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This is obviously terrible behaviour. As an amateur photographer myself I particularly dislike the Instagram driven “race to the bottom”. However... I do think
by holografix 7y ago
This is obviously terrible behaviour. As an amateur photographer myself I particularly dislike the Instagram driven “race to the bottom”.
However... I do think in a situation such as this it’s a missed commercial opportunity.
If I managed a highly “Instagrammable” private location I’d aggressively enforce good conduct and at the same time have paid access to alternative times for photographers.
You want to be a selfish dick and ruin the common good so you extract more value for yourself? Pay for it.
- neogodless 7y agoYou're a lavender farmer. Do you also want to run a tourism business, including hiring security to enforce that only paying customers get the exclusive benefit you are now selling? I doubt it. That "aggressively enforce good conduct" is key. There are dozens, hundreds of people showing up at the same time at some of these places.
- princetman 7y agoHere in UK we have a few lavender farmers who does exactly that. https://www.mayfieldlavender.com/mayfield-lavender-farm/ https://www.mayfieldlavender.com/mayfield-lavender-farm/
- wutbrodo 7y agoI think that, sadly, that decision was taken out the farmer's hands once the hordes of instagrammers started showing up. The choice he's faced now is "run a tourism business that keeps it skmehwta quarantined from your main business" or "run an unmanaged tourism giveaway that harms your main business".
- holografix 7y agoNoticed I mentioned a private location. Sure if you’re having to monitor acres of farmland that’s harder.