Troy Carter Offline Buy and Sell: On
|
p.2 #1 · Can't Shoot here with Pro DSLR | |
I am a track photog at a locat 1/4 track, not nearly as nice as Norwalk but still a dragstrip and I can relate to both sides of this situation. I don't personally care too much when people come and shoot the cars or anything else that they would like. Most times if I see that they have nice gear I'll actually talk to them about it and even give pointers in they ask. Most guys are there just for a friends car or as a hobby and that's really cool with me. I have actually pulled out my second camera and handed it to various people, then shared my profits with them if their shots sold, and I've been suprised at how good, and how bad some of those shots have been.
However, there is one guy in my area who visits several tracks, all of which have an offical photographer, and sells his shots for far less than anyone else does, which I see as a bit rude because he's creating a price war not just a competition to capture the best shots. So, I can see how it can be upsetting to some track photographers when they see someone in the crowd shooting with nice gear and there is no way to tell what that person may be doing with those shots. I don't know that he's been to the track I shoot at and don't really worry to much about it as my name is at the tracks website, my banner is at the track, the announcer pushes my name and I hand out flyers and cards so I'm certain that my work gets the majority of the traffic.
However, I shot at the track mostly because I like racing and like photography, so I do bring my gear to other tracks and shoot while I'm there. So, it would really PO me if I was approached, and singled out, like Terry was since I know that I'm not there to compete against anyone for sales.
Also, Test and Tune days are my biggest sales days, bigger than any large or organized events so I can see why this guy would be worried about this, particularly on what seems like a ho-hum day at the track.
|