Stoopid photographers

I was at the Grand Opening for the California Aerospace Museum yesterday. There were a lot of cameras but I was one of the official ones shooting for the museum itself.

So there was a flag ceremony, ribbon cutting, various speeches and politicians and such. My big issue was with this guy and a woman, possibly his assistant, who were doing some panorama thing. He set up his tripod and camera right in the middle of the area, ensuring it was in the way for most of the important photos. Then, in the entire ceremony, he only took 3 sets of shots. The woman with him just stood there, camera round her neck, bag on her shoulder, never once raising the camera to her eye.

I respect their need to set up there for their shots, but move your damn stuff when you aren't using it so the rest of us don't get your stuff in our shots. The two TV cameras got even more in the way but when they were done they had the decency to back out. Pity it was so crowded so I couldn't get there to ask them to move.

Oh yeah, and both of them were using Nikons. Not that it was in any way connected to them being inconsiderate and annoying.

Well maybe not.

Citizensmith wrote in post #2648737
Oh yeah, and both of them were using Nikons. Not that it was in any way connected to them being inconsiderate and annoying.

Well maybe not.

LOL

Citizensmith wrote in post #2648737
I respect their need to set up there for their shots, but move your damn stuff when you aren't using it so the rest of us don't get your stuff in our shots.

Oh yeah, and both of them were using Nikons. Not that it was in any way connected to them being inconsiderate and annoying.

I would think it is the disrespect of the people more than what they where doing or using. I had quite a pleasing afternoon when I "set myself up" between two statues waiting for the evening sun.

Over a 2 hour period I took many pics but also helped tourists taking shots for them when they asked and had some conversations with other DSLR users who passed by.

When two wedding photogs turned up with their Nikon D2H's they came up to me and said hi. We stayed out of each others way and when "golden light" time came round there where about 5 - 6 people with tripods, all communicating so we did not get in each others way.

I went away happy and pleased with the kind of people I had met that day.

rammy wrote in post #2652567
I would think it is the disrespect of the people more than what they where doing or using.

Sorry, the Nikon comment was really just an easy dig and not meant in any seriousness.

Arriving at an event important enough to warrant two TV crews (plus radio, papers, etc) and then just leaving your stuff set up right in the middle of everything is arrogant and rude. Probably left a fair number of folks in the crowd annoyed at all the photographers there as we'd be guilty by association.

i have also had my share of encounters with photogs with no manners

i shoot at alot of smaller concerts and always am on stage but on one side or the other

well there was this one kid who obviously just got his first dSLR and was running around all over the stage with his d50 and pop-up flash

he ended up in 1/2 my shots and ruined them

i really had to keep myself from taking him aside and teaching him a few things about etiquette

That was rude. I don't think I'd have had any trouble mentioning it to them about halfway through.

If you were an "official photographer" why not just find the person you answer to that is connected with the museum and inform them of the situation? That person obviously should have enough name, rank and horsepower to walk up to the offending photographer and his assistant and tell them to get back out of the way.

IndyJeff wrote in post #2658926
If you were an "official photographer" why not just find the person you answer to that is connected with the museum and inform them of the situation? That person obviously should have enough name, rank and horsepower to walk up to the offending photographer and his assistant and tell them to get back out of the way.

Unfortunately she was way too busy (this was during the speeches so she was in a lot of my photos ) and on completely the wrong side of the area.

My compromise was to just switch to a long lens and go for more portraits rather than enviromental type shots.

I dropped all my shots off yesterday as one of the donors wanted some for some marketing thing or other. I'll have to call later and see what feedback I got. Didn't do much in the way of PP on them as I only had 48 hours to deliver.

Rudeness and lack of manners are in no way limited to photogs this day and age...its a general population thing...sad to say...