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Originally Posted by angtomczak
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Nice article! Hmmm...the dad even had a pass from the event owner! That's pretty much permission to take photos. And now they've changed their minds. Their choice. But this dad wasn't getting paid to do it...just taking photos of his kid and entered one in a contest.
Isn't that how you become a pro? I would think the pro's would like this method best! No danger to their pocketbook as he is not getting paid and the amateur gets to practice on the sidelines. It's a win-win!
Quite honestly, I think there are some folks that are not concerned with competition from an amateur. They are concerned with competition period....because they are afraid of it. I believe they would go out of their way to prevent someone like this dad from even becoming a pro without their "permission". It almost sounds like "the family" sending the muscle down to collect the "protection money". And this is not just in the field of photography.
This reminds me of a gallery where my wife had her work shown at awhile back. She's an oil painter. There was a person at the gallery who was in charge of where the new artwork would be hung. She also happened to be one of the artists with work on display as well.
The first time this person saw my wife's work, she said it was too bold and wouldn't work at all in the gallery. She needed to use more subdued pastel colors instead of the bold mix she is used to using for her modern impressionist style. She actually scolded my wife! My wife was actually hurt by the comments. I was really miffed myself! But it wasn't this person's choice in whether it would be hung or not...just where it would be hung. So my wife's stuff went in the
back room.
(If you are interested, here is a
similar painting to what this person "reviewed")
So a few days later my wife and I went to the gallery together to see the location. I asked to see this other person's work. Her work was BOLD AND COLORFUL just like my wife's!!! It was a bit different style, but it was obvious this person was threatened by another artist with a similar style in the same gallery.
This same person constantly made comments about how art "wasn't supposed to be sold". Of course this person didn't have a problem selling their own stuff in the same gallery! Elitist hypocrisy. What it boiled down to was the fear of competition.