Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jul 16, 2006, at 12:17 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote: > And the ridiculous assumption of the bureaucrats who think everyone > who is a > professional makes thousands of dollars from their pile of rocks? Bull > shit! > > Get real Frank, it isn't TV! It's real life! > > ted > Frank, Ted - Can't we just get along? My wife, a curator of a major art gallery, assures me that the directors of museums and historic sites are not trying to ban professional photographers, as such. They are trying to ban TRIPODS and flashes, a practice encouraged by their insurance companies. Tripods interfere with the flow of patrons to the site and constitute a safety hazard. The rule of thumb assumption is that a professional uses a tripod, the amateur does not. The professional, setting up a tripod and clearing a field of view for his picture, effectively "ropes" off that area from the public. The fees are set unrealistically high in order to discourage anyone from paying them. As you discovered, most museums will allow casual photography, even by "professionals." Art museums tend to restrict the use of flash even though there is little evidence that it damages paintings. Larry Z