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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-20-2008, 04:03 PM
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Amd to keep this on topic... :)
Nice pics Nathan!
I like them all except for the one where we can see a recognisable victim on the stretcher (as I've said before, I don't like and won't take pictures of victims as I personally think it's in bad taste).
I specially like the one of the firefighter with the hose line on his shoulder and helmet in his hand.
Pat
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-20-2008, 03:54 PM
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Rules for taking photos of news events are pretty simple in most places and though there are variations, it roughly come down to:
- Photographer on a public steet/sidewalk/land can take all the pictures he wants of an event (without getting in the way of the rescue workers) and publish them however he wants.
- If there is a security perimeter, then photographer can take all the pictures he wants from OUTSIDE the perimeter, unless he has permission from the incident commander to enter the perimeter to take pictures. Here in Montreal entering a fire perimeter requires permission and full protective clothing and a helmet or hard hat.
- If a photographer wants to shoot while standing on private property, then he needs permission from the land owner or else he is trespassing. During a fire, the Incident Commander may have control of the land and his word supercedes the land owner.
I'm a carreer firefighter in a large city, and also enjoy taking the occasional pic at fire scenes when I am not on duty. I've seldom had problems with journalists or firebuffs. Our biggest "photographer" (and I use the term very loosely!) problem right now is from kids with cell phone cameras and videos getting in the way.
And yes as public employees when working we are indeed "fair game" for news and other types of photographers.
Stewart ... I think what maxamillion is refering to is photographers who get in the way or go where they are not supposed to at emergency scenes. Nobody has a "right" to interfere with our work, and nobody has a "right" to enter a safety perimeter. When we are in the middle of saving peoples lives and property, we do NOT have the time to explain politely to kid-kodak that he is in our way.
Pat
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