Hanging out for night photography with Chris Lin.
Long Beach, CA
Nightlife in Bluff Park
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Monthly Archives: January 2009
Two can play that game
“Wasting Breath” with US Bank Tower’s Security Team
Thanks to Hal Bergman, there’s video of the encounter with the security team at the US Bank Tower. Shawn (Discarted) edited the video and just blogged about it this morning. Consider it part two, which include the put downs, plus an attempt to teach one of the security guards by Angelo [of Hollywood].
via Discarted
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See also:
- Encounters at the Photographers’ Rights Protest in LA (All Narfed Up)
- US Bank Tower Guards Harass and Call Photographers Idiots [Part 1] (Discarted)
- “Wasting Breath” with US Bank Tower’s Security Team [Part 2] (Discarted)
Update 1/21/2009 3:35pm — Thanks to Thomas Hawk for blogging about this!
Update 1/21/2009 3:50pm — Thanks to blogdowntown for blogging about this, too. See “Photographers’ Rights Protest Makes For Good Theatre.”
Update 1/23/2009 2:55pm — Thanks for LAist and Jeremy Brooks for picking this up (and also putting it on Digg).
Why is Netflix instant streaming a BONUS feature?
The last two Saturdays, Netflix streaming was dead. Today, on a mellow Tuesday afternoon, it died for a short period.
To quote Benjamin from Netflix (via Thomas Hawk):
Watch Now is a bonus feature for Netflix subscribers.
What? Where does it say that on the Netflix website? Their Terms of Use page?
Maybe.
My 5,000th Twitter update
Today, I went to IHOP with my mom to celebrate:
- her birthday,
- the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama, and
- my 5,000th Twitter update. (Follow @bryan?)
Have a good one!
Encounters at the Photographers' Rights Protest in LA
After getting harassed at the US Bank Tower last Thursday, Shawn helped organize an impromptu protest for Sunday.
From Pershing Square, we walked up 5th Street toward the US Bank Tower. At this point, I was with Shawn Nee, David Sommars and Angelo Pacella.
Summary and transcription at the Gas Company Tower
Our first confrontation was almost immediate, occurring in front of the Gas Company Tower (Google Maps). The first SG was a older man with a New York accent. What follows is my transcription of the confrontation, along with an audio recording (download here).
Why doesn't Skype want my money?
You’re upsetting my mom, Skype.
When I lost my ATM/Debit card last month, I had to associate my account information with PayPal to use the new card. PayPal currently has it confirmed, but Skype is still refusing my payments.
I contacted Skype on January 2nd, 2009 and received a response on January 8th — three business days later.
It was a canned response, telling me everything was fine on their side, but I should check if all my data is entered correctly or try different payment methods. I waited three business days to read what I already saw on their website initially?!
Los Angeles Photographers' Rights Protest this Sunday at 2pm
Following up my getting harassed at the US Bank building in Downtown Los Angeles, Discarted sent an email to several other photographers and posted on Flickr that we would protest.
This Sunday (1/18/2009) at 2pm, we’re going to meet at Pershing Square and walk to the US Bank building to protest, take photos and educate people. Of course, there are many buildings around the area that we’ll photograph and most likely get harassed.
In addition to your camera, bring video cameras or audio recorders (if you have any) to document any confrontation(s).
Mentally prepare yourself. Understand and stand up for your rights. Photography is not a crime.
Update 1/21/2009 4:15pm: I shouldn’t have worded my post this way. I’d like to clarify that our primary goal was to take photos. If we got harassed, then we’d have the necessary tools needed to document the incident.
The other side of the window
Photowalking around Highland Park with Nathaniel, Jay and Atilla. That blur is the Metro Gold Line next to Highland Park Station.
Los Angeles, CA
Harassed at the US Bank building in Los Angeles
January 15th, 2009 at 5:27pm, we were harassed by the security of the US Bank building for about five minutes.
I haven’t been harassed about taking photos in awhile, but when Alex Orsburn wanted to go photowalking in the area around Civic Center and Pershing Square, I knew it’d happen.
For the record, the building(s) are incredibly visible in Google Maps using Street View.
A minute after Alex was up the stairs, as predicted, a security guard (Robert) came outside to confront us. The usual spiel spewed forth.
