Shootout: fees are coming

NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
edited May 1, 2006 in The Big Picture
Got this from LA group I recently joined:
http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2006/04/fees.html

Bottom line: people with pro-looking gear may be charged heavily..:dunno
"May the f/stop be with you!"

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited May 1, 2006
    Nikolai wrote:
    006/04/fees.html"]http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2006/04/fees.html[/URL]

    Bottom line: people with pro-looking gear may be charged heavily..ne_nau.gif
    Where do you see that?
  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited May 1, 2006
    We have that here if its an aboriginal declared sacred site. Therefore if its a nice place ..you pay. If its dull & boring..its free.
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 1, 2006
    Confused...
    Andy wrote:
    Where do you see that?

    Andy,
    I thought I posted the NPPA link.. I checked it again and it works..ne_nau.gif
    What is that you're asking?rolleyes1.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 1, 2006
    Quotes
    Andy wrote:
    Where do you see that?

    if this is is what you were asking about...:
    The new location fees start at $150 per day and – with monitors and other charges – could exceed $500 per day
    This revised regulation will allow the Park Service to collect reasonable fees for use of federal lands as a result of both commercial filming and certain still photography activities.” This mention of still photography is the only other reference to non-video photography, but no further explanation is offered for how still photographers may be effected.
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited May 1, 2006
    I'm sure they can't charge tourists with DSLRs $150 to shoot pretty pictures.
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited May 1, 2006
    I had to pay a fee to shoot a doc on Mt. St. Helens. This looks like it's for commercial applications, not tourists.
    Sid.
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  • Bob BellBob Bell Registered Users Posts: 598 Major grins
    edited May 1, 2006
    This has been a hot topic on nature sites for quite a while and its very misunderstood.

    http://www.fs.fed.us/recreation/permits/pl-106-206.pdf

    http://www.nps.gov/applications/digest/permits.cfm?urlarea=permits

    http://www.blm.gov/nhp/what/commercial/filming/


    National park service and Bureau of Land Management are different but have similar rules

    The important parts, which is in the first link:

    (c) Still Photography.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
    Secretary shall not require a permit nor assess a fee for still
    photography on lands administered by the Secretary if such photography
    takes place where members of the public are generally allowed. The
    Secretary may require a permit, fee, or both, if such photography takes
    place at other locations where members of the public are generally not
    allowed, or where additional administrative costs are likely.


    Bob
    Phoenix, AZ
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