Lensmeister
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Well I have to share this with you all.
Sunday evening while my wife was in the local store getting some food, I retrieved my camera from the boot of my car and then started taking some night photos, light trails etc. As I was reviewing I git a tap on the window and there next to my car was the police. He asked me to wind down the window, and asked what I was doing. Taking photos was the acruate reply. He asked me of what to which I replied anything. He asked for some ID so I gave him my driving liesence, he said he was going to check me out. and promptly reversed behind my car.
Now. If I was by a school, or a miltary building or something like a police station I could understand this.
He returned and said all was ok. He apparently is part of the Anit Terrorist squad. He said that I didn't fit the profile of a terrorist (what does one look like?) but was suspicious why someone had a caera poking out of the car. I might like to add here I had my two children in the backseat.
So all was well and off I went.
This now makes me pretty concerned about the situation.
Will anyone with a camera be challenged taking photos in the street ?
Without sounding racist what does the profile of a terrorist mean ?
Will tourists in central London be stopped by police photographing Downing Street ?
Well another story in the life of the Lensmeister.
Sunday evening while my wife was in the local store getting some food, I retrieved my camera from the boot of my car and then started taking some night photos, light trails etc. As I was reviewing I git a tap on the window and there next to my car was the police. He asked me to wind down the window, and asked what I was doing. Taking photos was the acruate reply. He asked me of what to which I replied anything. He asked for some ID so I gave him my driving liesence, he said he was going to check me out. and promptly reversed behind my car.
Now. If I was by a school, or a miltary building or something like a police station I could understand this.
He returned and said all was ok. He apparently is part of the Anit Terrorist squad. He said that I didn't fit the profile of a terrorist (what does one look like?) but was suspicious why someone had a caera poking out of the car. I might like to add here I had my two children in the backseat.
So all was well and off I went.
This now makes me pretty concerned about the situation.
Will anyone with a camera be challenged taking photos in the street ?
Without sounding racist what does the profile of a terrorist mean ?
Will tourists in central London be stopped by police photographing Downing Street ?
Well another story in the life of the Lensmeister.