> > From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/08/15 Mon AM 07:36:01 GMT > To: "pentax list" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Photo Vest > > On 14/8/05, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >I suspect the powers (or maybe just power) think(s) that someone, > >somewhere mught be making something out of the cathedral and a cut > >should come its way. Even if it's just the Margate pensioners annual > >outing and old Freddie wanted a shot to put in their newsletter. > > A classical shot of the cathedral can surely be had from outside the > perimeter - and possibly used as the basis of making a postcard. So they > could still see unauthorised photographic reproduction of their blessed > building. > > Actually it's difficult for me to get my head around commercial > photography / broadcast. In news, we just don't get this. They either > want you there and give you every access, and we get great pictures, or > they don't want you there and give you no access, and we get great pictures. >
8-) I agree with you completely and I think it is a very shortsighted policy. The other possibility is that flash photography has been making a measurable difference in the deterioration of some of the many ancient artefacts in the building. I know the catherdal does have a very aggressive (in the best sense) preservation policy. If too many people have been ignoring a ban on flash, it's possible that the cathedral decided to give up any possible income from photography except for those wil ing to pay a commercial price. mike ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
