Just walking down Bourbon Street in New Orleans when I came across a photo shoot.

Neat shot, I hope you weren't in the other photog's way!

cmon.... tell us what the other photographer was using. It should go something like this...

"oh man, and get this guys, he was shooting with a freakin rebel! Can you
believe it? And a kit lens?!?!?! I was like laughing my pants off. Then I
remembered that he was the one that got hired to shoot thirty incredibly
good looking girls...and I slumped my shoulders, and wondered to the
nearest alley to cry"

jprezant wrote:
cmon.... tell us what the other photographer was using. It should go something like this...

"oh man, and get this guys, he was shooting with a freakin rebel! Can you
believe it? And a kit lens?!?!?! I was like laughing my pants off. Then I
remembered that he was the one that got hired to shoot thirty incredibly
good looking girls...and I slumped my shoulders, and wondered to the
nearest alley to cry"

That is the sad truth, and its killing professional photog's.

....I was just kidding

right place at the right time

I see at least one girl looking at you rather than the photographer that was taking the shot.

If I were that other photographer...you just pissed me off

(unless you asked permission, that is)

greg

gheller wrote:
I see at least one girl looking at you rather than the photographer that was taking the shot.

If I were that other photographer...you just pissed me off

(unless you asked permission, that is)

greg

The few times I have run across these types of shots setup in a public place there are two dozen other people taking pictures, with their camera, cell phones whatever is handy.

If a photographer is going to do a shot like this he better expect some lookie-loos and have a thick skin and not get pissed off at every shmoe who 'poaches' his shot.

nathanlake,

You're now officially an Uncle Bob!


Great shot, though.

Micky Bill wrote:
gheller wrote:
I see at least one girl looking at you rather than the photographer that was taking the shot.

If I were that other photographer...you just pissed me off

(unless you asked permission, that is)

greg

The few times I have run across these types of shots setup in a public place there are two dozen other people taking pictures, with their camera, cell phones whatever is handy.

If a photographer is going to do a shot like this he better expect some lookie-loos and have a thick skin and not get pissed off at every shmoe who 'poaches' his shot.

+1 and non of the girls are looking at nathan

jprezant wrote:
cmon.... tell us what the other photographer was using. It should go something like this...

"oh man, and get this guys, he was shooting with a freakin rebel! Can you
believe it? And a kit lens?!?!?! I was like laughing my pants off. Then I
remembered that he was the one that got hired to shoot thirty incredibly
good looking girls...and I slumped my shoulders, and wondered to the
nearest alley to cry"


That's funny, but I know a guy who bought a Rebel at a pawn shop for $25 and took some excellent shots with it. And it was the original 6.3MP model like I started with.

jprezant wrote:
cmon.... tell us what the other photographer was using. It should go something like this...

"oh man, and get this guys, he was shooting with a freakin rebel! Can you
believe it? And a kit lens?!?!?! I was like laughing my pants off. Then I
remembered that he was the one that got hired to shoot thirty incredibly
good looking girls...and I slumped my shoulders, and wondered to the
nearest alley to cry"


The photogs equipment:

Canon 1Ds-MII
Canon 24-105
Large softbox with a some type of monohead controlled by a Pocket Wizard.
Manfrotto tripod with a Manfrotto 322RC2 joystick head
The camera plate he was using allowed the camera to rotate 90 degrees on a system of criss-cross arms. I have never seen it before

I was standing immediately to the photogs left. The softbox was about 5 feet to the photogs right. There were two assistants, a choreographer/director, and the manager of the squad. There were 4 policemen and Bourbon street was shut down. There were about 5 "security" people trying their best to control the crowd of rather rowdy men, and the well behaved women, that gathered.


Everybody and their mother pulled out their phones and started snapping. I had further lucked out by arriving on the scene just as the photog was setting up and before the girls arrived. Front row never hurts.

As for the one girl that appears to be looking at me. There were at least 100 people standing directly behind me...all with their phones out. I would be honored if she was looking at me, but it is doubtful.

nathan,

I've looked and looked, but unfortunately I don't see any of them looking at you.....lol