Light and Power

The Danger of Cameras

2007-03-21T10:36:00.000-07:00

Photographer's Rights

2007-03-20T09:48:00.000-07:00

Know 'em or lose 'em

Photographer's Rights Card for US in PDF format

Photographer's Rights in Canada

PhotoJunkie

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press:

9 Ways to avoid invasion of privacy laws

State by State Summaries of US privacy laws impacting photographers

The Washington Supreme Court has left open the question of whether false lights similarity to defamation, and the First Amendment protections implicated in defamation claims, precludes the recognition of the false light tort. Eastwood v. Cascade Broadcasting Co., 722 P.2d 1295 (Wash. 1986).

Intrusion: Employees of a county medical examiners office were accused of displaying autopsy photographs in a manner that invaded the privacy of the relatives of the deceased pictured. The state Supreme Court unanimously found that a common law right to privacy exists in Washington and that the autopsy photographs clearly were private, and also that the relatives had a protectable privacy interest in the autopsy photographs. Reid v. Pierce County, 961 P.2d 333 (Wash. 1998).

Filming a pharmacy interior from outside, through a window, was protected because the film was shot from a place open to the public. Mark v. KING Broadcasting Co., 618 P.2d 512 (Wash. App. 1980), affd, 635 P.2d 1081 (Wash. 1981), cert. denied, 457 U.S. 1124 (1982).

A non-journalist who videotaped a demonstration won a declaratory judgment stating that a ban on recording oral communications did not apply to recording, with a readily visible device, conversations on a public street that are loud enough to be heard by others. Fordyce v. City of Seattle, No. C92-75WD (W.D. Wash. 1993).

Photographers Guide to Privacy

Thanks to Digital-Photography-School.com

Ruston Quick Shots

2007-03-19T08:56:00.000-07:00

Ruston (13 meg MMV)

Old City Hall

2007-03-14T09:03:00.000-07:00

The Tacoma Foto Gang March 13, 2007

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Old City Hall

2007-03-07T16:21:00.000-08:00

The next outing for the Tacoma Foto Gang will be March 13th at the Old City Hall.

Up until recently there were offices and businesses in the Old City Hall. Hopefully there are areas that have not been too gentrified.

The Renaissance at Old City Hall

City Hall 1910

City Hall and Police station

Is there anything left to see in the Old Police Station across the street? I understood that they retained one of the old cells.

Joel [rootrider] asked:

"Are you talking about the old Northern Pacific building ("One Pacific") or another building?"

I think you're right, but I haven't heard it referred to by that address in awhile.

"In 1929, the Police Department moved across the street from the city hall to the newly completed Public Safety Building. This five story structure was designed to house the station and city jail, and was built adjacent to the old Northern Pacific Railroad headquarters building. Though an improvement on the previous station, it was too small. Soon, the police moved into the N.P. RR building, which came to be known as the Police Annex. Later expansion forced the purchase of a building at 710 Pacific Avenue, which housed the police garage and the juvenile division."

Tacoma Police History

The Waterfront

2007-02-18T22:17:00.000-08:00

The Tacoma Foto Gang goes to the Waterfront

Tacoma Waterfront

Here's a look at some of the pictures:

Tacoma Waterfront shots

Flicker

Also see

KevinFreitas.net Tideflats results

And

GavinJensen.net

There will be more postings and links to come.

February Group Photo, No. 2

2007-02-19T11:48:00.000-08:00

February Group Photo, No. 2, originally uploaded by trumpetlamp.

Seeking grime in dangerous places