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It's a simple matter of presenting yourself and
getting a pass. No problem. Usually it prevents you from being
hassled and opens doors to otherwise difficult places to take pictures.
Nothing wrong with that. Pay the money and get the pass. I always
do. It makes your pictures more valuable, because there aren't so many
dippy amatures shooting in front of you, gettin gin your way. I've met
lots of great people, professional photographers all with the pass. Got
good pictures, too.
S.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 1:44
AM
Subject: Re: Tax for photographers in
public places
Several small towns is South America charge you a fee if
you want to take "pro pictures" when they have festivities or markets.
You
ned to get a "photographer's pass" (usually for 3-5 dollars) not to get
harrased by the locals and have access to several spots not available to the
general public.
I have seen this in the Andean region of Ecuador,
Peru and Bolivia.
On 11/19/06, Alberto
Tirado <fotodiseno2003@xxxxxxxxx >
wrote:
>
Anybody knows about any public area
A few years ago there was some
outrage about a city in
California, USA, charging for pictures in
public
places. Perhaps it was Santa Monica, but I can't be
sure now.
The fact is that this is a major touristic
place and *apparently*
authorities decided they could
get a share of the many postcards made in
this city,
due to the public landscaping.
I am not aware of any
city in Mexico requiring fees
(except for pictures taken from the air),
but I do
know that certain places, again like airports, do
charge
dearly for photos or video in
their
installations.
Regards,
**********************
www.alberto-tirado.com
johnploy.blogspot.com
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