Bribing someone to allow a great shot (was: Re: Favorite f/stop)
Tom Reese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use a tripod for about 90% of my pictures and I'm working on my laziness to eliminate that other 10%. Tom, You put me to shame! Using a tripod more often is a New Year's resolution I'd be sure to break; I simply shoot too many stealth shots of people. Last night (Dec. 31) I wanted to finish a roll of film; it drives me crazy when one roll straddles two years; I can't decide how to file the negatives and the index print. So I went around shooting my daughters as they chatted on the phone or what-not. Alexa, my 12-year-old refused to cooperate; she would dodge me or hold up a hand. With two shots to go, I decided to get a shot of me lying on the couch, so my descendants could see how I spend New Year's Eve. :) Alexa was lying down on the adjacent couch and saw me aiming the Tokina 90 from the next room and said, "No!" I assured her I had no intention of shooting her or her mother. "If you do shoot me or Mom, will you give me ten dollars?" I had taught her to ask "If it turns out you've just lied will you give me xxx dollars?" whenever she suspected someone is lying. "Yes," I replied. She had me. I set up the tripod, set the timer, lay down, and got my self-portrait. Several minutes later, Alexa was lying with her head in her grandmother's lap as her grandmother gently stroked her hair. What a great Frame 36 shot! I asked if could take the shot? She finally agreed to let me take the shot...for $10. I counter-offered $5, and we settled on $6. As part of the settlement, I got to set up the shot on a tripod. Has anyone else ever bribed a friend or relative to allow you to get "the perfect shot"? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bribing someone to allow a great shot (was: Re: Favorite f/stop)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] inquired, after sharing a cool story: > > Has anyone else ever bribed a friend or relative to allow you to get "the > perfect shot"? I think I've been brainwashed too much with NPPA Journalistic Ethics to even consider bribery -- however, during a visit from my father last year I managed to get him to sit, and cooperate beautifully, for the best portrait of him I have ever seen (much less taken)! My father is the type who always strikes up a facing-the-firing-squad pose when about to be photographed, but this time he was very eager to be photographed well. The reason? He assumed when I suggested the portrait session that I would be using my Rollei, and he really, really likes my Rollei. (See his Jan. PUG submission for evidence of this interest.) Still can't get him to behave for a Pentax portrait, though ... :( (so I guess the implicit but understood bribe was "I'll use the Ro-o-o-ll-ei!") ERNR
Re: Bribing someone to allow a great shot (was: Re: Favorite f/stop)
> From: "Paul Stregevsky" > >Has anyone else ever bribed a friend or relative to allow you to > get "the > perfect shot"? Does buying them lots of drinks and telling them how beautiful they are count? William Robb
RE: Bribing someone to allow a great shot (was: Re: Favorite f/stop)
> -Original Message- > From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > From: "Paul Stregevsky" > > >Has anyone else ever bribed a friend or relative to allow you > to > > get "the > > perfect shot"? > > Does buying them lots of drinks and telling them how beautiful > they are count? I tried bribing my nephew with beer, but he prefers fingers and toes: http://www.bigdayphoto.com/tom/derek/042902/22a.jpg (Yes, that is a Pentax logo.) tv
Re: Bribing someone to allow a great shot (was: Re: Favorite f/stop)
If it doesn't, it should ... ;) - Original Message - From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 7:54 PM Subject: Re: Bribing someone to allow a great shot (was: Re: Favorite f/stop) Does buying them lots of drinks and telling them how beautiful they are count? William Robb
Re: Bribing someone to allow a great shot (was: Re: Favorite f/stop)
>Does buying them lots of drinks and telling them how beautiful >they are count? > >William Robb I'll bet the wife's not impressed! At least she now knows where he's been taking the dogs 'for a walk'... Cot =) Oh, swipe me! He paints with light! http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/ Free UK Macintosh Classified Ads at http://www.macads.co.uk/
