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Watch This Video of Thieves Stealing a Lens Right Off a Photographer’s Camera on His Neck

July 10, 2013 By Eric Reagan

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SDk5EfPAxoY&w=640&h=360]

This is a crazy operation in Russia where a group of thieves coordinate to distract a photographer while taking what looks like his Nikon 70-200 right off the camera that’s handing on his neck.

At first, we see the photographer/tourist approached by a group of people putting things in front of him in an attempt to distract.

Step 1 Distraction

Then, one of the thieves slips his hands under the papers held up and removes the lens. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: mugging, stolen, theft, tourism, video

 

The Stolen Scream

March 9, 2011 By Eric Reagan

This is an interesting story of a man who has had his image stolen from his Flickr account and used thousands of times.

What would you do?

[via FStoppers]

Filed Under: Photographers Tagged With: copying, copyright, flickr, FStoppers, stealing photos, stolen, The Stolen Scream, theft, video

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