Dropped into this thread a bit late, I am *almost* in the same position, or was. i took pictures last year of the the night they shut down the "Occupy London" here in London, Ontario, so speaking form Canada here too. There were tons of media people there that night - newspaper, radio, television, web based news, etc.
I noticed the media were taking photos and videos right, left and centre, so the thought struck me, every time I took photos of protesters, I also took photographs of the media people, themselves taking photographs of the protesters. I figured if anyone complained in any way, I could post photos side by side. Here is the protestor, and here is the reporter photographing the protestor. After a while, I found photographing the media almost if not more interesting than the protestors themselves.
As it was, I got "called out" in the comments section, by name, of the local newspaper, some asking why I was walking around with a "big telephoto" (it was an 85mm, F1.4 - good for low light
), and if I had permission to photograph everybody the way i did. I was ready to pull out my media photos, but it never got any farther than that. I thought it would, and I thought it was strange, as I had not posted the photographs anywhere yet, but to be reconized and called out by name, a bit unnerving.
Now the "rest of the story" as the late Paul Harvey would put it. Also, before I go on, I had posted this story in the "Lounge" already some time ago if you want to see the photo in question. Long story short, the local TV station had a contest to send in photographs of their news people in action. I had some good ones, but I had a real killer - I think one of the best photos I have ever taken in my life of anything. You know one of those rare moments when - photographically speaking - for a split second, everything comes together? That was it. bottom line - won the grand prize, a thousand dollar gift card to Henry's cameras. Went out right away, added some money of my own, and bought a second D7000 body and never looked back.
So in my case, my "threat" if you call it that, turned out in the long run to fizzle out, but the whole experience did me good, and I still have some excellent shots from that night. I hope your situation comes out good for you too. good luck, and don't give up!
joe
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