I have a hobby of looking at Churches, and was in Southwark Cathedral
As I started taking photographs, I was approached (very politely) by an elderly lady who was one of the staff stating there was a £2.50 camera permit
I consider this a reasonable way of funding the Cathedral, so apologised as I had not seen the sign and paid.
They apologised that the sign was unclear, and we parted amicably wit seasonal best wishes
A few moments later there was a heated argument with a couple who had "GoPros on sticks" and were taking selfies.
The lady had approached them and they were absolutely livid as "selfies" were photographs of themselves not the Cathedral and therefore they did not need a permit
A polite explanation that as they were taking photographs within the Cathedral , then a permit was still required
Nope - apparently not, as selfies are all about the individual the background is irrelevant and they were not going to pay.
Eventually after several minutes they stormed out using some extremely unchristian language
Now I must admit that I agree that selfies are all about the individual (in an unpleasant narcissistic way) but surely the argument they are not photographs is simply stupid!
As I started taking photographs, I was approached (very politely) by an elderly lady who was one of the staff stating there was a £2.50 camera permit
I consider this a reasonable way of funding the Cathedral, so apologised as I had not seen the sign and paid.
They apologised that the sign was unclear, and we parted amicably wit seasonal best wishes
A few moments later there was a heated argument with a couple who had "GoPros on sticks" and were taking selfies.
The lady had approached them and they were absolutely livid as "selfies" were photographs of themselves not the Cathedral and therefore they did not need a permit
A polite explanation that as they were taking photographs within the Cathedral , then a permit was still required
Nope - apparently not, as selfies are all about the individual the background is irrelevant and they were not going to pay.
Eventually after several minutes they stormed out using some extremely unchristian language
Now I must admit that I agree that selfies are all about the individual (in an unpleasant narcissistic way) but surely the argument they are not photographs is simply stupid!