Easy mistake to make though when there's a "Buy" button on every page, don't
you think, Geoff? Not that it necessarily justifies the charge, that's quite a
lot of money if I did the conversion right - $168?
Maybe they figure that a big camera means a big wallet.
Peter Shute
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> On 22 May 2014, at 7:02 pm, "Geoffrey Allan Jones" <>
> wrote:
>
> Good Evening everyone.
>
> I have been reading with interest the thread about charges for using your
> camera in National Parks and I have come across 2 experiences in Australia,
> One at Lawn Hill were I was walking along a path beside the river carrying
> my 500 lens & camera and was asked by the ranger if I was a professional
> photographer which I answered no and moved on. The other time was down here
> in my home patch at Pound Bend Reserve Warrandyte. When a couple of rangers
> asked me was I a professional Photographer because of the size of the lens
> that I was using, and again I said no. In both cases it was assumed that
> because I was using a large lens I must be a professional photographer. What
> is the reason for this? I believe that it goes back to a time when some
> commercial filmmakers rope off certain areas in Nat Parks to shoot wildlife
> docs and so it was for that reason the need for a permit is needed, but it
> should not be for someone walking along a track and not interfering with
> animals or people walking along the track. So there is always a presumption
> that because you own a large lens and have a website you must be a
> professional, a fine example of this is an email that was sent to my Travel
> Agent from Borneo Rainforest Lodge last week, below is the email
>
>
>
> We understand that Mr Geoffrey Jones is a professional wildlife photographer
> and wants to photograph birds at Borneo Rainforest Lodge/ Danum Valley. He
> also has his own website with photographs that he has taken throughout his
> travels. Please inform him that as a professional photographer he has to pay
> a photography fee of RM500 per camera to do photography in the Danum Valley
> Conservation Area (DVCA). This fee is not imposed by us, but by the Danum
> Valley Management Committee (DVMC) under Yayasan Sabah. It will go towards
> the conservation fund of the DVCA. He can pay this fee directly at our Lahad
> Datu office, or the Danum Valley Field Centre office in Lahad Datu town
> (just next door to BNT LDU office). Please inform Mr Jones of this fee.
>
>
>
> Once again I have contacted them to let them know that I would love to make
> money out of my photographs but the cold hard reality is I would be owed
> about $300,000 dolllars for the trips that I have done to secure my library
> of photos that are on my website. So if you are heading overseas beware!
>
>
>
> So I am off to Bali next week for a wedding and I have a couple of days to
> spare for birding and would appreciate some advice from my fellow brethren
> and then too Borneo for 3 weeks chasing the Pittas of Danum Valley and the
> Hornbills at Sukau Lodge
>
> Kindest Regards
>
> Geoff Jones
>
> Barraimaging
>
> Your Non Professional Photographer
>
>
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