Mont St Michele photo restrictions?

[anglophone1]

Nice vid Robert....

[Steve Smith]

at night, the lighting of the Eiffel Tower is the private propertiy of somebody!! Hence no free picture of the Eiffel tower at night when the lights are "on"... I hope that nothing similar exists at Mont Saint Michel!

The owners of the tower do make that statement but I think they are wrong. The Berne Convention states that a photograph does not infringe a buildings copyright and the lighting on a building is just an integral part of the building.


Steve.

[Robert Langham]

Thanks. They are rough but hopefully helpful with information a working photographer might need. Just shot with iphone. I'm certainly not Ben Horne in production values! Lots more on the Blackfork 6 Channel on Youtube.

Japanese girls near my Deardorff on the Abbye terrace.

Slightly newer version. Never tried voice-over before.

http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_edi...id=UPhiCE8CtCo

[Eric Biggerstaff]

What a great trip! William Clift has done the most LF work there that I am aware of. About half of his new book covers this area. Be sure to post some images.

[Robert Langham]

Clift, Kenna and a couple others have worked there and done books. Everyone sees something different in my experience. I barely got a glimpse of the place. When I was in grade school I had to do a report on a distant land and picked Mont St Michele. Always wanted to see it in person. I collected photos and postcards off ebay plus the famous 1937 National Geo Mag shoot there, studied maps, saw a few videos. The definition of photographic happiness must be standing in a place you have always dreamed of with a good camera and some loaded film holders. Highly recommend!

Just finished the few little negatives I shot. Will be proofing this week. Some France images up on http://robertlangham.blogspot.com/.

Here's one little iphone note of one of my images.



Thanks again to everyone who gave me equipment and traveling advice!

[doublezero]

hello emmanuel , you wrote : "As a summary, you'll be mostly annoyed by cars and tourists intruding into your images than by guards " It was right a few years ago , but now since april 2011 , the cars and bus are stopped ' four miles away from the abbey ; you have to take the shuttle . The well known parking you see on old post card , is now closed and will not disturb the LF menber for the next fifty years.

The tides could be really a problem , very dangerous problem .
Don't go alone , never , even 5 meter from the main road , deep water is dangerous
Ever keep your tripod in your hand , it could save you with the deep sand

good photos

[Frank_E]

We visited Mont St Michel in 2011, but I just took digital images.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/feberdt...7627028145517/

at the gift store there I purchased the following book which features Mont St Michel B&W images

http://www.amazon.com/Mont-Saint-Mic.../dp/8874392842

the images appear to be all taken with an LF camera
the photographer has a web site, but it does not appear to feature his Mont St Michel images
if someone is really keen you can always email him (in French) and ask any relevant questions