There were some great comment’s on yesterday’s article about knowing your rights as a photographer, some of which were quite scary. Greg Banville commented that the sheet regarding photographer’s rights has helped him out of a sticky situation before, while Jessica had a strange encounter of her own:

I stopped when I saw an ambulance and some cops in an area and a large crowd.

I had my camera with me and went to take some pictures. After only snapping one picture a gentleman came and talked to me and told me I couldn’t take photos. I told him I was a reporter, this was a public place and I was in my rights to take photos.

He and a group of people who were the woman’s friends surrounded me and I started to feel threatened. Though I knew I was in the right I didn’t want it to turn into a confrontation, so I backed off and told them I was leaving.

In terms of what rights photographers have in other countries, there is this handy collection of links to local information.

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