• Showroom7561
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    7 months ago

    He wasn’t simply “in a public place”, he was blocking the sidewalk with gear for over a half hour, just standing there waiting for the clouds to be right for his photo…

    I get that not everyone will agree with him being ticketed, but he really needed to use more common sense.

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      7 months ago

      Your evidence that he was blocking the sidewalk with gear is what, precisely.

      Provide details. Show your work.

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        7 months ago

        Did you read the article? It’s all there, including a photo of the gear he was using.

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          7 months ago

          So a photo staged after the event for the news report is your evidence he was blocking the sidewalk before the newsworthy event was happening.

          You’re an idjit. Go crawl back under the bridge you call home.

          (For those of you who are not this idjit: when a photographer is waiting for proper lighting, they generally don’t sit there with all their equipment out, tripod legs spread, etc., precisely because they don’t know when—or even if—the lighting will go their way. They just stand to one side, using a minimal footprint, waiting for the right conditions before they snap out the equipment to take their shot. This guy is talking out of his asshole. By which I mean out of himself.)

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            So a photo staged after the event for the news report is your evidence he was blocking the sidewalk before the newsworthy event was happening.

            No.

            The photo shows the gear he blocked the sidewalk with. I’ll note that it’s not a typical tripod, but a much larger one that has a considerable footprint.

            The report itself, going by the testimony of the accused, is the evidence. The ticket with the admitted infraction further bolsters this evidence.

            What more do you want? What exactly are you in denial about?

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              7 months ago

              And your evidence the gear was fully-deployed is…?

              Nothing.

              You’re just an asshole.

              Fuck off.

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                7 months ago

                Firstly, why are you taking things so personally?

                To the evidence, it’s literally all over the article, from the title even!

                P.E.I. photographer handcuffed, fined after taking pictures of Quebec City’s iconic Château Frontenac

                John Morris, a professional photographer from P.E.I., said he was trying to get the perfect shot of the iconic hotel when police approached him.

                A professional photographer from Charlottetown, P.E.I., has been fined $230 for “loitering” while he was taking pictures of Quebec City’s iconic Château Frontenac hotel.

                I’m not a professional photographer, but it would seem that someone in the process of taking photos, would probably have to have their equipment out. Perhaps even the equipment that he showed off for that photo in the same article. 😀

                You’re just mad for no reason. Relax.

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                    7 months ago

                    An asshole to whom ?? He is explaining his opinion with facts from the article. The only assholes here are the one calling him an asshole. Calm down dawg. What’s your problem ?

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      7 months ago

      You’re right. If he wanted to impede foot traffic, he should have been a property developer. They get to block off public spaces for years at a time, and it’s ok because in the end they’re generating profit. /s