[Leica] Re: story behind who

[leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Chris Williams)]

Well F them if they don't want to end up online or in some magazine. She's 
nervous? Oh well then don't walk down a PUBLIC street in a dress then!

You are Natchitoches,Sonny!

I can't even imagine shooting a bride on the streets of New Orleans and 
telling some 50 or more odd tourists not to take any photos! F'ing rockstar 
wedding photographers are just assholes. Who would want that job? :)

We'll find this crew eventually Sonny.

Chris
NOLA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sonny Carter" Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 9:32 PM
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