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I was at a small local horse show the other week, where the wife (and her horse) were competing. Not great big cross country jumps, but little jumps, which for her is really a big achievement (she's 54 and has always been very scared of jumping).
I took my camera (50d, with a Tamron 70-300) hoping to get a few shots of her. She also wanted me to video some of the course (with my mobile as my camera doesn't do video).
Now to the point of this post. I was standing in the field waiting for her to start and the official photographer and assistant were walking past, I heard the assistant say "are you going to photo this next one" (my wife), to which he replied "no, there's no point". At the same time giving me 'the look of disapproval'. Now I understand he is there to make a living, but there is nowhere that says no camera's on the registration page or at the venue. If there was, I would not take my camera. There were others there using camera phones, ipads etc. None of them seemed to get the same comment.
I'm going back there this weekend and will now feel a lot more uncomfortable with a camera.
I've only really written this, to get it off of my chest.
I took my camera (50d, with a Tamron 70-300) hoping to get a few shots of her. She also wanted me to video some of the course (with my mobile as my camera doesn't do video).
Now to the point of this post. I was standing in the field waiting for her to start and the official photographer and assistant were walking past, I heard the assistant say "are you going to photo this next one" (my wife), to which he replied "no, there's no point". At the same time giving me 'the look of disapproval'. Now I understand he is there to make a living, but there is nowhere that says no camera's on the registration page or at the venue. If there was, I would not take my camera. There were others there using camera phones, ipads etc. None of them seemed to get the same comment.
I'm going back there this weekend and will now feel a lot more uncomfortable with a camera.
I've only really written this, to get it off of my chest.