When I whip mine out, everybody stands back...
(Yeah, this actually is my setup, scarily enough....)
Posted on 11/24/2010 4:18:37 PM PST by Yossarian
KUWAIT: After the ban three ministries placed on photography, most Kuwaiti youth are a bit confused about what to do with their cameras if they can't use them in public and why such laws were implemented in the first place. The Ministry of Information, Ministry of Social Affairs and Ministry of Finance recently came to the conclusion that photography should be used for journalism purposes only. This has resulted in the ban of Digital Single Lens Reflex Cameras (DSLRs) in public, on the streets and in malls .
What most Kuwaiti photographers have come to wonder is how such a decision could be reached by authorities, especially considering that digital cameras and cell phone cameras have the same abilities. What most people think of photography as a hobby has become a bit misguided due to the fact that the country has so little exposure to art. While using a DSLR, passersby may wonder if the camera is being used for the wrong reasons.
Mohammed Al-Eisa, who picked up photography as a hobby more than 10 years ago, said that he has decided to take photos of animals or still life due to the fact that these subjects don't mind having their picture taken and don't make a scene. "I started facing problems the very first day I bought my camera," Mohammed added.
What often happens is that a big black camera tends to worry people. Taking a picture of a stranger would seem like much less of an issue if you were using a more discreet camera or even a cell phone. Mariam Al-Fodiry said that she has faced similar problems with her hobby and that being a girl doesn't help at all. She said that in some cases it makes the problem even worse. "Switching to abstract and landscape photography was one the options I considered after getting into enough trouble," Mariam said.
Majed Al-Saqer said that sometimes people stop him while he is in his car with his camera, as if he were planning to kill someone with it. He said that he isn't sure what the real problem is, whether it is people taking photos of each other or the size of the camera.
So may this serve as a warning to any NASA apparatchik who gets sent to Kuwait to make Muslims feel better about their contributions to the space program: You better not pack your best camera for the trip!
Yeah people are often frightened by the size of my camera. LOL
When I whip mine out, everybody stands back...
(Yeah, this actually is my setup, scarily enough....)
I’m thinking if we could get CAIR engaged on this in the US we might be able to do something about red light cameras.
sure, with that window breaker lens shroud
I’m thinking if we could get CAIR engaged on this in the US we might be able to do something about red light cameras.
Its not the size of your camera but the magic in the lens.
Yeah, start off with a test-case in Dearborn MI, and use that as nation-wide precedence...
***KUWAIT: After the ban three ministries placed on photography,...***
Momammed didn’t have a camera so cameras are basicly un-islamic.
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My set up!
Re your camera:
Is that a door-breaching hood on the lens?
I was at a major football game last weekend and saw at least two monster cameras probably not much shy of 50 pounds. They had their own pedestal, and the lens apparatus seemed to be nearly 2 feet long.
I would guess that it would take at least 20 or 30 seconds to get the camera stabilized enough to make a shot. What is the utility of cameras such as these?
We should have never meddled with Iraq when it took over Kuwait. Americans died to restore an Islamic despotic kingdom. As time marches on it looks more and more that the Bushes are buddies with fascist Muslims.
We should have never meddled with Iraq when it took over Kuwait. Americans died to restore an Islamic despotic kingdom. As time marches on it looks more and more that the Bushes are buddies with fascist Muslims.
What a shame. There are some talented photographers in that country:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Kuwait&w=all
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