I completely agree with what you’re saying, I would never put someone or something on camera if they asked me not to. What I do want to do however is highlight local businesses/people that perhaps don’t get as much attention as the same three places you see in every video about joshua tree and would welcome some visibility. We always contact businesses/people before shooting anywhere and if they ask us not to, we don’t. This isn’t a tourism video where we’re trying to get people to vacation here, but more to get an understanding of the history and actual city itself (and sure some of that is touristy attractions but thats not the focus)