[Leica] Re: Persecuted for using tripod in public

[Jim Brick <jim_brick@agilent.com>]

Which parks? Yosemite, Pt. Lobos, Pt. Reyes, Julia Pfeiffer Burns,
Garrapata, etc. all encourage photography, photography groups, and using
the place for photographic instruction.

Jim


At 06:57 AM 2/2/01 -0800, Oliver Bryk wrote:
>
>A couple of years ago I had similar encounters with rangers at several
>California State parks when I set up a Hasselblad on a tripod. In each case,
>the ranger demanded to see a permit for commercial photography. In each
>case, I stated that I was not a commercial photographer. That did not
>satisfy the ranger who invariably brought an invisible camera to his or her
>eyes, clicked an imaginary shutter button, pointed to my tripod, and said,
>"but you must be a commercial photographer". When asked to show me the
>applicable regulation and its definition of commercial photography, none of
>the rangers was able to satisfy my request. When I asked where I was
>supposed to have obtained this permit, the answer was, "from Sacramento"
>(the state capital).
>Making the taxpayer prove a negative (no pun intended) seems to be an
>ingrained habit of mindless bureaucrats.
>Oliver Bryk