Pondy's Fotothing

You're very brave doing this in London at night - safety in numbers I guess. I like this - what needs to be still is still, what needs to be blurred is blurrrrrred!

It doesn't feel that dangerous Ceterus, the main problem is "Security guards" moving you on for daring to use a tripod..

interesting ...

Surely, no one can legally move you on except the police?

"You're on County Court property and they say no commercial photography.." "We're not commercial photographers.." "How do I know that, please leave.."

And so on.. officialdom gone mad.

Hmm - guilty until proved innocent. It's the new religion etc.

Bl**dy "JobsWorths"!

I've had security guards trying to call the police for photographing a building while I was standing on public ground! The building wasnt the object I was photographing (a big crane standing next to the building) but a tiny bit of the building was visible in the image, enough to upset them big time (I love photographing their building)

See, I'm just too lazy to ever take my tripod out, so not only do I avoid any kind of official hassles, but I've got an excuse for my pics being all wobbly! :)

Love this! Try taking a picture of a federal building in the United States. The guards are paranoid and will always come check you out. "I like the architecture" is never a good enough reason to allow a photograph.

First thing I said when I saw the thumbnails, Brave with the tripods. Neat pic.

'Security Guards', they should call them 'Stupidity Unguarded' are the biggest challenge to photography. If you use a tripod you're a terrorist. That's certain. Next time you set up one you're on a CIA vacation to Romania ore Uzbekistan without knowing how that happened. All terrorists use tripods to take pictures of their targets, didn't yu know? These'guards' don't know about hiding cameras, they don't even see that they have been grimped the second before!
:)

wish my mates were prepared to wander round town at night whilst i photographed stuff lol