|
Blackbird
    
location:
Nova Scotia, Canada
Gender: Male
 |  | How to deal with people.
< on 11/6/2007 11:21 PM >
|  | | | I've asked about cameras, respirators, and animals; now for people.
What would you do if you came across someone while exploring if that person was
a)possibly the owner
b)police/security
c)homeless person
d)some hooligan (tagger, trouble maker, etc)
What if they saw you? What if they approached you and seemed to be very angry or violent?
"Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, and brains save both." - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel |
|
secretdestroyers
 
location:
Baltimore
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: How to deal with people.
<Reply # 1 on 11/6/2007 11:42 PM >
| | | | in case of
a)explain I'm a photographer and ask about the history of the place.
b)if i have been seen, explain I'm a photographer and ask about the history of the place. if i have not been seen, i would lay low and scope it out
c)find out if they are singing or stabbing
d)take pics off them and go to police (unless they are really good tagger and we were in the gallery II)
F this I"m going exploring! |
|
Alx_xlA
location:
Edmonton, Alberta
Gender: Male
| | Re: How to deal with people.
<Reply # 2 on 11/7/2007 4:41 AM >
|  | | | Sweet, sweet chloroform...
Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard and be evil. |
|
bluegrassishh
location:
western mass
Gender: Female
| | Re: How to deal with people.
<Reply # 3 on 11/7/2007 7:59 AM >
| | | | a) be very nice, play the photographer card, ask nicely if you can photograph the place. stress that you're not going to damage or vandalize anything. show them some photos of other places if possible, to back up the story that you're a photographer interested in the beauty of the decaying building/structure.
b) same as A, but be more nice and friendly. sometimes acting aloof helps. if they ask you to leave, leave and apologize (going back is your choice). if you're inside the building, say you found a hole and was curious and wanted to photograph the inside. reeally stress you didnt do any harm to the place.
c) be nice, give them some smokes or a few bucks or a sandwich. maybe ask them about the place. if they're mean, get outta there.
d) yell "POLICE!/SECURITY! STOP WHERE YOU ARE!" and watch em run.
[last edit 11/7/2007 8:00 AM by bluegrassishh - edited 1 times]
|
|
don_corleyone
location:
F/RoX
Gender: Male
I have abandonment issues
| | Re: How to deal with people.
<Reply # 4 on 11/7/2007 1:18 PM >
| | | | kick the douchebag in the nuts
leave the gun. take the cannoli.
|
|
yokes
  
location:
Toronto
Gender: Male
I aim to misbehave
| |  | | Re: How to deal with people.
<Reply # 5 on 11/7/2007 2:03 PM >
| | | | I'd get back to what I was doing at the time: bong hits and arson
"Great architecture has only two natural enemies: water and stupid men." - Richard Nickel |
|
manitou
location:
Mississauga/Toronto/Waterloo
Gender: Male
I was born with an inherent knowledge of every abandonment in the world!
| | Re: How to deal with people.
<Reply # 6 on 11/7/2007 5:29 PM >
| | | | Posted by yokes
I'd get back to what I was doing at the time: bong hits and arson
|
You beat me to it.
www.dkphotogroup.com
|
|
emck00
location:
518/315, New York.
Gender: Female
| | | Re: How to deal with people.
<Reply # 7 on 11/7/2007 5:42 PM >
| | | | My only encounter so far was mall security at a hotel owned by the mall. We just walked down and met him coming in, assured him we would not be back, and left. But afterwards we did contemplate doing alot of other things to the poor guy, all in good joking form though.
[last edit 11/7/2007 5:43 PM by emck00 - edited 1 times]
|
|
yokes
location:
Toronto
Gender: Male
I aim to misbehave
| | | | Re: How to deal with people.
<Reply # 9 on 11/7/2007 5:46 PM >
| | | | The resemblance is striking.
"Great architecture has only two natural enemies: water and stupid men." - Richard Nickel |
|
micro
Gender: Male
Slowly I turned
| | Re: How to deal with people.
<Reply # 10 on 11/7/2007 5:47 PM >
| | | | Failing that, approaching whoever and stating your intent is usually enough to get out of most situations.
|
|
Reciprocity Failure
location:
Santa Barbara/Chicago
Gender: Male
See you on the dark side of the Moon
| | | Re: How to deal with people.
<Reply # 11 on 11/7/2007 6:26 PM >
| | | | My solution: don't let them see you. 
For owners, apologize and let them know I'm not there to harm anything and won't sue them if I get hurt. Ask to continue.
For authority figures, stress the fact that I am NOT black. Or armed.
For homeless dudes, chill with them. They have the best stories.
For taggers/vandals, scare the fuck out of them. It's hilarious.
"It only takes one tree to make a thousand matches, it only takes one match to burn a thousand trees." |
|
Atomsk813
location:
Portland, OR
Gender: Male
Personal Picture loading...
| | | Re: How to deal with people.
<Reply # 12 on 11/7/2007 7:50 PM >
| | | | i have come across a local cop patrolling a port of seattle owned property while trying to get in and i just said i was looking for a friend's house and asked if the road cut thru.
|
|
emck00
location:
518/315, New York.
Gender: Female
| | | Re: How to deal with people.
<Reply # 13 on 11/7/2007 8:22 PM >
| | | | Posted by Reciprocity Failure
For authority figures, stress the fact that I am NOT black. Or armed.
|
LOL
|
|
Explorer Zero
| | | Re: How to deal with people.
<Reply # 14 on 11/8/2007 4:43 AM >
| | | | | the best defense is a good offense |
I usually run at them and chase them around a bit
then I'll growl and assert my dominance by breaking stuff and throwing things at them
|
|
bryjorrin
| | Re: How to deal with people.
<Reply # 15 on 11/8/2007 5:02 AM >
| | | | Claiming to be doing research for an architecture class is often rather credible.
It even might explain a bit of the equipment you have with you.
|
|
Blackbird
location:
Nova Scotia, Canada
Gender: Male
| | Re: How to deal with people.
<Reply # 16 on 11/8/2007 10:09 PM >
| | | | Claiming to be doing research for an architecture class is often rather credible.
It even might explain a bit of the equipment you have with you. |
That would work, I should use it sometime if I need to, mind you I've not been seen yet (knock on wood) so I hope to keep that up.
"Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, and brains save both." - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel |
|
Lord Awesome
location:
Valparaiso IN
Gender: Male
Arbiter
| |  | | Re: How to deal with people.
<Reply # 17 on 11/8/2007 10:57 PM >
| | | | usually when i suspect a person is in the same building as me i anounce my presence with authority and ask who they are and what THEY are doing there. as most people who do not do just that to me don't belong there and will leave quite hastily. but when i do run into an owner etc i explain my interest and that i had wandered in to take some photos and usually ask for more information.
Hey yeah you, fat ass. Not interested. |
|
Reciprocity Failure
location:
Santa Barbara/Chicago
Gender: Male
See you on the dark side of the Moon
| | | Re: How to deal with people.
<Reply # 18 on 11/9/2007 5:55 AM >
| | | | Posted by bryjorrin
Claiming to be doing research for an architecture class is often rather credible.
It even might explain a bit of the equipment you have with you.
|
That's a good one thanks.
Especially useful if I have my 4x5 camera with me....can't run with that shit!
"It only takes one tree to make a thousand matches, it only takes one match to burn a thousand trees." |
|
hydrotherapy
Clever Girl
location:
Circle of Least Confusion
RPS is inside all of us
| | | Re: How to deal with people.
<Reply # 19 on 11/9/2007 1:34 PM >
| | | | Show 'em your boobs?
Get down, girl, go 'head, get down. |
|
Powered by AvBoard AvBoard version 1.5 alpha
Page Generated In: 109 ms
|
|
Ethics