Your opinion on fashion locations in U.S.

Hello,

 

I'm a fashion photographer hoping to plan a shoot in the U.S. and wanted to ask you for any recommendations. What

are some of your favorite places to shoot? I don't care which city - I'm open to any that will inspire.

 

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Are you going to pay for a permit?

I'm definitely willing to pay for a permit if the locations is awesome.

Depends on the type of fashion you're shooting. Possibilities include the Victorian row houses in San Francisco known as "painted ladies," the new Disney center in Los Angeles designed by Frank Gehry, a number of retro Fontainebleau-type locales in Miami Beach, Rockefeller Center in New York, the weird formations in Mono Lake, California, the Great Neon Way in Las Vegas (and a number of overdone hotels there), Southern mansions in Savannah, Georgia, Arches National Park in Utah. It's a big country. Spend a few years here and you'll have a thousand knock-your-eyes-out locations to add to this list.

If you're going to pay for a permit, the streets of New York and Alcatraz are two interesting locations.

Permits in NYC are free of charge, just go into the Mayor Office of Film, Television and Broadcasting on 53th and Broadway. I do it all the time and they are real friendly and you can get one while you wait. Now if is a big production with light stands and strobes and what not then you need to show liability insurance in excess of 500,000 US dollars - a policy which currently runs for about 600 US dollars a year - not sure if you can get shorter terms. They have a list they can send you. Handheld and now recently tripod you do not actually need a permit. The tripod thing is new, you used to need a permit for a tripod in NYC but now as long as you are not blocking a sidewalk it is cool. It is better to get one anyone since they are free.

 

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Thank you so much for your answers! You've been a great help.