Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great shots Kyle! Like the first one(bride smiling the best). Chris Williams - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kyle Cassidy" <cassidy@netaxs.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 1:13 PM Subject: [Leica] an ethical question.... > hey folks -- last week linda and i went to her cousin mike's wedding and, > as i sometimes do, i tossed a leica and a 50 1.5 into the car and took a > couple of pictures in between challenging the best man to "just one more > shot, you sissy." my own personal perception is that i probably got > better shots than the pro they hired. but that's just my own casual > observation. he seemed to somehow be missing everything -- but in any > event we get a call from someone in the family who says "can we see the > pix you took?" and my ethical dilema is ... if i show them the pix now, > it'll most likely screw the real photographer out of a lot of reprints -- > after all, why spend $80 on an 8x10 when your cousin has one just as good > and he's willing to give you the negatives. so my inclination is to put > off letting anybody see anything for at least a couple of months, and then > just make them a wedding present of all the negs. i think it's rude to get > in the way of the real photographer, and it's even ruder to undercut his > bread and butter. but at the same time, i get to look like a real rube to > the family -- and also, what's my obligation to them? why should i be > siding with someone i don't even know?.... what would you do? what's the > wedding ettiquitte? i'd like to hear from anybody who actually _shoots_ > weddings too. maybe i could just give them 3 8x10's now and in a couple > months send them the rest? > > and in case anybody's interested in the awesome power of a canon 50mm f > 1.5 in ltm on a leica m6: > > http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/5-12-01-wedding/ > > kc > > (not that you could pay me to look at someone elses wedding pictures even > if robert capa took them)