Last week I was asked to take some pictures for this small festival where I live, I was only making $120 but since I was planning on taking pictures anyway, it worked out to my advantage. So I went around, took photos for a few hours, and then went and locked my camera up in the trunk of my car so I could enjoy the rest of the day. Long story short, someone broke into my car, popped the trunk, and stole my iPod, and camera. Of course I was pissed. My camera was gone!! I filed a police report and all that good stuff, but I was certain my camera was gone forever.
Fast forward to yesterday…I get a message on Facebook from a buddy of mine with a link to someones profile. This certain person happened to be mutual Facebook friends with a friend, of a friend, of my friend. This person recently upload an album thru iPhoto. In this album were pictures of him and his friends, but also the pictures I took at the festival, pictures of my daughter, pictures of my brothers, pictures of my new house, etc…I guess he didn't think to delete anything and imported all the photos from my SD card into an iPhoto album, and on to Facebook. Anyway, this mutual friend of my friend contacted this guy, told him he "loved his work", and wanted to pay him $300 to take some portraits for him. I was there when he showed up (completely with my camera bag strapped to his back), with plenty of proof that the camera was mine, I barely confronted him and he handed the camera over. He started crying and apologizing and begging/bribing me not to call the cops. I decided it wasn't worth the hassle, and all I really cared about was getting my camera back. At least I have an awesome story.
