[LargeFormat] Chicago...tripods and the law

[Tim Atherton]

if you really want to double check talk to:

http://www.cityofchicago.org/FilmOffice/about.html

they have a still photography officer (Debbie Beck on the right hand side).

One of the first parts of setting up a shoot is "talk to the film officer
and see if a permit is required"

If it is you need insurance, pay a fee etc.

But I would pretty much bet she will tell you a permit isn't required for
non-commercial use (in which case I would get her to email you that info and
print it off)

tim a

> -----Original Message-----
> From: largeformat-admin@f32.net [mailto:largeformat-admin@f32.net]On
> Behalf Of LNPhoto
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 10:12 PM
> To: largeformat@f32.net
> Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Chicago...tripods and the law
>
>
> Thanks for all of the answers.  This has been a few years ago, but my
> professor who shot in Chicago for 17 years before converting to teacher
> told us about a bored cop who insisted on seeing his permit. When Mr.
> LeVant produced said permit, the cop said it was a forgery.  With no
> other ammunition, Mr. LeVant countered with, "Then arrest me for
> forgery and shooting without a permit."  The cop declined and Mr LeVant
> called CPD HQ and asked if they would kindly tell MR. O'Malley to stop
> harassing him. It worked.
>
> Now Howard lived there.  He could post bond.  I don't have that luxury,
> so I thought I'd do some research before.
>   As one of Detroit's wise old weathermen said, "Knowledge is what you
> get when you read the fine print, experience is what you get when you
> don't"  In this case I'm hedging on the knowledge half.
>
> And Wade, Not sure of the mode of transportation, but we'll be coming
> in from Detroit....either by rail or by car.
> Les
>
> On Wednesday, February 18, 2004, at 05:13  PM, Jim Hemenway wrote:
>
> > Print this and bring it along... it might help.
> >
> > http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm
> >
> > Jim - http://www.hemenway.com
> >
> >
> > LNPhoto wrote:
> >> My wife had decided that it's perfectly reasonable to spend hundreds
> >> of dollars for her, my daughter, and myself, to have an "American
> >> Girl Experience"  with a doll, a tea and some other girly girl stuff
> >> in downtown Chicago.
> >> I get a half day furlough and thought of actually using some of the
> >> Crown Graphic stuff I find it perfectly reasonable to spend hundreds
> >> of dollars for.
> >> Can anybody direct me as to what Bureau, Department or Ministry I
> >> have to pay off to keep the police off my back with a tripod??
> >> Les
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