Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Why should the rules be different between press work and stock work? Well, it's arguable that press work is for the public good, whereas stock work is primarily for the photographer's good. I should say "could be different" rather than "should", as I'm not actually arguing in favour of charging, merely that whilst I don't like it much, I don't find it unreasonable in all circumstances, and I also accept that that argument is fairly flimsy. I should make it absolutely crystal-clear here that I am 100% against restrictions or charges on photography in public places, but when it's somewhere like a historical site, I see no problem in a modest fee being charged if that money is going into the upkeep of a site - if you hire a model, you have to pay, so ethically, what's the difference? Of course I much prefer not having to pay, but that's a different issue to do with my meanness... In general, I comply with the rules on photography wherever I go, but there are exceptions - I have been known to use a monopod where tripods are banned, for instance, and I absolutely refuse to pay to take stock pictures of my local historic monument, Kenilworth Castle - but in this case, it's because the castle actually belongs to the inhabitants of Kenilworth, of which I am one, so there's no way I'm paying a fee to take pictures of my own property! And the National Trust rules annoy the hell out of me, too, but that's another story altogether. Nick ----- Original Message ---- From: Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, 16 July, 2006 11:24:47 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Paying to shoot At 05:49 PM 7/16/2006, you wrote: >in this case, we're not talking press work but stock, >surely? And surely it's reasonable for different rules to apply? > >Nick Why? I'm a member of both NPPA - National Press Photographers Association - and SAA - Stock Artists Alliance. I don't always know when I take photograph how it will be used. Why should the rules be different? I don't pay and will never pay for access to any photos. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA http://www.tinamanley.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information