Buck Forester |
June 25th, 2010 05:34 PM |
Very nice footage!
I'm with Doug on applying the 'rules' of the NPS. I've already paid my entrance fees, my taxes, etc., etc., and if I have a Canon 5D Mark II taking high-def video for 'potential' commercial use (who knows what will sell or not?), and a still photographer with the same camera is next to me taking stills that will end up all over the web for his own use, why would one be charged and not the other? It makes no sense other than greed.
Obviously if special consideration is needed due to a crew, or a Ranger is needed for an escort, that's a different story. But just a camera and a tripod, c'mon. It's public land. This land is my land, this land is your land.
I've heard some areas are tougher than areas. I've heard Yellowstone Rangers are more apt to question you than Yosemite, etc.
I wouldn't mind paying an annual fee, like $100, that would cover me anywhere for all public park lands, but $200 every time you go to a park and shoot with a single camera on a tripod?
Anyway, not to detract from the great shooting in these three pieces. Super stuff.
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