I apologize Mr. Bryant
Mr. Bryant
In reading tonight what I wrote last night, I was a complete and utter a*s. I came home from an important shoot of a district high school football game in the rain and was reviewing the shots. It was horrid. I came home with an SD card full of crap, a wet 200mm 2.8 lense and a bad attitude and I took it out on you. I implied that you were unprofessional and that was simply uncalled for and most certainly untrue. From the bottom of my heart Sir, I apologize and pray you will be willing to forgive me. I, like most who come to DPS, have learned so much from experts such as yourself as well as beginners who capture great shots with point and shoots. I hope that I have actually helped a few with what I've learned in over 20 years with a camera in my hand everyday. I had no good reason, no excuse, to attack you or your work. Honestly, after reading my angry post from last evening I confess I was tempted to crawl under the table . However, I value DPS and people such as yourself who give their time to it.
For the record, last December in a state high school quarterfinal basketball game, in a well lit gym ironically, a photographer fired a flash shot from courtside as a player was receiving a hard pass from around 15 feet away. The player, clearly caught by the flash, missed the pass and gave up a huge turnover just before halftime. As you might imagine, this resulted in a very bad situation in which the photographer was removed from the building and a head coach was ejected from the biggest game of his career. I shoot in over 20 high school gyms and fields, a junior college and a Division 2 school. None of them allow court or sideline flash. I don't know if it is written in a rule book, but it is simply not done. Yes, it makes my job difficult, but getting the "shot" in such conditions is one of the best rewards a sports shooter can have. The pros in this area have an inside joke. When someone asks us about light we first reply, "Light? Never use the stuff."
I hope I've made the point I was so poor at making last night and mostly, I hope I've saved a potential relationship with a new friend, teacher and fellow shooter. Mr. Bryant, my apology is most sincere. What I portrayed is not who, or what I am.
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