Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, There was a guy in New Orleans who always seemed to be at every important function, and he would rush in and jump into every grip-and-grin or necktie line-up shot. He made the photogs at the Times Picayune Newspaper furious, but they couldn't really tell him to get out of the picture. Finally, they took the problem to the retoucher in the REAL Photo Shop. He gingerly started placing a potted palm in the spot where the eager publicity hound stood. Not once, but for many shots thereafter. The guy finally got the message and stopped rushing the group shots. Sonny http://www.sonc.com Saturday, October 25, 2003, 9:37:25 AM, you wrote: TG> B. D. Colen said: >> Better a potted palm than a "photo dork." And Ted, you are the >> prototypical potted palm!:-) <<<< TG> Hi B.D., TG> Interesting you should say that about potted palms. :-) Some years ago I TG> had a similar assignment and tried to keep out of sight by standing almost TG> behind a potted palm thinking it would help make me unobtrusive. As it TG> turned out I was making so many of the patrons nervous as they thought I was TG> some kind of security snoop. So the owner asked me to stand out where I TG> could be seen. :-) TG> Maybe some of the patrons were "bad guys" sos' to speak and they wanted to TG> se whch way the camera was being pointed. ;-) TG> ted TG> -- TG> To unsubscribe, see TG> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html