Pushing the Envelope

On occasion, photographers should be harassed for taking photos! Sometimes there are actually rules, and as long as they are legal, one would expect you to respect them.

Happened on this site, open to those who like to 'push the envelope' as they say. It's a spot where you're encouraged to upload those photo's you shouldn't have taken!

"The site is for those interested in pushing the envelope and is intended to be fun and a bit risqué, not for the boring and ordinary! One thing that we don't want though is you breaking the law, deliberately trespassing or infringing someone else's rights."

Commercial Film and Photography in Parks Canada Western Arctic Field

Commercial Film and Photography Application Guidelines for Aulavik, Ivvavik and Tuktut Nogait National Parks - The Parks Canada Western Arctic Field Unit

Photo credit: Dreamstime/Anderson5CA

The national parks of Parks Canada’s Western Arctic Field Unit include Aulavik, Ivvavik and Tuktut Nogait National Parks. These parks span some of the most spectacular and ecologically significant areas of the western Arctic, offering a vast range of unparalleled film and photographic opportunities. In the interest of protecting the park’s resources while ensuring that visitor experiences and the rights of land claim beneficiaries are not affected, commercial filming and photographic activities are subject to certain restrictions and special considerations.

To carry out commercial filming or photography in the national parks of the western Arctic, an application must be submitted to Parks Canada a minimum of 4 months prior to activities. If approved, a Film/Photography Permit will be issued which outlines conditions and supplementary requirements associated with the production. The following information will assist in the preparation of a film/photography application.

Read more and access information on the application for permit process as well as the restrictions that apply.

The Decline of Photographers Rights

Will things in Canada come to this, or are they already on the slide?



Do you Know your rights in Canada as a photographer? Are you willing to stand up for them?

Know your rights and educate those that don't!

Photographers' Rights Rag

PRESS RELEASE - Vancouver, BC – 27 September 2010 – Released today – the first of the ZAPRAG line of educational products to help educate photographers and the public to the rights of photographers taking photos in public

The first in a series of products is the ZAPRAG lens cleaning cloth, a function high quality microfiber lens cleaning cloth imprinted with the photographers’ rights. ZAPRAG currently has Canadian and U.S. versions available, with the UK version almost complete. Versions for other countries are in production. Lawyers, in each respected country were consulted, to insure the information is correct and up-to-date. The cloth itself is not only an educational adjunct, always on hand when you’re out photographing, buts also a fully functional lens cleaning cloth – safe for lenses, eyeglasses, I-phones etc.

Complementing this line of products, ZAPRAG have also produced a series of laminated informational cards, ZAPCARDs, containing the photographers’ rights pertinent to each country. This double-sided card is laminated and comes with a ‘break-free’ lanyard.

Items will prove useful to photographers when they find themselves confronted by security guards, and other persons questioning their right to take photos in public. Items are available on the web at www.zaprag.com or from select photography retailers. Look for additional countries in the very near future.

Images: US http://ow.ly/i/47WU  Canada http://ow.ly/i/47WP

"Know your rights and educate those that don't."

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