Have YOU ever been stopped by the police for taking photos?

[gheesom]

not by the police, but, I got asked to leave the museum once, I was shooting a couple in there, they told me I wasn't allowed to take any pics inside the museum. I had asked previously....and been told as long as I wasn't selling pics of the exhibits.

One guy told me I wasn't allowed to have my camera in the museum, and anyone with a big camera would be stopped, at which point I respectfully pointed out that I'd been there the week before with my wife and son and the very same camera....taking pictures of the exhibits with this big camera.

I gave up and left in the end, but it was a joke.

 

[Wyvern971]

Been stopped once in the UK when it had been snowing went out and took a few photos, police car pulls over asking me what i was doing and stated there "had been a complaint from a member of the public" (there weren't many people about and I hadn't taken any of people anyway so a curtain twitcher).

Showed them what I'd been taking photos of and off they went.

Stopped once in France by armed police, apparently it's forbidden to use a tripod around the Eiffel Tower. Apoligized and packed up my gear (was on the last shot of the day anyhow )

In both instances the Police were polite and curteous, nothing really against either instance. It would annoy me if it was happening all the time though.

 

[chilliz]

I was stopped a couple of weeks ago, by a security guard not by the police. He asked me and a friend if we wouldn`t mind stopping taking pictures as it ws private land, it was indeed private, although open to the public, so we stopped. Although all we were doing was taking landscape shots. :|