Every time I think about this it makes me feel so angry..
I like London street photography, but it's not an option at the moment so I decided to explore Aldershot and get some decent exercise.
Q2M - Westgate by Daniel Cook, on Flickr
First day out I'm taking photos, near an outdoor shopping complex and a security guard comes out tells me it's private land and I can't take photos, ok fine. He escorts me off the property onto the street - I ask him where the private property ends so I don't make the same mistake again. He persists to tell me I can't take photos of the buildings because it's private, even though I'm now on public land, he feels the need to watch me as he walks away.
Westgate by Daniel Cook, on Flickr
Next day I go out again, the sun is shining and I'm feeling good. I do a few laps of the high street, then on passing the entrance to an indoor shopping arcade a guy with a fluorescent jacket comes out. He follows me down the street I turn left, and I stop, he stops. So I start moving again and so does he, at which point I just turn around and walk the other way..
So feeling annoyed, I decide to head home, walking down the street I step behind a vehicle to let an elderly woman with a walking frame past, there's a guy in the vehicle who gets out of his BMW and asks if I'm 'taking photos'.
Street Q2M by Daniel Cook, on Flickr
.. almost makes me want to channel the anger into taking photos of all the actual crime that goes on in Aldershot - I assume drug dealing is an actual crime.
I like London street photography, but it's not an option at the moment so I decided to explore Aldershot and get some decent exercise.
Q2M - Westgate by Daniel Cook, on Flickr
First day out I'm taking photos, near an outdoor shopping complex and a security guard comes out tells me it's private land and I can't take photos, ok fine. He escorts me off the property onto the street - I ask him where the private property ends so I don't make the same mistake again. He persists to tell me I can't take photos of the buildings because it's private, even though I'm now on public land, he feels the need to watch me as he walks away.
Westgate by Daniel Cook, on Flickr
Next day I go out again, the sun is shining and I'm feeling good. I do a few laps of the high street, then on passing the entrance to an indoor shopping arcade a guy with a fluorescent jacket comes out. He follows me down the street I turn left, and I stop, he stops. So I start moving again and so does he, at which point I just turn around and walk the other way..
So feeling annoyed, I decide to head home, walking down the street I step behind a vehicle to let an elderly woman with a walking frame past, there's a guy in the vehicle who gets out of his BMW and asks if I'm 'taking photos'.
Street Q2M by Daniel Cook, on Flickr
.. almost makes me want to channel the anger into taking photos of all the actual crime that goes on in Aldershot - I assume drug dealing is an actual crime.
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