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As an avid photographer, I have had a few run ins with people who think that photography in public places is either illegal or gives them a right for general abuse.

Quoting Rogier van Bakel:

"To be clear, there is no law against taking photos — or video — in a public space. Not in the U.K., anyway. Not in the U.S., either. Know your rights, and assert them. Let them atrophy, and, like never-used muscles, they begin to disappear."

Below is a video of London Community Support Officers behaving in a disgraceful way, projecting so much aggression from the first, that I guess most people would immediately back down.  This sort of behaviour is disgusting but hopefully displays possibly a form of correct manner to handle these matters.

I’ve been pushing some new photography to my photoblog over at Sumatro.com.  I have a new set of work lined up, all being published at 9am every morning.  To keep up to date, subscribe to the RSS feed.

Would love some comments/idea/abuse on the photos if you have the time.

I’m approaching 5000 photos taken on my 350D which I’m pretty proud of. I’m trying to spend more time with it and using it to get my skills up and hopefully the quality of photos should increase too. Sumatro.com has just had an update for my pick of the day so head on over and let me know what you think.

Its helpful that I now have a desktop which makes using Photoshop a lot easier than with a laptop with smaller processing power. I’m wanting to grow Sumatro into a bigger blog over the next few months, so expect a load more updates coming up!

I’ve been a little slack on the Sumatro front. Its not from a lack of photos as I’ve taken around 500 in over the festive season. The time that I’ve needed for the post-processing just hasn’t been there for the taking so the photos have been sitting in the queue.

I’ve processed around 100 tonight, so expect some more updates. I’ve updated Sumatro with a new photo but as usual my Zooomr page will have the latest photos before Sumatro does.

Happy New Year everybody. 2006 was a “different” year for me, one that had loads of experiences, some I would want to do again (getting married) others not so much. I hope everyone has a great year; 2007 has great potential!

I’ve uploaded some new photos that I took the last couple of days to Zooomr, click on the photo below to see some more. I have a set from Dover coming, I just need to get round to process them.