Photographers Bust Card (UK only)

With the anti-terrorism laws in the uk, innocent photographers have been 'harassed' by the police using poorly interpreted law. The MET (Metropolitan Police) have been tardy but have provided clarification that common practice exercised by police officers with regard to photographers has largely been wrong.

I'm a photographer not a terrorist

This is a summary of your rights and the police's powers.
Download and print your 'bust card' here

comments / critique / feedback always welcome :)

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Clarity given by MET for UK journalists (blogger, that's you!)

The MET have re-issued their guidance about interfering with "journalists" and their cameras.

Hope for all UK bloggers

Many have cried "that's ok for journalists but what about the rest of us?"

I believe that this is great news for many more than National Union of Journalists (NUJ) journalists.

I blog therefore I am (a journalist)

Because of this blog I class myself as a journalist. The guidance given by the MET doesn't include a definition of what a journalist is, and I see no reason why the widely accepted notion that many bloggers are journalists should not apply.

To make it clear, I intend to design, print and laminate a journalists badge to wear when the occasion demands. For me, that is any time when I'm out and about with my camera. I am, after all, a photojournalist by the mere fact of being a blogger who posts photos.

My purpose may be to record places or sights for historic record purposes, architectural interest or as a photo essay with an art bent. These and many other purposes are, to me, journalistic endeavours, making me or any exponent, a journalist.

Do you see any flaw in that?

comment / discussion welcome

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