Dylanlewis2000
12th of October 2007 (Fri), 09:52
This may sound like a rant… well it is a bit, I’m just a bit confused. Earlier on today I went out taking pictures of my Local village. Passed loads of people some give me the nod and a little smile, but two really upset me. I was taking photos of local shops, something I have been meaning to do, just haven’t had the time to do it, and looking back, over the years there’s only a small handful of images of my town in the “olden days”. So I was just taking photos, when a woman came out of her shop and asked me “what the hell do you think you are doing?”
A bit shocked at this, I was a bit nervous, and just said taking pictures of the village. She then said it’s a security threat and asked me to delete the images, bear in mind, I had taken photos of every other shop in the village, and no one had a bad word to say. I showed her the image and said that I would not delete it as I had done nothing wrong. She then said that the police may get involved, so which I just walked off.
About 10 minutes later, I took a shot of a street. Nothing big or anything, there was one battered up house on there, and a guy came over stopped his car, wound the window down and asked me why did you take a photo of my house. Now this guy looked huge in the seat of his car, so I didn’t really want to give any back chat, as we were not on a main street and there was no one else around. I said I didn’t indent to single out any house and I was just taking photos of the street. H e seemed a bit shifty and sped off at speed.
My question is, why does everyone think I’m up to no good? What rights do I have to photograph? In my eyes I’m not doing anything wrong? Can someone give me any advice please as this really upset me today.
A bit shocked at this, I was a bit nervous, and just said taking pictures of the village. She then said it’s a security threat and asked me to delete the images, bear in mind, I had taken photos of every other shop in the village, and no one had a bad word to say. I showed her the image and said that I would not delete it as I had done nothing wrong. She then said that the police may get involved, so which I just walked off.
About 10 minutes later, I took a shot of a street. Nothing big or anything, there was one battered up house on there, and a guy came over stopped his car, wound the window down and asked me why did you take a photo of my house. Now this guy looked huge in the seat of his car, so I didn’t really want to give any back chat, as we were not on a main street and there was no one else around. I said I didn’t indent to single out any house and I was just taking photos of the street. H e seemed a bit shifty and sped off at speed.
My question is, why does everyone think I’m up to no good? What rights do I have to photograph? In my eyes I’m not doing anything wrong? Can someone give me any advice please as this really upset me today.