homeland security after photographers! hahaha

so i was taking pictures of a bridge, and it has the local power plant behind it, it was a nice sunset, i'm just starting to PP them now, and a cop drives by, ask for my license, and sends the info to homeland security so they have me on file.


I love michigan!

now they know you're out there...

Lazuka wrote in post #6775239
so i was taking pictures of a bridge, and it has the local power plant behind it, it was a nice sunset, i'm just starting to PP them now, and a cop drives by, ask for my license, and sends the info to homeland security so they have me on file.


I love michigan!

Could have been worse..atleast you can feel safe they were actually watching who's around the landmarks...

scotteisenphotography wrote in post #6775599
Could have been worse..atleast you can feel safe they were actually watching who's around the landmarks...

security has tightened around here, since i live on an island, that's a part of michigan, but it's in between michigan and canada, so it doesn't suprise me, but yet it caught me off guard

Lazuka wrote in post #6775660
security has tightened around here, since i live on an island, that's a part of michigan, but it's in between michigan and canada, so it doesn't suprise me, but yet it caught me off guard

yeah... I live in MA...

Surprisingly I've never been stopped by an officer while shooting, even while lugging a tripod over my shoulder down Michigan Ave at night.

A bridge and a power plant in the same shot?

Had you thrown in a Federal Government Building as well, you could have had the OHS "Trifecta..."

Yeah, they are keeping a little closer eye on these things since 9/11...

I'm not surprised it happened in Michigan. Michigan has been voted the most boring state in the union. These guys are probably happy for the excitement.

Taking this image in downtown Asheville got me labeled as a potential terrorist....

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Lazuka wrote in post #6775239
so i was taking pictures of a bridge, and it has the local power plant behind it, it was a nice sunset, i'm just starting to PP them now, and a cop drives by, ask for my license, and sends the info to homeland security so they have me on file.

I love michigan!

it is a joke. You will never know what the fed can do to you.

Bubble wrote in post #6777131
it is a joke. You will never know what the fed can do to you.

You may think it's a joke but you have to understand that security, police, the military and OHS all work under the mindset of "Never Again / Not on My Watch."

The onus (as unfair as it might be) is on photographers to avoid appearing to be doing something illicit or untoward.

And before anyone spouts off, I've read all the posts regarding terrorists using cell phone cameras and not dSLRs with white lenses and 15lb tripods...

You have to pick your battles and if you're just out screwing around taking snapshots in the vicinity of what could be considered a sensitive area, then you do so at your own risk and the smart play is shut it, pack it and move on.

Now if your doing something commercially or the project is going to put food on your table, that's a different argument and you and/or your client should work to obtain permission/access/perm​its, whatever, in adavnce.

Wait wait wait...
They folowed you home, waited until you started PP, then came in!!
or did they just come by while you were shooting...

pendulum15 wrote in post #6777920
Wait wait wait...
They folowed you home, waited until you started PP, then came in!!
or did they just come by while you were shooting...

right after i got done shooting

Do you want to be safe or do you want to be free? You can't have both, no matter what they say.

Anyone else think "Homeland" sounds like "Fatherland"?

birdman59 wrote in post #6794272
Do you want to be safe or do you want to be free? You can't have both, no matter what they say.

Anyone else think "Homeland" sounds like "Fatherland"?

Yeah. I thought I was the only one who made that connection...

-js