one time I had to shoot a large group - there were a great set of steps in front of a college building about 150 feet from where the ceremony was. Great, let's just move all the 100 people over to the steps. As soon as I started herding the cats into position, another WP showed up (in a caravan) wanting to shoot formals there (they drove across town) - then 20 minutes later, another WP showed up for a eSession. I felt horrible, like a hack. They were 'my' steps, my wedding was there - but I was too weak or lame to find something different. I will never shoot on those steps again.
tomKphoto wrote:
one time I had to shoot a large group - there were a great set of steps in front of a college building about 150 feet from where the ceremony was. Great, let's just move all the 100 people over to the steps. As soon as I started herding the cats into position, another WP showed up (in a caravan) wanting to shoot formals there (they drove across town) - then 20 minutes later, another WP showed up for a eSession. I felt horrible, like a hack. They were 'my' steps, my wedding was there - but I was too weak or lame to find something different. I will never shoot on those steps again....Show more →
Maybe some therapy will cure that "step" fobia ? Sounds serious......
Update..I was asked how much longer I would be in my paid for location this afternoon by a pro with no permit...I took her picture so I can report her since I didn't kow her name. Yvette
wow, gotta love Australia. We NEVER have to pay for a park or anything like that unless it is for commercial purposes (weddings arent really seen as commercial)
tomKphoto wrote:
The last time I was in Greenville I stopped by a really cool peach stand. Thought it would be a good place for a portrait session of some kind.
I've visited your website. I bet you could make that bride look awesome in a peach stand. If you go up to Gaffney (about an hour away) there is actually a peach water tower. I'm sure that would make a really nice background too...Y
dennisyvette wrote:
Update..I was asked how much longer I would be in my paid for location this afternoon by a pro with no permit...I took her picture so I can report her since I didn't kow her name. Yvette
Yvette,
Are you going to start a surveillances of the park and start taking pictures of everyone with a camera that enters the park?
Take a breath. You're going to make quite the name for yourself in your home town.
On a serious note, why bother reporting the other person? Go to that extra stress and get a bad name for yourself by doing that. they did something wrong yes, it is hardly stealing a car or assault.
You are putting negative vibes out there by trying to punish this person, let karma take care of them
Are you going to start a surveillances of the park and start taking pictures of everyone with a camera that enters the park?
Take a breath. You're going to make quite the name for yourself in your home town.
No, I'm not going to be the police. I'm just upset that I take money from my brides to get permits and then have people walk to me and ask how long I'm going to be. It's not fair to my brides. In reality, how do I explain to them that I have to have a permit and choose location and then get there and someone else is shooting in our spot? The fact is, if the city would start writting tickets, word would get out. If they are not going to make everyone pay, then they need to stop forcing me and others to pay that live by the rules. Y
What the other photographers are doing is just plain rude and unprofessional. If the city
requires a permit they should also take some steps to enforce it. Imagine getting the
permit and you arrive and someone is using the location you have reserved and you have
to tell the other photographer to move. Shooting a wedding is stressful enough without having to deal with other photographers who are too cheap to follow some simple basic
rules.
dennisyvette wrote:
What is different? The permits, playing and not paying, or the fact we get mad about it? Just curious...Y
The permits mainly - and the mental picture of lots of WP's vying for the same spots in a park....just hard to imagine here. And also, we all pay so much in taxes that the idea of paying to use a park (for whatever reason) seems laughable - I'm payin' for them flower beds anyway, whether they are a fuzzy blob of bokeh in one of my shots or not....
Nathan Hobbs wrote:
Wow. I thought America was a free country? needing a permit to shoot on a public park is a new one 2 me than again I live in Idaho...so what do I know?
Remember "West Side Story"
the lyric goes like this . . .
"Everything free in America -- for a small fee in America!"
Look at our politician's. They're PUBLIC service jobs, but many only care about themselves, not the public. (half joking, don't want the thread to spiral out of control).
(half joking, don't want the thread to spiral out of control).