Legal Right to Photograph a Public Event

[Dallasphotog]

sounds pretty crazy to me! I've never had or seen that problem.


He was probably annoyed that yours was bigger, haha.





Lets just ask this, would they have said anything if you had just a point and shoot camera??
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This is funnier than you can imagine. Only this forum will truly appreciate this reply. There was another very serious photographer roaming the sidelines near me with two Nikon D3x bodies. One was sporting a 70-200mm f/2.8 and the other had a 200-400mm f/4.0 on it, but of course, those lenses are black. The picture nazi's never even spoke to him. Apparently, white lens equals professional while black lens makes you an amatuer.


Maybe they just knew all pros shoot Canon...

[dmckinny]

I had a somewhat similar experience at the NCAA Wrestling nationals last spring. I had been shooting from the stands (I was spectating and just playing with the camera) for two days during the preliminaries. No one looked at me twice, even though I was shooting with a 30D and a 70-200 f/4. However, on the last day during the morning session I had at least three security guards checking me out. The last one pulled me out of my seat, called the head of security to come check out my equipment. The security head basically laughed and let me go.


I can't prove it, but I am pretty sure the pros down on the mat were looking up in the stands and complaining to security ;-) I took it as a compliment.





David

[Maleko]

sounds pretty crazy to me! I've never had or seen that problem.


He was probably annoyed that yours was bigger, haha.





Lets just ask this, would they have said anything if you had just a point and shoot camera??
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This is funnier than you can imagine. Only this forum will truly appreciate this reply. There was another very serious photographer roaming the sidelines near me with two Nikon D3x bodies. One was sporting a 70-200mm f/2.8 and the other had a 200-400mm f/4.0 on it, but of course, those lenses are black. The picture nazi's never even spoke to him. Apparently, white lens equals professional while black lens makes you an amatuer.


Maybe they just knew all pros shoot Canon...
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haha! that is funny! So next time just purchase a lens cover thats black? :P

[Mark Elberson]

This is funnier than you can imagine. Only this forum will truly appreciate this reply. There was another very serious photographer roaming the sidelines near me with two Nikon D3x bodies. One was sporting a 70-200mm f/2.8 and the other had a 200-400mm f/4.0 on it, but of course, those lenses are black. The picture nazi's never even spoke to him. Apparently, white lens equals professional while black lens makes you an amatuer.


Maybe they just knew all pros shoot Canon...
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Wow! That's over $22k in gear!!!

[Dallasphotog]

This is funnier than you can imagine. Only this forum will truly appreciate this reply. There was another very serious photographer roaming the sidelines near me with two Nikon D3x bodies. One was sporting a 70-200mm f/2.8 and the other had a 200-400mm f/4.0 on it, but of course, those lenses are black. The picture nazi's never even spoke to him. Apparently, white lens equals professional while black lens makes you an amatuer.


Maybe they just knew all pros shoot Canon...
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Wow! That's over $22k in gear!!!
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Yep. That Nikon 200-400mm f/4.0 is more than $6,000 by itself.


If we had been hit by a meteor, the insurance guys wouldn't have believed the claim. I had the EF400mm f/2.8 on the 5D MK II and the EF70-200mm f/2.8 of the 1D MK II, plus the EF24-70 f/2.8 on the old XTi.


..and we were shooting 14-year old soccer players.

[Jeff Lucia]

...Um, did anybody get any good pictures? []

[Dallasphotog]

...Um, did anybody get any good pictures? [img]/emoticons/emotion-5.gif[/img]
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I got some stuff... After you look at the second one, take a few minutes and try to get your foot turned to that angle.





Canon 5D MKII, Canon EF400 f/2.8 L IS USM, f/3.2, ISO-200, 1/2500

[Rodger]

After you look at the second one, take a few minutes and try to get your foot turned to that angle.

Ouch! Thats exactly why I prefer to take pictures instead of play!

[Jeff Lucia]

...Um, did anybody get any good pictures? [img]/emoticons/emotion-5.gif[/img]
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I got some stuff... After you look at the second one, take a few minutes and try to get your foot turned to that angle.





Canon 5D MKII, Canon EF400 f/2.8 L IS USM, f/3.2, ISO-200, 1/2500

I could probably get my foot turned to that angle, but I doubt it would ever turn back [+o(]