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Double Negative
2nd of June 2008 (Mon), 16:01
"D.C. is a hotbed for beautiful photography. But one place where taking pictures is frowned upon is Union Station. Fox 5's Tom Fitzgerald investigates why security is telling people to turn off their cameras."

"A local news crew was interviewing an Amtrak spokesman at D.C.'s union station who told the reporter that photography is allowed in the station. During the interview, a security guard interrupted them to say that photography/video was not allowed."

Talk about timing... A Canon and L lens are shown several times. :D

http://www.myfoxdc.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=58D2CF26A83141E848CF2FE820711B7B ?contentId=6664418&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1
Karl C
2nd of June 2008 (Mon), 16:17
Even funnier? It was a "rent-a-cop" trying to enforce the rule, right in front of the Amtrak spokesman.

I'd ask the wanna-be to show me where it's written that photographers are not allowed to shoot in the station.
Double Negative
2nd of June 2008 (Mon), 16:39
^ Oh, I know! Too funny. :p
neumanns
2nd of June 2008 (Mon), 17:02
Me thinks someone is writting a memo regarding this elusive policy that the security guard eluded to.
PhotosGuy
3rd of June 2008 (Tue), 08:51
That link didn't play for me. This one did: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d69_1212462066
slimninj4
3rd of June 2008 (Tue), 12:47
Saw this yesterday. Going to be a congressional hearing about this. This was ripe for lawsuits because this is federal land which has allowed photography on premise.

Going early morning is best on the weekend. That place can get so crowded
dekalbSTEEL
3rd of June 2008 (Tue), 19:43
Considering they have a photo gallery right on their website....

http://www.unionstationdc.com/photoalbum.asp?id=31
DSimmon
4th of June 2008 (Wed), 19:50
Did a photo tour in DC about a month ago, and our lunch break was in Union Station. In the front part that looks all pretty with the high gold/white ceiling and the statues around the area he told us we were allowed to take photos in, of whatever we wanted.

Once you got to the back side, directly above where the eating areas are, we were not. He said that Union Station was bought by a private firm or something like that, and they didn't allow pictures back there where the shops, eating and trains were.

Found it kind of interesting.