[Leica] story behind who

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Hey Sonny Good on you buddy! :-)

Sorry I wasn't there as we could've driven the skinny guy right out of his
mind, you shooting from one direction and me the opposite! :-)

I can't imagine people walking down the street in a group as you describe
and not draw attention to themselves! Therefore, basically asking to have
people take their pictures. Certainly these days when the world is rife with
digi cams, cell phone cams and heaven only knows whatever else picture
capturing devices are around.

Then in a free country demand you stop taking pictures? Particularly when
they're right out in public view on a street? Amazing!

 

To be yelled at would only have provoked me more and I'd have just kept
shooting! By the same token I know what an M camera can do to the side of
some mean twit trying to punch me out! It only takes one very good whack on
the side of the head base plate to skull! :-)

ted

 

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Sonny
Carter
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 7:33 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: [Leica] story behind who

 

OK, here's the story.  I'm walking down Front Street Saturday Evening.

 

We have several thousand extra people in town, because it is the last night

of fireworks before Christmas Fest ends.  I look ahead, and see a woman

still photographer, a girl in a gown, a guy with a video camera on a

hand-held boom, and another fellow who is a little too put-together for the

weather and location also a guy about my age, schlepping the camera bag, all

of them way oressed verdfor fireworks night.

 

Naturally, I raise my camera, and suddenly the whole gang shouted, "Don't

take any pictures!"

 

I said to myself, "Self, these people are on my main street." So I take a

picture. I was only interested in the Tout Ensemble, anyhow.  I walked past,

and said, "This is a public place, you can't tell me not to take pictures."

 

This seems to enrage the crowd of five, none I've ever seen before in my

town.  I walked past, turned, and started to take another shot.  The

skinny-too-put-together guy, stepped out of the little crowd, raised his

forefinger and shouted at me.  "Stop taking Pictures! Right Now!"  He said

it twice.

 

I almost raised my ted-finger, but did not, then I said "No!"

 

I walked away.  The guy schlepping the gear came over to me, and said, "the

bride was nervous."  I explained that I'm a local photographer, that I shoot

for  Louisiana Life magazine, and have a Photography website.

 

He said "that's the problem, She doesn't want to end up in some magazine or

on some website."

 

I said "She's on the street, and I can take pictures on the street, and I do

not appreciate the skinny guy threatening me."

 

Of course, had the skinny guy been braver, one of two things might have

happened; I would have found out how an M8 works as a protective device, or

the skinny guy would have been jailed for attacking an elderly handicapped

old goat with a camera.

 

And that's the story behind this blow-up

 

http://www.sonc.com/who.htm

 

 

Regards,

 

Sonny

http://www.sonc.com

http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/

Natchitoches, Louisiana

USA

 

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