John Francis wrote: >On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 06:36:08PM -0400, Bruce Walker wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > It strikes me as very odd that an environmentalist like Ansel Adams >> > might be precluded from photographing in Yosemite (if he were alive >> > today) when it was his photographs that helped spur the care and >> > conservation of our National Parks (and in some cases, the creation of >> > NEW parks) by bringing their stunning beauty to the public's >> > consciousness. >> >> I think that qualifies as ironic. > >Do your homework, guys. It's just a badly-researched fear-mongering article. > >First and foremost, what Ansel Adams did would still be allowed by this. >The rules contain a very clear definition of "commercial work", and selling >prints of half dome is not "commercial work" under that definition. > >Secondly: this isn't really anything new. You already require a permit >for these kinds of things today (model shoots, film crews, etc.)
According to the article this *is* new. It's an additional proposed set of rules that are so vaguely written they could, in fact, result in fines against photographers who sell prints of photos taken in national parks. The "vaguely worded" bit is the key: It gives them the ability to do what they like. But as these are *proposed* rules and have therefore not been adopted yet (by definition), there is a government site where you can make a comment: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2014/09/04/2014-21093/proposed-directive-for-commercial-filming-in-wilderness-special-uses-administration?utm_campaign=email+a+friend&utm_medium=email&utm_source=federalregister.gov -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
