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Did you know? You need a permit to do a photo shoot at Luneta

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/08/01/20180802-luneta.jpg"/></figure></div><p>MANILA – Planning to do an engagement session at Luneta? You can’t just bring a photographer there and ask him or her to start shooting.</p><p>The National Parks Development Committee (NPDC) has released rules on photo and video shoots at Luneta, also known as Rizal Park, and Paco Park.</p><p>The NPDC said casual snapshots taken using mobile phones and simple cameras are allowed, but the following photo and video shoots in the two parks require a permit:</p><p>- Commercial shoots<br/>- Commercial or non-commercial shoots involving the use of models, costumes, music, and props<br/>- Shoots which may cause obstruction on park operations and/or attract public attention<br/>- News features and interviews<br/>- Special occasion photography (pre-nuptial, pre-debut, wedding, birthday, anniversary, etc.)</p><p>A script and storyboard must be submitted to the NPDC for video shoots “to ensure the park will not be placed in a negative or bad light.”</p><p>The committee added that shoots involving the use of the Rizal Monument and the Philippine flag must get approval or endorsement from the National Historical Commission of the Philippines.</p><div><strong>Read the full statement below:</strong></div><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/NPDC.PH/photos/a.1454336881445334.1073741828.1454280308117658/2109792175899798/?type=3&amp;theater" data-width="auto"> </div><p>The NPDC released the guidelines in reaction to the viral video of filmmaker Chris Cahilig, who cried foul after being stopped by Luneta’s security guards from doing a video shoot with the boy band 1:43.</p><p>Cahilig dubbed the committee’s policies as “clearly anti-tourism” and “backward,” noting that such do not exist in public parks abroad.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/chris.cahiligfull/videos/10156574542441306/?hc_ref=ARRZysolQUIoJiWzeyT3jI53VFkGvtAxv9pgPHS4NojCbVYs9mVX5dn8vHY3bAYUgvk&amp;fref=nf" data-width="auto"> </div>

<p>Planning to do an engagement session at Luneta? You can’t just bring a photographer there and ask him or her to start shooting.</p>

Planning to do an engagement session at Luneta? You can’t just bring a photographer there and ask him or her to start shooting.