[Leica] was:news photos on private property. Now paparazzi!

[tedgrant@islandnet.com (Ted Grant)]

ted wrote:

>>>> Look for height if available, look for windows to shoot into or out of.>>

Mike responded:

>>>Advice also taken up by Mr Lee Harvey Oswald.>>>>>>>>>

Ted responded:
>>Sorry Mike, I don't find that a least bit funny!

Mike:
>Not meant to be. (Lack of :-)
>
>More a shorthand comment comparing the long-lensed paparazzi and the sniper.>>>

Hi Mike, :)

Gee you needed a big time smiley here also!  As I know very fine news
photographers who use their long lenses to capture the news of the day even
for the "little old ladies tea party."

And those lads would be more than offended just because they use long
lenses with the "astigmatism associated to the  A-H paparazzi!"

Besides sports, photographers use long lenses in critical news events where
police have cordoned off the scene and that doesn't mean they become a
"paparazzi" just because they do your work.

Sorry I realize I'm nit picking, but these days there are some sensitive
photoraphers who get very "P'd" off even when they are jokingly referred to
as "paparazzi!"

And if you haven't had to defend yourself when confronted in your face with
vile comments of, "Oh your one of them paparrazi who go arond chasing
people and getting them killed!" You haven't experienced the humiliation of
the worst kind.

Sorry, it's happened to me and I can assure you it isn't a pretty mental
picture trying to convince the speaker that you are merely an everyday
photographer working for the local paper ( and not one of those scum bags!)

In the evnt you haven't had this experience it's still out there in the
minds of many local folks and will not go away unfortunately for a very
long time.

So please, lets be careful out there when using the "word "paparazzi" when
we could be talking about some of our friends.  Thank you.

ted

Ted Grant
This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler.
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