Comments on: McDonald’s, I’m good ‘n cold and I have two egg McMuffins! (365:241) https://breakfastinamerica.me/2011/mcdonalds-im-good-n-cold-and-i-have-two-egg-mcmuffins/ Living happily ever after still means you have to clean house and do the dishes Thu, 17 Sep 2020 02:35:08 +0000 hourly 1 By: Gary https://breakfastinamerica.me/2011/mcdonalds-im-good-n-cold-and-i-have-two-egg-mcmuffins/#comment-219 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:40:06 +0000 http://garyallman2011.wordpress.com/?p=1357#comment-219 Even better, they may be asking you to destroy the *only* evidence that you were taking pictures when you shouldn’t have been; the camera could have been turned off for example, I often frame pictures without the camera on just to see if there really is a picture there.

As to the McDonald’s staff I think they were just genuinely curious about what I was doing.

Here’s a few links – but beware this topic is a time-suck and often full of *opinions* rather than facts:

Flickr Photographers’ rights group:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/nomorefreephotos/

UK Rights summary, ought to be similar in your part of the world:
http://www.amateurphotographer.com/news/uk_photographers_rights__print_them_out_and_keep_them_handy_news_300122.html

US Rights summary, I carry this with me at all times (One of the few that was drafted by a real lawyer):
http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm

And the Telegraph article which included the experience of my friend Louis:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3558719/Has-our-increasingly-paranoid-society-declared-war-on-the-humble-weekend-snapper.html

]]> By: Jacqi Bartlett https://breakfastinamerica.me/2011/mcdonalds-im-good-n-cold-and-i-have-two-egg-mcmuffins/#comment-218 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:34:05 +0000 http://garyallman2011.wordpress.com/?p=1357#comment-218 Interesting point about destroying the evidence that proves you are not doing anything wrong. I think photographers mostly agreeing to delete photos when asked (photos that were perfectly legitimate) was a bad mistake, set a bad precedent. But we can change that.
I’m lucky in that I have never (so far) been questioned about what I’m doing. But mostly I either make a point of looking like a tourist (if doing street things) or am discreet if doing stuff elsewhere. Although the people with me are not always: “what are you taking a photo of now?” or “do you want me to take that for you?”.

]]> By: Gary https://breakfastinamerica.me/2011/mcdonalds-im-good-n-cold-and-i-have-two-egg-mcmuffins/#comment-217 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:10:04 +0000 http://garyallman2011.wordpress.com/?p=1357#comment-217 I agree. you hear about a lot or paranoia, and the officials often don’t know (and don’t care) about the rules. I’m normally discrete, but the 1.8 lens has a long focal length, so I had a leg up on the seat beside me to rest the camera on my knee – it’s too heavy to hold otherwise. So I probably did look a bit strange, and the camera with the battery grip is large. So I can’t complain that someone came and talked to me.

I do try to respect peoples sensitivities, which might be why I’ve not had many problems.

I’ve did have one Job’s worth request that I delete pictures – which I did. I wouldn’t do it now though – it’s illegal you’re effectively destroying the evidence that supports any legal claim that you were taking the pictures in the first place 🙂 Bit of a catch 22.

A friend got quite badly dealt with in London and ended up in an article in the Telegraph about photogs being harassed. So it does happen.

]]> By: Jacqi Bartlett https://breakfastinamerica.me/2011/mcdonalds-im-good-n-cold-and-i-have-two-egg-mcmuffins/#comment-216 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:28:38 +0000 http://garyallman2011.wordpress.com/?p=1357#comment-216 It’s so sad that so many people now automatically react badly to seeing people take photographs. Particularly if they are photographs that they just don’t understand. Nobody seems to believe me that I am just one of thousands (tens of thousands?) of people who do, or did, or have attempted to take a self portrait every day.

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