>downtown Chicago.
> >>I get a half day furlough and thought of actually using some of the Crown
> >>Graphic stuff I find it perfectly reasonable to spend hundreds of dollars for.
> >>Can anybody direct me as to what Bureau, Department or Ministry I have to
> >>pay off to keep the police off my back with a tripod??
>
>          Yes - loose the tripod, seriously.  Tripods are lightning
> rods.  You can scream all you like about your rights, and th elike, but
> it's not just the police.  I once had a homeless man threaten violence
> agianst me when using a tripod and my super spped graphic.  I returned a
> couple days alter, same man int he area, used the top of a public bench, no
> problems.  or the shopping jmall I once got kicked out of by a security
> guard.  Shopping malls are private property,a nd they do ahve the right ot
> ask you to leave.
>          Returned a week later, opened up my crown graphic, sat on a bench
> in the mall, and got my shot.
>
>          Yes, in a perfect world, setting up witha  tripod woudl be no
> problem, but in the ral world, no such luck.  Some national parks up here
> in Canada forbid professional photographers form takign images without
> permit/royalty.  So how do they define "professional"?  somebody who uses a
> tripod - at least in a practical sense.  As utterly weird as it sounds, you
> could mount a disposable 35mm camera ona  tripod and be mistaken for a
> "pro" by park staff, but set your crown graphic on top a rock, a park
> bench, a fence post, and no problem.
>
>          I hear what you guys are all saying, but try it my way.  You would
> be surpized how nessicity adds to creativity.  :)
> good luck
> joe
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