12 Noon

Saturday 23rd January 2010

Trafalgar Square

I’m a Photographer, Not a Terrorist! invite all Photographers to a mass photo gathering in defence of street photography.

Following a series of high profile detentions under s44 of the terrorism act including 7 armed police detaining an award winning architectural photographer in the City of London, the arrest of a press photographer covering campaigning santas at City Airport and the stop and search of a BBC photographer at St Pauls Cathedral and many others. PHNAT feels now is the time for a mass turnout of Photographers, professional and amateur to defend our rights and stop the abuse of the terror laws.

Details

The results were a bit hit and miss, particularly moving from outside (relatively sunny) to the inside markets (relatively dark) and back. Inside it is quite hard to scale-focus at a large aperture since the depth of field is fairly narrow. I need more practice.

There is also the tension involved. Most people’s reactions were/are ameliorated with a big smile and a thank you.

Except this guy:

He told us he wasn’t a tourist attraction. Kate told him we weren’t tourists…

Window shopping:

Earing:

Really quite enjoyable, but sooooooo cold today. Really arctic. I was wearing fingerless gloves but the camera was at the end of my fingers and exposed. However, there are some people you just wouldn’t photograph…