The first shots from the Zeiss Ikon I bought earlier in the year have been developed. I think I have a new favourite camera.
Police were warned today about wrongful use of anti-terror laws to stop photographers taking pictures of officers. Lord Carlile QC, who reviews anti-terror legislation, said officers who use force or threats against photographers to make them delete images could face prosecution themselves. Section 58A of the Counter-Terrorism Act, which came into force in February, bans photographers from taking pictures of the police if the photographs could be useful to terrorists. Lord Carlile said this was a "high bar" and should not be used to interfere with day-to-day photography of officers which is "as legitimate as before". … It is inexcusable for police officers ever to use this provision to interfere with the rights of individuals to take photographs.
(Hat tip: John Naughton.)
Interview about the Oxford Flickr Exhibition
Last night the Oxford Flickr Group launched our own exhibition in local gallery The Jam Factory (I'll blog about this later, once I've caught up on sleep and things have settled down a bit).
This morning I was interviewed by Phil Mercer on BBC Radio Oxford about the exhibition. My first ever radio interview.
For your pleasure (and my cringing) here I am in all my stumbling glory (flash embed):
I blame the fact that it was just after 8am and there was a lot of coffee kicking around my system.
At least I remembered not to swear!