Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Dec 18, 2006, at 3:19 PM, Brian Reid wrote: > (snip) If I charge for a sitting and then seat them on a kitchen > stool, use a couple of reflectors to bounce window light onto them, > and shoot with a Leica CL I can get a magnificent portrait, but > they'll think "My uncle Fred can do this, and he won't charge me." > If I seat them on some Lastolite Posing Tubs in front of a painted > muslin backdrop and some strobes with diffusers, and heft a big > DSLR with a long lens hood, they respond very differently. > > I think my dentist does the same thing. He doesn't need or use half > of the gear that he keeps in his office, but it's there to help me > understand that my uncle Fred couldn't do this cheaper. Sadly, this sort of thing happens even when fully credentialed on occasion. Most recently for me when photographing the US President at the G-8 Summit in 2004; the question "and where's your camera?" is answered with a resounding thud as the Canon with long glass attached is deposited on the security table (and Billingham with the rest). "Oh - OK," and in you go... Stupid. Will von Dauster