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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 547517" data-attributes="member: 13090">I'll preface this by saying I'm not a lawyer and I'm not dispensing advice. I know the law in California clearly states if I'm in a public area and I can see it, I can photograph it. Period. This includes shooting homes, cars, activities on the front lawn or even inside the house. As long as I'm clearly on public property, I can shoot what I see. People may not like that that's the law, but it's the law nonetheless. People have a right to privacy but it's also up to the individual to guard their privacy to a reasonable degree. Paparazzi photographers exploit this fact all the time, shooting ONTO private property from a location that is public property and getting shots many would call invasive. Tacky, but not illegal.Now if I'm on private property and I am asked not to take pictures, I am obligated to honor that request. This includes posted signs. Government building and such may be photographed from a public location (photographing them from a public vantage point does NOT constitute a terrorist threat (I've been approached by Security Officers using this line but never a sworn Police Officer and when pressed on the matter, or when I've requested sworn law enforcement to come to the scene, they've always backed down and simply "requested" I not take photos)) but they may post signs restricting, or forbidding, photography which of course must be respected.</blockquote>

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