"Man charged after photographing girls at park"

[TheFantasticG]

League City man charged after taking photographs of girls' soccer team at park | abc13.com

WEBSTER, TX (KTRK) -- A League City man is under arrest after he reportedly took pictures of girls playing soccer at a park in Webster.

According to Webster police, Paul Guy Clark Jr., 65, posted a $2,000 bond Thursday on a felony charge of improper photography. On Wednesday Clark reportedly photographed girls, ages 12 to 17, at a Webster park in the 17100 block of North Texas Avenue.

Parents of the girls alerted Webster police that a man had been taking pictures. One witness told police he'd seen this man taking photos of girls playing at parks on many occasions.

Webster police arrested Clark at 7:15pm Wednesday. Clark is accused of photographing the children without consent with the intent to arouse and gratify a sexual desire.

Police seized computer equipment from Clark's car, including a digital camera, memory cards, an iPod, USB flash drives, a computer and a collection of pornographic materials. The evidence was submitted to the district attorney's office.

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Just thought I'd post it up.

[Murph]

More Data, need more Data.

[wandrson]

Getting the popcorn out.

[rab3rd]

yeah, I hope they have some evidence to back this up. Its this type of thing that curbs my desire to do street photography even though I think its cool stuff.

[dixonduke]

Wasn't there another arrest 6 or so months ago in the same town? I remember reading about on her a while ago. Either that or I am having a de'ja vu moment.

[TXFZ1]

Yes, it the same event from Jan. Funny, does a copy right allow it to be cut and pasted???

David

[dixonduke]

How about that... Here is an update on his story from todays date....

Webster man accused of taking inappropriate videos of teenage girls | abc13.com

[TxLerman]

How can anyone tell that when a photographer is taking a picture out in public that it is meant for intent to arouse?

Is there some phermone that is given off that only cops can detect??

[JohnT]

Possessing pornographic materials AND taking pictures of nothing but pubescent and adolescent girls on several occasions, without consent of the parents, doesn't look good. If he isn't found guilty of anything illegal, he might be guilty of at least stupidity.

[zebulus]

Originally Posted by rab3rd

yeah, I hope they have some evidence to back this up. Its this type of thing that curbs my desire to do street photography even though I think its cool stuff.

There is a trick to street photography. You have to make yourself part of the environment. You use a small camera with a small lens. You get up close, and let people get comfortable with you.

When you start using a 300mm 2.8 to shoot pictures of girls your just being creepy.

[Jim Victory]

I'm glad I got out of the youth sports business when I did. This is getting out of hand. It will be impossible for anyone to conduct business in this kind of atmosphere without being harrassed.

I certainly don't approve of the sleaseballs that do this for personal gratification but everyone, regardless of their intent, are going to be scrutinized and treated like criminals.

[Jim Victory]

Originally Posted by zebulus

When you start using a 300mm 2.8 to shoot pictures of girls your just being creepy.

I actually used a 300 f/2.8 L IS, 70 -200 f/2.8L IS, and 600 f/4L IS to shoot girls playing soccer and there was nothing creepy about it. I made a very good living doing it for many years including videos for them to use for college recruitment.

Its your "creepy" comment that fuels this kind of attitude.

[JohnT]

Originally Posted by Jim Victory

I actually used a 300 f/2.8 L IS, 70 -200 f/2.8L IS, and 600 f/4L IS to shoot girls playing soccer and there was nothing creepy about it. I made a very good living doing it for many years including videos for them to use for college recruitment.

Its your "creepy" comment that fuels this kind of attitude.

I'm sure he wasn't referring to legitimate kids' sports photographers. That's a whole different situation because at least some parents knew who you were, why you were there, and you handled it professionally. It's the "creepiness" of strangers doing this that fuels the attitude in my opinion.

[TheFantasticG]

Originally Posted by dixonduke

How about that... Here is an update on his story from todays date....

Webster man accused of taking inappropriate videos of teenage girls | abc13.com

Much appreciated.

I saw it on the news, went and searched their site and the link I posted was the first one to come up.

[MicWayWal]

Originally Posted by TxLerman

How can anyone tell that when a photographer is taking a picture out in public that it is meant for intent to arouse?

Is there some phermone that is given off that only cops can detect??

I guess when the photographer is only taking pictures of body parts (according to the news article) and not the whole person.