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Old Posted May 4, 2009, 2:10 AM
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Bottom line guys: Plenty of rent-a-cops have wagged their dongs at me. Do what I do: Make sure you're not within the property line because if you're not they cannot stop you and if it isn't a sensitive location (use common sense for this one) shoot away. Be cautious (i.e.: surreptitious) in plazas and such areas immediately adjacent to buildings. Even though they are open to the street they often are on private property and you can be asked to leave. If the plaza is paved with the same material as the building, it's part of the building and an asshole can make a case about it. Also, one doesn't always have to stand right under/in front of a building to get a quality shot. Across the street works too.

One other trick I use - if you know a company inside the building you're shooting, say you're doing work for them.
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