Subway!

[Michaelmjc]

Almost got arrested for taking these shots, but it was worth it... Yes I know they're yellow, but they look better then they did with the original color.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/mikeclarke/517e19ce.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/mikeclarke/picturesxtToronto123.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/mikeclarke/ec4dc28b.jpg

[Citizensmith]

Almost got arrested for taking these shots

Homeland Security?



Good shots, particularly the first two.

[Michaelmjc]

They said that taking pictures in the subway is prohibited, Only people who are allowed have a certain pass... I dunno, If I decided to get more pics, I'll just play dumb again.

[EricKonieczny]

I was in NYC a week in April and took tons of pictures in the Subway and Grand Central Station.

I was staying with a freind in Upper Manhatten up at the 181 ST station, So I had plenty of stations to stop at betwen there and Midtown, or all over.

I at least took over 400 shots in the Subway, and only got asked to stop taking pictures once. I will have to post some later.


nice shots and I know what you mean about the lgihts.

[skyphix]

Some cities are outlawing photography in Subways. There was a petition going around for a while and a letter written to one cities mayor by deviantart.com and its founders explaining what a detrament to art and photography this would be.

Nice shots, though, and glad you didnt get arrested :D

[deedas]

Nice shots, big cojones. I'd be too afraid to do that. :(

[ajbalazic]

Nice shots. I too am glad you didn't get arrested! Looks like you had the day off to do some photography around Toronto. I've been enjoying all your recent T.O. posts.

[S230]

Actually, it's ok for personal use and not commercial.. the TTC does offer photo/studio shoot for a fee. You "rent" the station. I came across this because was thinking renting the lower Bay subway station for a day to do some filming. You can even rent and drive a subway!
But it gets expensive because everything adds up. ie.. need to hire a cleanup crew etc.

The by-law states in Section 16(b): "No person shall operate for commercial purposes any camera,.... "
http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/by_law1.htm

Here is the contract:
http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/pdf/film_package.pdf

[S230]

Here's one that I've taken in the subway. The ladder is actually a painting on the floor and wall that looks as if it was sticking out.

[Medic1]

We are going through a big problem with airplane photography right now.....understandably a security risk, but we have been trying to get clearance (there are groups in Toronto and Ottawa that have security clearance from the GTAA and Ottawa Airport Authority), but the chief security guy wants nothing to do with us.....kind of frustrating

nice shots though!!

[Michaelmjc]

What subway is that with the ladder? Thats an interesting shot, thanks for sharing.

[S230]

What subway is that with the ladder? Thats an interesting shot, thanks for sharing.
The photo was taken at Bayview subway station along the Sheppard Line (the new "Scam line")... sooooo many scandles while building the station.

[Wazza]

Always fun almost getting arrested. :D

Nice shots, and that ladder is very neat. :)

At our Auckland Central railway station, photography is permitted as long as it is for private use, and not commercial. I went there about a year ago, and was questioned by several different security officers.
http://wazz*****scity.com/photos/a_27.jpg

Shot without a train, I felt so pressured, I took a couple of shots and left.

Medic:
As for our airport security, they've been fine this year, and allowing us, but I had a run in with one last Sunday, and told to get lost. And use the official viewing area which is 2km East... It's fine for aircraft on the approach path, but anything else, it's hopeless. The fence I'm at, aircraft taxi past at less than 100metres.

[cjm]

Yeah that's right here too, in Edmonton, AB Canada like Ontario the security goes up in arms about photography in the subways. Probably because unlike their USA counterparts very little happens in the subway for them to do, so buskers and photographers are their meat.

Speaking of subways, wanna know what is scary? Changing the ads on the other side of the tracks and knowing that in 4 mins there is a train with your name (or face) on it. Sometimes you have to run off the tracks, grab your ladder see the train go by and then finnish putting the ad up. That was the most stressful job I ever had. :|

[S230]

Speaking of subways, wanna know what is scary? Changing the ads on the other side of the tracks and knowing that in 4 mins there is a train with your name (or face) on it. Sometimes you have to run off the tracks, grab your ladder see the train go by and then finnish putting the ad up. That was the most stressful job I ever had. :|
Hope your life insurance policy covers this... :)

[EricKonieczny]

No ban on subway pix

By PETE DONOHUE
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Click away without fear, shutterbugs - a controversial proposal to ban photography in the subways is dead. The Police Department recently told transit officials the photo ban is unnecessary, the Daily News has learned.

"We are not pressing for a ban," NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne told The News.

Not having a ban will not hinder the NYPD's efforts to safeguard the city's vast transit system, Browne said.

"Our officers will continue to investigate, and intercede if necessary, if the activity - photo-related or not - is suspicious," he said.

For example, Browne noted that cops stopped two men photographing tracks leading into a tunnel under the East River in Queens in November 2003. The men turned out to be Iranian intelligence agents and they were booted from the country.

"The NYPD can continue to take such actions without a ban," Browne said.

The Transit Authority formally proposed a ban on photography, videotaping and filming in subway stations, on trains and on buses last year. TA officials said the proposal stemmed from an NYPD Transit Bureau request.

But NYPD brass and Mayor Bloomberg almost immediately expressed concerns about the scope of the proposed ban. They also questioned how it could be implemented and whether law-abiding tourists would get caught up in the crackdown.

Civil libertarians and photographers also blasted the idea as a violation of their constitutional rights.

The measure has languished for a year without a vote by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board.

"In the wake of the public comments period, after consulting with the NYPD, which had originally requested the rule change, MTA NYC Transit will not go forward with the institution of a photo ban," TA spokesman Charles Seaton said.

"However, we will continue to work with the NYPD on all public safety issues involving the subway system."

Gene Russianoff of the Straphangers Campaign cheered the decision.

"Everyone I spoke to thought you couldn't impose a workable photo ban without violating both free speech and a sense of what the subways are all about," he said. "It's part of the city's life.

"To tell a tourist from Ohio, or New Yorker from Brooklyn, they can't take pictures of their family in the subway is nuts."

Several Catholic schoolgirls demonstrated how underground photography can help combat crime earlier this month.

The girls used a cell-phone camera in a Queens subway station to snap photos of a man who allegedly flashed them on an F train. He was arrested after cops used the cell-phone photo to track him down.

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/st...5p-266702c.html (http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/311945p-266702c.html)




The Associated Press
Sunday, May 22, 2005; 6:09 AM

NEW YORK -- A proposal to ban cameras in subways to prevent terrorism has been dropped by police and transit officials. The move comes a year after city transit officials came up with the idea to forbid photography, videotaping and filming in subway stations.

The New York Daily News reported in Sunday's editions that police and transit officials said a ban is not needed to secure the nation's largest mass transit system.


"Our officers will continue to investigate and intercede if necessary, if the activity _ photo-related or not _ is suspicious," police spokesman Paul Browne told the paper.

The proposal by NYC Transit, a division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, had been criticized as too far-reaching by civil libertarians, photographers and some city officials.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...5052200220.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/22/AR2005052200220.html)
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[iwantacanon]

i really like the first shot. Its like a ghost train, just barely visible. Very cool.