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p.2 #11 · p.2 #11 · Is it better to get permission or ask for forgiveness | |
RDKirk wrote:
If you are a city resident, take it to the city council. Point out that the price is too high for ordinary still camera work, and the high price causes most photographers to shoot without permits. Argue that the price is suitable for film or video productions, but still camera photographers should be granted either a much lower per-session fee or that the $800 should be an annual fee.
Wouldn't hurt and you might be successful, especially if you bring in a group of other professional photographers...and add that the increased fee must be passed on to the town citizens who are your customers, unlike film/video productions....Show more →
That's a real good idea, but I am not a city resident. I feel that something is going on, I was stopped yesterday at a different place that I take a lot of military wedding couples to.
I have shot at this area ( 20 yeasr) and have done events there, I know the director and they have many of my photos on the walls of the offices and in their arhcive.
For the last 2 years they have hired a security service that partols the are ( this is federal land and a open to the public national moument area ) The security guard stopped and told me that photography has NEVER been allowed at this place, this is a lie . There is a sign posted that states recreational activity's such a jogging, bicycling and walking are not permitted. This guy told me it states that NO PHOTOGRAPHY IS ALLOWED, and it has been that way for years. This is bull, I am going to seen the director this week. The bride is an officer in the Air Force who works with the Pentagon, her fahter is the CO of the local airbase. This couple wanted photos their to honor their affliation with the US Air force, we saw literally 3 other people in the entire are, that included the security officer.
He told that I had just never been caught before, like we were trying to be sneaky, and now that he is on the job I won't be able to "get away with it anymore".
Luckily we we're done, but I am pissed. I asked the guy, "so families that come here to feed the ducks are in violation because it's recreational " and he said technically yes they are in violation. This is ludicrious, this kid was barely 21 and on an obvious power trip.
Well I am venting, but has photography become such an issue? I am hoping that the current attitude against photography does not become a state wide trend. We have some property and a business license that allows us to run a photography business on our land, I am thinking that we may have to invest a sizealble amount and have the area landscaped and built specifically for photography so that we can have a area to shoot in without being hasseled.
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