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Anti-paparazzi flash
Bradly J. Boner, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Matthew Sauk, Photographer
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Sandy | UT | United States | Posted: 2:03 PM on 07.22.09 |
| ->> that is awesome! lol Guess the pap would resort to video screen grabs |
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Chris Parent, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Harahan | LA | United States | Posted: 2:12 PM on 07.22.09 |
| ->> I wonder if it can keep up with flashes powered by quantum batteries? If not, it really wouldn't be useful. By the way, the same idea works great with red light cameras (that knowledge was obtained with permission and not illegally). |
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John Plassenthal, Photographer
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Vandalia | OH | USA | Posted: 2:31 PM on 07.22.09 |
| ->> I'm wondering how many male actors will start carrying one? |
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Eric Canha, Photographer
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Brockton | MA | United States | Posted: 2:38 PM on 07.22.09 |
->> It may work for ONE camera firing ONE flash. But when you have 4 or 5 shooters bearing down on Ms Whomever it's going to fail. Add to that, that Ms. Celeb will have to remember to change/charge batteries, and approve the of the bag's 'chic-ness' and I just don't see this gaining any ground.
For the pap's that have the forethought this device can be EASILY defeated by switching to a d3/d700 and an LED light panel. Then they can shoot iso 5000 never fire a strobe AND help out the video guys too! |
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Rob Bye, Photographer
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Winnipeg | MB | Canada | Posted: 3:03 PM on 07.22.09 |
| ->> Who would want that? Just as paparazzi feed off celebs, celebrities feed off the attention shown to them. One can't live without the other. |
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Matthew Bush, Photographer
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Hattiesburg | MS | USA | Posted: 4:31 PM on 07.22.09 |
->> The uc narc cops here do the same thing much more effectivily with their tactical flash lights.... I wonder if Stinger will market a celeberty version with sparkles and stuff.
How is this guy not getting sued by half the strobe companies in the world for copyright infringment ? All he is doing is putting a slave in a purse and calling it a new invention. When I see a celeb carrying around a vagabond and a 1600 ws light then I will be impressed. |
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Jack Megaw, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Pittsburgh | PA | America | Posted: 5:41 PM on 07.22.09 |
| ->> Couldn't you achieve the same effect by carrying a mirror around and holding it up to the camera? |
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William Maner, Photographer
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Biloxi | MS | USA | Posted: 6:19 PM on 07.22.09 |
->> No Jack...
A mirror wouldn't work because the celeb would keep looking at themselves.. Paris Hilton might be a good example of why it wouldn't work... |
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Kevin Leas, Photographer, Assistant
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Rochester | NY | USA | Posted: 6:24 PM on 07.22.09 |
->> I've seen something similar before, but it was a bit less "refined" than a bag.
That said, this is a ridiculous idea that is going to fall flat. As has already been pointed out, this would work against one camera, two at the absolute most, but to believe for a second that this would fend off a crowd of the pap is just laughable.
The best part: now the people carrying these bags will end up with horribly lit photos of themselves, making things even worse than if they were just shot with direct flash. Whoops... |
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Alan Look, Photographer
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Bloomington | IL | United States | Posted: 10:01 PM on 07.22.09 |
| ->> I want one. I'm going to loan it to the good looking trainer ladies on the sidelines of the high school games. I'll get double the light and no one trying to enforce the no off-camera flash rule will be the wiser :) |
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Bradly J. Boner, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Jackson | WY | USA | Posted: 12:29 AM on 07.23.09 |
| ->> My favorite photos in the examples are the ones where the paparazzi is using a pop-up flash... |
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Jeff Lewis, Photographer
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Long Beach | CA | USA | Posted: 1:46 AM on 07.23.09 |
->> I like the idea of it.
I know a few celebrities and have seen the paparazzi in action here in LA. Good luck to the celebrities. I'd be tired of getting my picture taken and exploited if it was taken everyday...... Good thing I'm not famous.
Jeff |
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Tim Vizer, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Belleville | IL | USA | Posted: 5:42 PM on 07.23.09 |
->> All their lives, celebrities try to get attention, to become "somebody" and they use the media to achieve that.
Once they've accomplished that, the rest of their lives, they try to avoid the attention and shun the media. |
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Bruce Twitchell, Photographer
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Coeur d'Alene | ID | USA | Posted: 7:05 PM on 07.23.09 |
->> So it is a slave/flash in a bag?
He is getting a patent because he put it in a bag?
Is this correct? |
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