Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>If you're shooting Ektachrome 400 film why are you using flash? I was aiming the 283 at the ceiling to avoid the appearance of flash. >Especially when it screws up the professional photographers set up? This is funny? >Am I on the planet Xenon? Why am i the only one who sees how rude and low minded this behavior is? I didn't say I thought it was funny. When he pointed out (very nicely, by the way) what was happening, I limited the shooting to other rooms where he wasn't taking pictures (this was all at the reception in a Victorian mansion, not the church). >I say when there is a professional photographer on the premises who is being paid by your host; >you do your best to stay out of thier way. They is there to GET THE SHOT. YOU can play with >all the films you want. Yikes, I did! >Rude is a word which does not come close to covering it. It is certainly rude to your >HOST among other things. "Ungracious" is a word which comes to mind. My host (the bride) ASKED me to take candids at the wedding instead of buying her a gift. I was a student living on $35 a week for food, etc. and could't afford a gift anyway. >What if you interfered with the preparation of the deviled eggs? Who'd find that funny? Good grief, this is getting a bit out of control. No, I didn't interefere with the eggs. >I hope a Leica was not being used. I somehow suspect it wasn't. On a student's budget? No. It was a $169 Nikkormat and a 35/2 Nikkor. Mark, I don't know how you read all of that vicious intent into my post. I wrote it simply to show how a naïve 25-year-old guy trying to do someone a favor caused some problems. You've made it into a conspiracy to destroy a professional photographer's reputation. It was not like that at all. Perhaps you are on the planet Xenon. I'm down here on earth. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html