Inhibiting Unwanted Photography and Video Recording

A method for inhibiting unwanted photography of a celebrity, comprising:

• detecting a paparazzo having access to photographic equipment within a public area by visual observation;
• triggering an apparatus to engage a plurality of deterrents, wherein the plurality of deterrents include a focused beam of light, a strobe light, and a photographic flash;
• bombarding a segment of the public area with the plurality of deterrents in a direction of photographic equipment to obscure the image of a celebrity captured by the photographic equipment by focusing the beam of light in a direction of the photographic equipment, focusing the strobe light in the direction of the photographic equipment, triggering the photographic flash proximate to the filming equipment, and utilizing reflective materials to harness a light emitted by the filming equipment by causing the light to refract from the reflective material in a direction from whence the light was emitted;
• burning an imprint on a digital card stored within the photographic equipment by bombarding the photographic equipment with the plurality of deterrents;
• and
• maintaining privacy of a celebrity by discouraging the paparazzo from photographing the celebrity to produce additional images of the celebrity.

A method for inhibiting unwanted photography of a government building, comprising:

• detecting a covert government operative having access to photographic equipment outside of a government building by utilizing a surveillance camera;
• triggering an apparatus to engage a plurality of deterrents, wherein the plurality of deterrents include a focused beam of light, a strobe light, and a photograph flash;
• bombarding an area proximate to the photographic equipment with the plurality of deterrents to obscure an image of the government building captured by photographic equipment by focusing the beam of light in a direction of the photographic equipment, focusing the strobe light in the direction of the photographic equipment, triggering the photographic flash proximate to the photographic equipment, and utilizing reflective materials to harness a light emitted by the filming equipment by causing the light to refract from the reflective materials in a direction from whence the light was emitted;
• burning an imprint on a digital card stored within the photographic equipment by bombarding the photographic equipment with the plurality of deterrents;
• and
• maintaining privacy within the government building by discouraging the government operative from photographing inside of the government building to produce images of individuals with the government building.

A system, comprising:

• a means for detecting a paparazzo having access to photographic equipment;
• a means for bombarding the photographic equipment with a plurality of deterrents to obscure an image of an entity on a recording medium within the photographic equipment;
• a means for distorting the image;
• and
• a means for reflecting a light emitted by the photographic equipment in a direction of the photographic equipment.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a shaft component operable to be held by an entity;
• a housing component extending from one end of the shaft component and operable to allow multiple deterrents to be emitted there from, the housing component comprising:
• a rotation member coupled to a rim portion of the housing component and operable to rotate along a track portion within the rim portion;
• a transparent material coupled to the rotation member and operable to allow a deterrent to travel there through;
• a light source coupled to the transparent material and operable to emit a light;
• a swivel component meshed between the shaft component and the housing component and operable to allow the housing component oscillate in an angular direction;
• a deterrent compartment coupled to an external portion of the housing component and operable to allow an additional deterrent to be emitted there from, wherein each deterrent is operable to obscure an image of the entity captured by filming equipment;
• and
• a trigger component coupled to the housing component and operable to engage each deterrent.

A helmet, comprising:

• a crown member operable to be worn by an entity;
• a plurality of deterrent compartments coupled to the crown member and operable to allow multiple deterrents to be emitted there from, the deterrents are operable to obscure an image of an entity captured by filming equipment and the deterrents include a focused beam of light component and a strobe light component;
• and
• a trigger component disposed on the crown member and operable to selectively engage each deterrent;
• wherein the trigger component is operable to engage the deterrents according to a preset schedule.

An image distortion tower, comprising:

• a base;
• a deterrent emitter station coupled to the base;
• a first light source disposed on the deterrent emitter station, the first light source operable to emit a deterrent from the deterrent emitter station;
• and
• a oscillator mechanism coupled between the base portion and the deterrent emitter station, the oscillator mechanism operable to oscillate the deterrent emitter station.

A bombardment zone, comprising:

• an area of interest, the area on interest having a perimeter;
• a first image distortion tower at one side of the perimeter;
• and
• a second image distortion tower at another side of the perimeter and opposing the first image distortion tower;
• wherein the first image distortion tower and the second image distortion tower are each operable to emit deterrents, rotate, include deterrent emitter stations operable to oscillate, and include light sources disposed upon the deterrent emitter stations operable to rotate.

An ornamental image distortion apparatus, comprising:

• a lanyard;
• a shaft component coupled to the lanyard via a coupling component;
• a plurality of deterrent compartments disposed throughout the shaft component;
• and
• a trigger component on a bottom surface of the shaft component, the trigger component operable to engage deterrents from each deterrent compartment.