Is it possible to get a Image Department together, so the average wikipedian becomes a nonprofit photographer?<BR><BR><B><I>geni <geniice@gmail.com></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">On 27/03/2008, David Gerard <DGERARD@GMAIL.COM>wrote:<BR>> I went to the V&A last week and took photos of everything I could,<BR>> which I really should upload some time sooner rather than later. In<BR>> fact, I want a better camera for low light just to do the V&A.<BR>><BR>> Their photo policy is "feel free", just don't use a flash and don't be<BR>> a nuisance. There are a limited number of exhibitions they ask for no<BR>> photography in (there's the Design in China one at the moment, for<BR>> example), but mostly you can take pics of anything.<BR>><BR>> So - apart from those of you with cameras that are good in low light<BR>> photographing every damn thing to be
found in the entire V&A ...<BR><BR>The next generation of high end point and shoots may include an<BR>increasing number of low light features (well they will if the<BR>manufacturers decide that 12 mega pixels is enough for now).<BR><BR>> 1. Do we have a list of photographer-friendly museums?<BR><BR><BR>The various national museums (science museum, Natural history museum,<BR>Fort nelson etc)<BR><BR>Pit rivers (although the light levels there mean that you may not be<BR>able to do very much)<BR><BR>Never run across issues with English heritage<BR><BR>County museums vary<BR><BR>The biggest problem from our POV is the national trust. Not only do<BR>you need permission to take photos but their permission system suffers<BR>from being over centralised with the result that the closest<BR>description they can get to the average wikipedian photographer<BR>appears to be freelance. In cases like this to make working through<BR>the system worthwhile you would really need a group
of people looking<BR>to take photos.<BR><BR>-- <BR>geni<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Commons-l mailing list<BR>Commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org<BR>https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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