Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A similar thing happened to me while in Hawaii. I was photographing a Magnum PI set and was using a 180/2.8 lens on my R4sP. One of the large bodyguards came over and said "no long telephoto lenses, Tom doesn't like them pointed at him." So I took it off and mounted a 135mm + a 2x extender and said "is this OK?" and he said yes. So I traded a 180mm for a 270mm set-up. JB At 11:28 AM 7/29/2004, Kyle Cassidy wrote: >Talking about humorless secret service guys barking at you, a couple years >ago I was photographing president clinton walking down a line of supporters >shaking hands, I was stuck in one spot because of the crowd and when he came >past, I fired off as many shots as I could, maybe six or seven (none of >which came out by the way) when a secret service guy got right in my face >and snapped "Hey! That's enough pictures!" in the way in which an angry >parent would chastise a child and it really, well, I don't know, I felt >totally repremanded and left the event with a sour taste in the pit of my >stomache that took a long time to get over. I realize they're doing their >jobs, they're not paid to be nice, and the president probably said to them >at one time or another "keep the people with the flashes out of my face, I >hate being blinded by that..." but, at the same time, it's difficult, >especially as an adult, not to feel bad after you've been yelled at. > >Kc