Re: photo releases for National Trust UK

**Graham Rice g*@tiscali.co.uk**

Hidcote and Sissinghurst are National Trust properties.

Some years ago Sissinghurst expressly banned the reproduction of 
pictures which identified the property; the number of visitors was 
increasing so much that the foot traffic was damaging the gardens and 
they expressly requested no publicity of any kind. More recently they 
instigated a scheme whereby artists could buy a permit to use the 
garden on days that visitors were not admitted; this also covered 
editorial photographers but only a few were available on a few 
specific days. I'm not sure if this scheme is still in operation. I'm 
following up the National Trust situation with the Garden Writers 
Guild in Britain and will report back.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden used to have a ludicrous system 
under which they charged photographers an enormus fee to cover the 
cost of providing a member of staff to accompany the photogrpaher - 
to be sure that no flower beds were stepped on, etc.

Kew charge a fee. You can buy an annual permit for Wisley but you 
don't need a permit if you don't use a tripod; under their simple but 
rough and ready scheme the use of a tripod indicates a professional 
photogrpaher.

In the light of earlier discussions, it's worth noting that the 
Photographers Group of the Garden Writers Guild in Britain has drawn 
up a release forms for download. "In order that photographers, garden 
owners and garden designers are properly credited when their 
photographs and photographs of their gardens are used, the GPG has 
created a Credit Flyer" here - 
http://www.gardenwriters.co.uk/photographers/photographerflyer.htm

Graham Rice
Milford, PA and Northamptonshire, UK

>Kate -- when I went to England in 1997, we had no restrictions on
>photographing gardens. How many of them were actually National Trust
>gardens, I don't know, but we hit some big ones:
>Blenheim
>Chatsworth
>Hever
>Hampton
>Kenilworth
>Savoy
>Stratford
>Oxford
>Cambridge
>Hidcote
>Sissinghurst
>
>That's what I remember off the top of my head.
>
>I'd also want to see what was written on the ticket for admission to
>the garden. Was there anything that talked about photos?
>
>jems
>
>
>
>
>>If you guys have been to the UK and taken any images of the National Trust
>>gardens, property or whatever, which is approximately one half of
>>the historic
>>property in the country:
>>
>>we do not allow any reproductions of non-NTPL images to be reproduced  which
>>are taken of NT entry-paid properties. Therefore we will not give you
>>permission to reproduce these images, we have to ask you not to sell
>>or arrange  for
>>these images to be reproduced at all.
>>
>>I checked their site and if you want a non-NTPL image of a monarch they  have
>>them.  If you want a garden - forget it.
>>
>>To say that I am irritated and frustrated with them is an  understatement!
>>
>>Kate  Copsey
>>Freelance Garden Writer
>>Herbs, Historic Gardens
>>Pittsburgh,  PA
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