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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 433669" data-attributes="member: 9240">Really - you're going there?!?!&nbsp; For the record, the &quot;white seat&quot; is window in the reflection.&nbsp; If there is any part of any human in the shot at all it's the barely perceptible upper torso of the mother standing in the driveway of the home which is even debatable at 100% crop.&nbsp; Not that it would have mattered anyway.&nbsp; Hell, I might have captured Big Foot up there in the mist as well off the left edge of the road.&nbsp; The point is, it wouldn't matter legally even if I had captured any number of children getting on the bus or sitting in the window.&nbsp; It just would have made for a much longer conversation and, probably, a request on my part to either be charged with something (at which point my cooperation would be finished and my lawyer contacted) or be allowed to walk home since no one wanted to drive me to get my ID.&nbsp; I'm well aware of my rights as a photographer in a public space and will be vocal about them if I feel it serves a purpose.&nbsp; This was all about an over-fearful kid who started a chain of events that ended at the over-fearful mom and there were now 4 cops who had to deal with it.&nbsp; For the record, for most of my last 5 minutes I was talking with the first cop about what I shoot and what I've sold.&nbsp; When I told him a UK design house had just licensed one of my images exclusively for 2 years as wall art he looked at me surprised and said, &quot;Do you mind if I ask how much you get for something like that?&quot;&nbsp; When I told him he said, &quot;Wow, really?!&nbsp; And you just walk around taking pictures, right?&quot;&nbsp; Made me chuckle.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 433669, member: 9240"] [I]Really - you're going there?!?![/I] For the record, the "white seat" is window in the reflection. If there is any part of any human in the shot at all it's the barely perceptible upper torso of the mother standing in the driveway of the home which is even debatable at 100% crop. [I]Not that it would have mattered anyway[/I]. Hell, I [I]might[/I] have captured Big Foot up there in the mist as well off the left edge of the road. The point is, it wouldn't matter legally even if I had captured any number of children getting on the bus or sitting in the window. It just would have made for a much longer conversation and, probably, a request on my part to either be charged with something (at which point my cooperation would be finished and my lawyer contacted) or be allowed to walk home since no one wanted to drive me to get my ID. I'm well aware of my rights as a photographer in a public space and will be vocal about them if I feel it serves a purpose. This was all about an over-fearful kid who started a chain of events that ended at the over-fearful mom and there were now 4 cops who had to deal with it. For the record, for most of my last 5 minutes I was talking with the first cop about what I shoot and what I've sold. When I told him a UK design house had just licensed one of my images exclusively for 2 years as wall art he looked at me surprised and said, "Do you mind if I ask how much you get for something like that?" When I told him he said, "Wow, really?! And you just walk around taking pictures, right?" Made me chuckle. [/QUOTE]

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