Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at 11:04 AM, Eric Welch wrote: > The FBI's profile for pedophiles is (I kid you not) a single white > male in > his mid-30s who likes to play with cameras. (There's more detail, such > as > unable to develop mature relationships with women, but that's a good > part of > it.) I was a psychiatric social work intern at a mental hospital which > specialized in treating pedophiles. > and > > Until I was married, that profile stayed in my head, and made me a bit > nervous when I was starting out in photojournalism (when I was 30). Reminds me of when I started out with my soccer photography. I was 35, male, no kids, and not married (only girlfriended). In seeking agreement from the President of the local club to take their photos next season, I showed some samples I'd taken on a recent Sunday. Only teenage girls' teams played on Sundays. What with the club being a Police/Citizens Youth Club this President was also the Sergeant at the local police station. He asked dryly, "So do you take pictures of boys as well?". I quickly got some pictures of boy players into the album and then got the girlfriend pregnant. There's something about having a seven months pregnant 'missus' as your photography assistant that adds authenticity when photographing kids. Having little kids in tow, as I do now, is even better. So George, you know what to do. :-) Rick. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html