Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It seems we have overzealous officials down here too. And it looks to me like it's time to sue! I specialise in soccer photography and the opening ceremony of the largest soccer tournament in the southern hemisphere was being held in front of our 'Old Parliament House' - the democratic heart of the nation. I've been the official photographer for this tournament over the last two years and could have been again this year, had I agreed to pay the event manager the commissions he sought. As if! So I was officially there in the capacity of 'unofficial photographer', taking pictures of groups of happy people, many who knew me from previous events (R8 with 50/2; M6 with 35/1.4 and F5 with 300/2.8) The event manager's 'official photographers' were diligently shooting the suits as they stood in line on the dais (there's a good sales prospect!), while I shot teams of laughing players waving colourful banners as they marched past. I've done this before you see. :-) The manager guy eventually realised I was getting all the money shots while his commission paying photographers were not and pounced on me, security goons in tow. But being the professionals they are, they refused to follow his directions to 'throw me out', advising him instead that this was a public place, in fact the most public of places. This blew one of his gaskets and he turned to a visiting team from the US and declared that I would 'rip them off'. I'm thinking 'slander' here. Bewdy! I'm told that he made a similar statement in front of 500 or so coaches and managers at a briefing that night. Umm, up here for thinking mate. http://www.bicaprolab.com.au/pls/piction/ glbx.accept_login?UN=junior&PW=soccer Regards, Rick Dykstra, Australia - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html