Photography

A few nice Photography images I found:

Streaking car tailights – SLO Camera Club night photography class taught by Howard Ignatius, Morro Bay, CA. 09 May 2009


Image by mikebaird
13 sec. exposure of Streaking car tailights – on Coleman Ave. near Morro Rock. SLO Camera Club night photography class taught by Howard Ignatius, Morro Bay, CA. 09 May 2009. Photo by Michael "Mike" L. Baird, mike [at} mikebaird d o t com, flickr.bairdphotos.com; Canon 1D Mark III, 70-200mm f/2.8 IS, tripod.

Makka Photography’ First Photo Exhibition


Image by Karthick Makka
Friends, we are blooming, with your wishes, thanks everyone.. !!

Makka Photography’ first step in Exhibition !!

Venue: AFM Gallery, Alliance Francaise, 24, College Road, Chennai
Date: 1st to 18th October 2009

London’s Metropolitan Police Launches Anti Photography Propaganda Campaign


Image by super.heavy
In what I can only view as troubling and a move surely to invite more backlash against photographers, London’s Metropolitan police has launched a new counter-terrorism PR campaign complete with anti-photography propaganda.

The campaign is meant to encourage people to turn in "odd" seeming people that they see taking photographs.

"Thousands of people take photos every day," reads their advertisement being run in London’s major newspapers. "What if one of them seems odd?"

Having personally been harassed in the past by the U.S. police while out shooting, I worry that this kind of a campaign will result in even more harassment for photographers going forward. In addition to police harassment, I think that this campaign also sends the wrong message to people about photographers and photography. I think it encourages people to think suspiciously of photographers and to add to the climate of fear associated with photography.

Photography is not a crime. Taking photographs is part of a rich tradition of art, social commentary and historical documentation. I’m very disappointed seeing London’s Metropolitan Police decide to take this course of action and worry that this sort of backward thinking will continue to spread the boogeyman myth that photographers and photography are the enemy when they very much are not.

Having people report "odd seeming" photographers will only take important police time away from ways that it could better be spent in really fighting crime and terrorism.

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www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/2311166742/

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Thank you to Thomas Hawk for the above text.
www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/

And to London’s Metropolitan Police for the graphic!