Comments on: Gratuitous Shot http://silverspringpenguin.com/2009/11/09/gratuitous-shot-6/ Your neighborhood news source Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:09:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: brh http://silverspringpenguin.com/2009/11/09/gratuitous-shot-6/comment-page-1/#comment-60310 brh Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:14:15 +0000 http://silverspringpenguin.com/?p=5433#comment-60310 Great photo! Chip, thanks for that info - always good to know who's looking out for the artists in the community, and how to get involved… Great photo!

Chip, thanks for that info – always good to know who’s looking out for the artists in the community, and how to get involved…

]]> By: Chip Py http://silverspringpenguin.com/2009/11/09/gratuitous-shot-6/comment-page-1/#comment-60305 Chip Py Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:19:00 +0000 http://silverspringpenguin.com/?p=5433#comment-60305 Erin M is not only a great photographer but is also a crusader for Photographers Rights. See her here testifying before a Congressional Hearing in which John Porcari ,Deputy Secretary U.S. Department of Transportation and Gary W. Schenkel, Director of Federal Protection Services get taken to the wood shed by Congressman Eleanor Holmes Norton for the harrasment of photographers in front of the Department of transportation Office Building and other government buildings in which federal security guards tell photographers that it is illegal to take pictures of government buildings. http://www.flickr.com/photos/chip_py/3949067644/in/set-72157622442063820/ Erin runs the DC Photo Rights Group on Flickr. This group was started during Silver Spring photo rights debacle of a few years ago and under her leadership has taken action not only with government buildings but also with other publicly funded shopping centers including Union Station. Erin M is not only a great photographer but is also a crusader for Photographers Rights. See her here testifying before a Congressional Hearing in which John Porcari ,Deputy Secretary U.S. Department of Transportation and Gary W. Schenkel, Director of Federal Protection Services get taken to the wood shed by Congressman Eleanor Holmes Norton for the harrasment of photographers in front of the Department of transportation Office Building and other government buildings in which federal security guards tell photographers that it is illegal to take pictures of government buildings.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chip_py/3949067644/in/set-72157622442063820/

Erin runs the DC Photo Rights Group on Flickr. This group was started during Silver Spring photo rights debacle of a few years ago and under her leadership has taken action not only with government buildings but also with other publicly funded shopping centers including Union Station.

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