THE UPS AND DOWNS OF VIDEO MAKING.

Ohio recently joined California as the only states to specifically ban secretly taking pictures (using hidden cameras) up a woman's skirt or down her shirt, called "upskirting" and "downblousing." The Internet has made the practice more common, with Web sites posting images, buying pictures from high-tech Peeping Toms and telling users where to buy hidden cameras. "These Web sites basically promote the practice and encourage people to go out and try to do this to as many women as possible," said Representative Ed Jerse, who sponsored the legislation in Ohio. "Kind of like a Mission Impossible challenge," he said. Similar legislation is pending in New York.