Bad bad photographers!

Just as a FYI ...
TSA Likens Photographers To Terrorists

aram535 wrote in post #10884845
Just as a FYI ...
TSA Likens Photographers To Terrorists

There are several threads on this already.

Try taking a telephoto lens to photograph the White House. You will have 3 snipers aiming straight for your forehead.

bkdc wrote in post #10886378
Try taking a telephoto lens to photograph the White House. You will have 3 snipers aiming straight for your forehead.

The thrill of the shot...

bkdc wrote in post #10886378
Try taking a telephoto lens to photograph the White House. You will have 3 snipers aiming straight for your forehead.

Use a Bush Hawk shoulder mount on your camera, then try taking a photo of the white house.

ecub wrote in post #10888833
Use a Bush Hawk shoulder mount on your camera, then try taking a photo of the white house.

OMG...Now THAT would probably get you shot!

Ugh! More to worry about!

soooo maybe don't take photos on a sunny day whilst wearing shady looking clothing? ridiculous ad.

Now what. We'll be out at air shows, the zoo, public events w/ our gear & get the pat down?

Try shooting the White House with Sigma's 200-500 green lens

GwagDesigns wrote in post #10920791
Try shooting the White House with Sigma's 200-500 green lens

Haha I've always wondered how the security at an US airport would react if you had one of those with you while entering the country.

Police and para-police in London have been habitually wiping cards and ordering tourists not to photograph all sorts of buildings all over the place for some years. They claim anti-terrorism. It's become quite a cause célèbre.

kfreels wrote in post #10890542
OMG...Now THAT would probably get you the shot!

Fixed

bkdc wrote in post #10886378
Try taking a telephoto lens to photograph the White House. You will have 3 snipers aiming straight for your forehead.

Never had a problem. I have seen USSS tell folks they can not use a tripod due to it being a tripping hazard though.

I had a small mast upon which I mounted a camera to take photos from an extended height (about thirty feet) and some lady watched me for a while. Eventually she came up to me and said, "what are you doing? You're scaring me half to death."

I replied, "what are you afraid of." I stated it as a statement instead of a question.

Some people just want to be afraid all the time.

My father-in-law said something that stuck with me: Most people don't fear what they should, but do fear what they shouldn't."

Just like children. They'll jump right into the ocean on a rough day or barge across a busy road, but then beg you to close the closet door or check under the bed.

Most adults are no different. They run around worried about terrorists but rarely stop to think that if they get killed it will most likely be by a fellow citizen, and even more likely by a friend or family member.

Sorry, but you are all talking through your hat ... there are places for this kind of activity and there are places that it should not be done. And when some law enforcement type misses the terrorist snapping photos of airports and terminals, they pay holy hell for sleeping on the job. It's a complicated and very scary business.