Photo and Video Permission

[BenF]

So here I am, 2 weeks in Perth Australia, Yea. Long Flight for these old bones.
Anyway, The better half could not make the trip here so I thought I would do a mini travel log of my arrival.
I was going to do a "fly through", holding the Mavic Air (motors off, in Camera mode) coming in the front door, though the vacant lobby and into the elevator for the opening scene. I asked permission of the front desk and was told that I could only do that if my wife was the only person viewing the video. Any social media posting would be a violation of some sort. I asked if I could make it a private, not public, posting for my families viewing only and was told No. I would have to ask central office for permission.
In conclusion, if one is going on a trip/vacation (My first in over 12 years) be aware that corporate minds do not want videographers taping their property and posting it on social media. If I had known that, I wouldn't be posting this message.
Then again, this might have been mentioned in a previous post, sorry about that in advance.

 

[ZX14-R]

Welcome from Queensland Australia.

 

[offtheback]

So here I am, 2 weeks in Perth Australia, Yea. Long Flight for these old bones.
Anyway, The better half could not make the trip here so I thought I would do a mini travel log of my arrival.
I was going to do a "fly through", holding the Mavic Air (motors off, in Camera mode) coming in the front door, though the vacant lobby and into the elevator for the opening scene. I asked permission of the front desk and was told that I could only do that if my wife was the only person viewing the video. Any social media posting would be a violation of some sort. I asked if I could make it a private, not public, posting for my families viewing only and was told No. I would have to ask central office for permission.
In conclusion, if one is going on a trip/vacation (My first in over 12 years) be aware that corporate minds do not want videographers taping their property and posting it on social media. If I had known that, I wouldn't be posting this message.
Then again, this might have been mentioned in a previous post, sorry about that in advance.

Brings to mind the phrase-"Better to ask forgiveness than permission"

 

[Dale D]

Brings to mind the phrase-"Better to ask forgiveness than permission"

In my opinion, the usual default reply to "Can I film here?...' is NO!' I almost never ask permission to film with any sort of camera/drone unless I already know that the answer will be " no. " Then I have nothing to lose anyway. It would be unusual for them to ask you for you memory card back after you have already filmed. Just take your camera down and humbly apologize, and walk away with your images/filming. Sorry to say this and I am now expecting a lot of blow back from the purists.

 

[offtheback]

In my opinion, the usual default reply to "Can I film here?...' is NO!' I almost never ask permission to film with any sort of camera/drone unless I already know that the answer will be " no. " Then I have nothing to lose anyway. It would be unusual for them to ask you for you memory card back after you have already filmed. Just take your camera down and humbly apologize, and walk away with your images/filming. Sorry to say this and I am now expecting a lot of blow back from the purists.

Bravo!

 

[Dale D]

Bravo!

I might add this addendum, which I meant to include in my statement- no lowly clerk or government worker will put their job on the line by giving me permission to fly a drone. It is always safer to say no for them. This probably applies to cops on the beat who may not know the actual drone laws, and the ordinary worker, even a groundskeeper, who fears their boss.

 

[JMMath]

I might add this addendum, which I meant to include in my statement- no lowly clerk or government worker will put their job on the line by giving me permission to fly a drone. It is always safer to say no for them. This probably applies to cops on the beat who may not know the actual drone laws, and the ordinary worker, even a groundskeeper, who fears their boss.

I always look around for No Drone Flying signs.........
if none.......... I fly then be very respectful and courteous if confronted