Danum valley charge a camera fee for every visitor, professional, general
naturalist tourist and student that uses a camera. Its not because of your gear
or website. Considering the gear you use and cost of your trips a one off fee
of about $15AU isn't something to get to upset about.
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From: Geoffrey Allan Jones <>
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Subject: Camera fees in Malaysia
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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