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OT: What gives?
Martin McNeil, Photographer
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East Kilbride | Lanarkshire | United Kingdom | Posted: 8:28 AM on 06.09.10 |
->> As a sometimes sideline, I offer tutorial sessions to people whom are looking to get to grips with their dSLR cameras. Every so often I get a booking and I take a few hours to tackle whatever questions a person might have, whether general or subject specific.
Most of them are new to photography and have never set foot outside their camera's automatic modes. A good many of them have high end kit funded by their day jobs and have real passion for photography yet are intimidated by the jargon of the 'dark art'; even websites and magazine articles confuse them so I do what I can in one-to-one, practical lessons that - hopefully - result in them getting more enjoyment from photography than before.
Back in October I received a query from someone whom was " looking to brush up on my photographic skills again and play around with studio lighting as it's been a while"
I replied but never heard from them again.
Just today, whilst browsing LinkedIn, a name popped up under the "People You May Know" tab that seemed familiar. The person listed themselves as a photographer and, well, let me cite some of their resumé
Art Director for Corbis
Senior Digital Retoucher for Getty Images
Photographer for Amazon.co.uk
Photographer and Retoucher for a major UK broadsheet from 2000 - 2009.
I'm flummoxed as to why another seemingly "professional" photographer would fire off a bogus tuition request.
I'm more disappointed than angry as the whole email exchange only amounts to about five minutes of my life that I'll never get back but still... I just don't get the mentality behind it.
Thoughts or opinions, anyone? |
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Alan Herzberg, Photographer
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Elm Grove | WI | USA | Posted: 8:38 AM on 06.09.10 |
->> Maybe:
- he was going to offer the same type of services and was looking to get an idea of what people were charging for tutoring;
- he wanted to learn more about studio lighting and his photography experience is primarily outdoors stuff done without lighting;
- his actual photography experience is more modest than what is suggested by his LindedIn profile; |
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G.J. McCarthy, Photographer
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Dallas | TX | US | Posted: 8:48 AM on 06.09.10 |
->> "Most of them are new to photography and have never set foot outside their camera's automatic modes."
Wait, there are other modes besides the automatic ones?? |
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Bryan Hulse, Photographer
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Nashville | Tn | USA | Posted: 9:54 AM on 06.09.10 |
->> What Alan said (his first point).
At my studio, I would get calls quite often from competitors looking for service and price information. I could usually tell they were fishing since they seemed intelligent, yet asked dumb questions (trying to throw me off).
But I was always respectful (although I don't let prices out of the studio). |
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Jim Comeau, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Los Angeles | CA | USA | Posted: 12:47 PM on 06.09.10 |
| ->> I thought P stood for Professional Mode? :) |
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Mark Loundy, Photo Editor
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San Jose | CA | USA | Posted: 3:59 PM on 06.09.10 |
->> Jim,
That sounds like the guy who jumped into his new Corvette, revved it up and slapped the shifter into "R" for "Race."
--Mark |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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->> "Wait, there are other modes besides the automatic ones??"
G.J.
Yup, there is also Program Mode :0) |
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Delane B. Rouse, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Washington | DC | US | Posted: 5:30 PM on 06.09.10 |
->> Are you sure it's the same person?
There are several people with the same name as my wife on Facebook and linkedin...so it's possible that it's a different person right? |
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