And one wonders why we get a bad name

I picked up this news story from a PDN article. These guys are just creepy and their defending themselves as street photographers just doesn't sit right with me.

That is just creepy people using cameras as cover.

This is a non-story. Paranoia at best and libel at worst.

http://thephotorecessi​on.webs.com/

Maybe WBZ should stop filming people as well.
Talk about double standards!

cdifoto wrote in post #12268850
This is a non-story. Paranoia at best and libel at worst.

http://thephotorecessi​on.webs.com/

Yep, have to agree.
Although, my first impressions were "All looks a bit suspect.
I'd like to know a bit more about what they're doing"
Then I went to the link cdi provided.
That puts it all in a different light.

fotoworx wrote in post #12268926
Maybe WBZ should stop filming people as well.
Talk about double standards!

The news organization is well, a real organization and are talking to people's faces. I agree that the post by CDI still puts it into a somewhat different light but when one sees this happening on the street it is still just a creepy photographer taking suspect photographs.

I'm all for protecting our rights but I am also a supporter of not taking photographs of those that don't wish to have their shots taken. You have to know where to draw the line and it looks like these guys have theirs way below that line.

I always see news organisations as creeps, vultures and bottom feeders.

http://www.flickr.com …iscuss/72157626​399808751/
They been talking about this as well.

That "report" strikes me as total garbage.

The only thing creepier than a suspicious pack of street photographers is a local news station obsessed with children being exploited... Or to be more precise, every local news station ever.

Anything and everything is bound to piss off somebody. You name it...
Walking a dog(s).
Motorcycle riding.
RC Aircraft.
Hunting.
Skateboarding.
Mowing the lawn at 6:00 am Sundays.
Etc.

icopus wrote in post #12269496
Anything and everything is bound to piss off somebody. You name it...
Walking a dog(s).
Motorcycle riding.
RC Aircraft.
Hunting.
Skateboarding.
Mowing the lawn at 6:00 am Sundays.
Etc.

Even farting in a lift!

Don't know man. If someone was taking photos of my wife's behind, I might have a problem with that. What about if it was your daughter for instance? You would just tell the photographer nerd to go right ahead?

Uh huh...

Meh over-hyped non-story. People get pissed off with everything you can do these days and the story is typical badly written junk based on heresay and non-reportage.

I'd be more inclined to feel angry if the paper wasn't so clearly trying to create 'outrage' with speculation.

nicksan wrote in post #12269632
Don't know man. If someone was taking photos of my wife's behind, I might have a problem with that. What about if it was your daughter for instance? You would just tell the photographer nerd to go right ahead?

Uh huh...

You could just keep them locked in the tower...