Marcus Watts wrote:
Maxwell Smart could not have said it any better.
Actually i would question whether the story is true or bogus myself. Not that i would put that kind of behaviour beyond some but hey just because it sits there on a web site.
You all know about the story re the American who put his Winnabago on cruise control then went out back to make coffee. He then sued Winnebago for millions for not explaining that cruise control did not meaan you could leave to steering wheel.
Well there are still idiots who pass that one on at parties as if it were fact. Only in America you know, only the rest of the world dumb enough to believe it....Show more →
The West Virginia Record is the local newspaper in Charleston WV. I think the story is probably legit, but you never know if the news story exactly matches the facts.
Almost every person with a psychological disorder is a professional something or other before they do something that defies normalcy. This guy just happened to be a photographer.
He's also an architect, a building inspector, an investigator, and a poet...
I wonder if the outcome of this case will cause a review of the testimony he has provided as an expert witness. After this proof of his "unusual" behavior, If I had been on the loosing end of a case he was involved with I would certainly want a review.
This person has done more damage than this article suggests of a single instance of him harassing a family or tarnishing the image of photographers.
cineski wrote:
I would guess this guy wasn't doing very well in business, and rather than spend energy trying to find business, he spent energy trying to antagonize and threaten people to get more money.
They say it's easier to keep your current customers then to find new ones... he's just takeing it to extremes.
Jeez. I looked at his site. Looks like he has some serious problems. Why did no one try to get him some help?
Here's a similar story but with roles switched. I know a photographer who was hired by a local up and coming businessman to photograph his daughter's wedding. It was described as the event of the year and they told the photographer to shoots tons of photos and hinted the order would be huge.
The event was truly remarkable and the photographer felt he was in top form. He turned over the proof books and anxiously awaited their order. When he met the newlyweds and her parents for the order placement, he was devasted to find they wanted the bare minumum. He was afraid they were unhappy with his work and inquired. The dad stated: "Those photos aren't worth anything to anyone else. You want a pretty penny for them now. Let's see how you feel in six months or so, then we'll deal."
The photographer excused himself and retrieved the negatives. He looked at the bride and said: "This is your last chance to order. Let's go through the proofs. Pull a photo you can live without." When she handed him the proof, he cut it in half, found the negative and also cut it in half. It only took a couple of more and they ordered appropriately.
That's not a business model I recommend, but sometimes you have to speak the only language the a$$holes of the world understand.
The man has a serious problem. It could even be the beginning stages of dementia, even alzheimers.
I feel sorry for his family, but that doesn't mean I don't think that justice was served.
If all this happened as the news article stated, then his family needs to get him some medical help before more serious things occur!
"Minolta Dimage A2 8 MP camera offers over a thousand variations on creating any 1 image It takes much skill, dexterity, knowledge experience to operate effectively such a complicated optical technologically advanced instrument."
In his 3+ decades of dedication to photography, he has owned & used 39 separate camera systems,
including Swiss Sinar 4x5 ($ 3,500), Fuji Medium Format, Revere Stereo camera, Leica,
Minolta Maxxum, Mamiya, Sony, Samsung, and may other digital and or video systems.
In his creation of over 1/2 million images,
he has at least 500 different subjects, with 500+ samples of each.
If you hold down the shutter on a D3 for half a day and walk around the street you could also do this.
Careful about going to his website...he may have trackers and soon strange envelopes with mutilated digicams will show up in your mailbox. Hmmm, maybe we should delete this post. With a $550k judgement against him, who knows what new levels of nutjob he will aspire to.
