That's a good camera and/or lens!

I hear it a lot at new places I go to shoot. Mostly people ask, are you from the newspaper or something? Or, who do you work for? I always say, I work for you and ask if they have a kid playing. And that almost always opens the door for my sales pitch.

 

I often get asked if I am "sponsored" by anyone, which I think would be incorrect terminology if I was "hired" to be there....

But I rarely get comments on my camera from people who don't own the same gear, Then again I don't go to many spectator sport events, The people who are there are getting their pictures taken, so I guess that curbs those types of comments.

I would be a little envious if I saw someone there with a few thousand dollars better gear than me, a lesser man might make an underhanded comment, But just take it in stride, they are just jealous if a little ignorant.

 

Hear ya... :smile:

Although the biggest catch is my Nikon photo-vest, that kills'em all :biggrin:

 

whenever i'm shooting in the water surfers always paddle by and go "What surf magazine are you shooting for?" or "Who do you shoot for?" ... i just say myself, then they feel stupid

 

I get the same questions and the one that seems to get the strangest look is when they ask how many megapixels my camera has as they show me their nice point and shoot. When I say 4.1 mp, that will invariably make their mouth open in amazement.

 

I was recently banned from photographing in Dubai in a hotel complex.

"We do not allow cameras like that in here"
"Why?" I asked
"Because they are used by professionals who want to sell our ideas to other hotel groups"!!!

Despite my protest, they would not budge. Apparantly a compact is fine!

 

If you said that here in the UK you would have the police on scene within 5 minutes.... the country has gone crazy when it comes to photographing kids

Long gone are the days of providing a service to parents...