Cameras
Team Phoenix and the entire Phoenix Festivals, Inc. community would like to thank you in advance for the consideration given to the community. We want you to have a good time while creating a photo memory of the event. Your consideration and understanding of the needs of the community and its members is important.
We hope you will send us a duplicate of your photos and copies of any video you obtain. This will help us in seeing the event through your eyes. We wish you happy shooting. We don’t want to inhibit your enjoyment but we must take steps to protect our community.
Proper identification will be required and everyone with cameras/video equipment will be issued a special armband which must be worn at all times. Anyone observed with a camera/video equipment and without the proper armband will leave the festival, and/or have the camera confiscated and the images destroyed, at the descretion of the Event Coordinator. So please! don’t loan your camera/video equipment to anyone “for a quick shot”. Your cooperation is valued and your sensitivity is necessary for a happy festival experience for everyone.
Requirements for Photography and Videography:
1. The operator of the camera must be wearing a photographer armband. Only guests and staff who have registered their cameras may take pictures and then only of people who have given permission for you to photograph them. This includes Camera Phones and other recording devices.
2. You must ask permission of a child’s parent or legal guardian in order to photograph any child. Minors cannot give you permission to photograph them. It is ILLEGAL to photograph children under the age of 18 in any context that shows nudity on the part of a child or any other person in the photo.
3. Permission must be obtained from every recognizable person in the photo or viewfinder. Please respect others privacy. Be polite and ask vendors for permission before photographing anything in they are selling. Do not photograph rituals, except from a completely unobstructive distance and with advance permission of the ritual leaders or Team Phoenix!! You must obtain permission of workshop presenters/performers before taking any photos or video of them.
ABSOLUTELY NO PHOTOGRAPHY OF ANYONE NUDE AT ANYTIME!!!!!!
4. Use of any pictures or video obtained during the festival for public viewing or distribution must have the written approval of the people in the picture and of the promoter of this event (the event coordinators or the Board of Directors of Phoenix Festivals, Inc.)
5. Respect must be given and honored to those who do not want their picture taken.
6. Failure to abide by these rules will result but are not limited to one or more of the following:
a. Loss of camera for the event
b. Loss of film or data card.
c. Eviction from the event.
7. Cameras, Camera Phones or other recording devices are NOT allowed in the fire circle area unless you have permission. Absolutely no cameras, or other recording devices in the fire circle area after sundown. A Phoenix Team member will identify and enforce when photography cannot be a part of the festival. Picturing taking or recording of main ritual is not allowed DURING AND BEFORE the ritual. Anyone wishing to take pictures of the altars, guests or staff may do so after the ritual has ended and the circle is released.
8. Team Phoenix will have some of its members taking picture throughout the festival and will post them on this website.
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1. The operator of the camera must be wearing a photographer armband. Only guests and staff who have registered their cameras may take pictures and then only of people who have given permission for you to photograph them. This includes Camera Phones and other recording devices.
2. You must ask permission of a child’s parent or legal guardian in order to photograph any child. Minors cannot give you permission to photograph them. It is ILLEGAL to photograph children under the age of 18 in any context that shows nudity on the part of a child or any other person in the photo.
3. Permission must be obtained from every recognizable person in the photo or viewfinder. Please respect others privacy. Be polite and ask vendors for permission before photographing anything in they are selling. Do not photograph rituals, except from a completely unobstructive distance and with advance permission of the ritual leaders or Team Phoenix!! You must obtain permission of workshop presenters/performers before taking any photos or video of them.
ABSOLUTELY NO PHOTOGRAPHY OF ANYONE NUDE AT ANYTIME!!!!!!
4. Use of any pictures or video obtained during the festival for public viewing or distribution must have the written approval of the people in the picture and of the promoter of this event (the event coordinators or the Board of Directors of Phoenix Festivals, Inc.)
5. Respect must be given and honored to those who do not want their picture taken.
6. Failure to abide by these rules will result but are not limited to one or more of the following:
a. Loss of camera for the event
b. Loss of film or data card.
c. Eviction from the event.
7. Cameras, Camera Phones or other recording devices are NOT allowed in the fire circle area unless you have permission. Absolutely no cameras, or other recording devices in the fire circle area after sundown. A Phoenix Team member will identify and enforce when photography cannot be a part of the festival. Picturing taking or recording of main ritual is not allowed DURING AND BEFORE the ritual. Anyone wishing to take pictures of the altars, guests or staff may do so after the ritual has ended and the circle is released.
8. Team Phoenix will have some of its members taking picture throughout the festival and will post them on this website.
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What can I take pictures of?
You may take still photos OR videos for your own personal remembrance, except:
No images of rituals, except from a completely unobtrusive distance and with advance permission of the ritual leader(s).
How may I share pictures?
Limited-access social media (e.g. Facebook "friends-only" albums) is allowable if every reasonable effort is made to preserve the privacy (as Pagans) of everyone in the photos. If someone commonly posts photos of themselves in Pagan contexts, it's understood that this person is comfortable being identified as Pagan, and their photo can be posted in a collection viewable only by your friends.
Distribution via photo sharing sites (e.g. Facebook Public album, Flickr, Imgur or Photobucket) is only allowed if you request and are given permission by all identifiable persons.
Media and all commercial use is allowed only with a written release.
You must take down publicly-posted images upon request.
What does "identifiable" mean?
Someone is "identifiable" if a friend or co-worker could identify someone in a still or video by appearance or by gestalt. Note that videos often make identification easier, so err on the side of caution. Note also that minors cannot legally consent to having their photo published: you must speak to their parent or legal guardian.
You may take still photos OR videos for your own personal remembrance, except:
No images of rituals, except from a completely unobtrusive distance and with advance permission of the ritual leader(s).
- No nude photography.
- Out of respect to presenters and performers, you may only record workshops and concerts if given permission by the presenter/performer(s).
How may I share pictures?
Limited-access social media (e.g. Facebook "friends-only" albums) is allowable if every reasonable effort is made to preserve the privacy (as Pagans) of everyone in the photos. If someone commonly posts photos of themselves in Pagan contexts, it's understood that this person is comfortable being identified as Pagan, and their photo can be posted in a collection viewable only by your friends.
Distribution via photo sharing sites (e.g. Facebook Public album, Flickr, Imgur or Photobucket) is only allowed if you request and are given permission by all identifiable persons.
Media and all commercial use is allowed only with a written release.
You must take down publicly-posted images upon request.
What does "identifiable" mean?
Someone is "identifiable" if a friend or co-worker could identify someone in a still or video by appearance or by gestalt. Note that videos often make identification easier, so err on the side of caution. Note also that minors cannot legally consent to having their photo published: you must speak to their parent or legal guardian.