Rule #1 of business

.... From the article, "Don't pick fights with people who buy ink by the barrel"

Chrysler 200 Convertible photographer miffed at leak, goes on Facebook rant — Autoblog

I used to like this guys work and look at it fairly fondly... the rant however, taints it a bit.

[Life in Motion]

I actually agree with this guys comment on that page

I think he states frustration for a second but then talks about being grateful for the opportunity etc....

Kip
11:09AM (1/18/2011)
Feels like non-news as this doesn't sound like much of a rant. He's annoyed, sure, but he's more stating his frustration. Overall, he sounds pretty grateful for the opportunity to work with Chrysler and others while producing photos with which he's pleased. Can't blame a guy for being frustrated when his project is blown out of the water by someone who apparently wasn't even involved in it.

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[Niresangwa]

I thought it was going to be..

"don't talk about Business"

Originally Posted by Life in Motion

I actually agree with this guys comment on that page

I think he states frustration for a second but then talks about being grateful for the opportunity etc....

Kip
11:09AM (1/18/2011)
Feels like non-news as this doesn't sound like much of a rant. He's annoyed, sure, but he's more stating his frustration. Overall, he sounds pretty grateful for the opportunity to work with Chrysler and others while producing photos with which he's pleased. Can't blame a guy for being frustrated when his project is blown out of the water by someone who apparently wasn't even involved in it.

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LOL, calling someone a douchebag publically is mere "frustration" LOL

[Sterling]

The guy comes across as an egotistical, arrogant jackhole. He's taken some photos of a Chrysler 200 ffs. Nobody on Earth was waiting to see his "exclusive unseen images." And fewer people care now that they've seen them. He sounds like he has "celebrity artist" syndrome where his sycophantic entourage has blown smoke up his ass for so long that he actually believes his own publicity.

Originally Posted by Sterling

The guy comes across as an egotistical, arrogant jackhole. He's taken some photos of a Chrysler 200 ffs. Nobody on Earth was waiting to see his "exclusive unseen images." And fewer people care now that they've seen them. He sounds like he has "celebrity artist" syndrome where his sycophantic entourage has blown smoke up his ass for so long that he actually believes his own publicity.

LOL I thought the same thing.

It's a *bleeping* Chrysler 200.... who the hell was waiting with baited breath on the edge of their chairs to see the newest version?

WHO!? WHO I SAY!!!

[Life in Motion]

Originally Posted by maxharvard

LOL I thought the same thing.

It's a *bleeping* Chrysler 200.... who the hell was waiting with baited breath on the edge of their chairs to see the newest version?

WHO!? WHO I SAY!!!

Oh well....forgive me I'm not a car buff. But, my thought process and just from where i was sitting, it didn't really sound like the problem with the photographer who was ranting had anything to do with the style, make, or body of a car, or with the fact that it was a car at all. It seemed to me to be more about his images being used without permission(possibly copyright issues there). For all i know he was hired for a job and the job was a part of a marketing strategy of a well known company. Now his images leeked to the public ahead of time...possibly putting his but in the ringer with who hired him? (possibly even in a contract of somesort along the way for him to not reveal to the public until such time or date?)

I would think a job is a job as a photographer. If you are bound by contract to produce images of a product, wether it be a car from Chrysler or of images you were hired to do through Covergirl that may come out in a magazine. The images being leeked without permission is unfair and possibly would get the photographer introuble along with the person in charge of hiring you.

Now if this is the case....hmmm I could think of some people ranting much worse. In fact i've seen much worse rants on this site LOL. No offense intended there at all. just somethings like copyrights to a photographers images and contracts and such, usually seem pretty important in the Earn with Photography threads!

thats just my take on it. but then again i'm really not into cars at all, and was just looking at it as a photographer hired to produce images for a well known company.

[RLucas]

He was paid to take photos. That is more than I can say......

[Sterling]

His little rant didn't mention anything about contracts or copyright issues. In fact it sounds like somebody inside the company that hired him leaked the photos. No, he just seems upset that his precious art has been ruined by the blogs using awkward crops and poor resolution - blogs that would be the only places posting his photos anyway.

[faeriegodess612]

I think it was leaked from someone inside the company, according to the article. It sounds to me like hes upset that they got leaked before the final editing was done, and now it looks like a smear on his record of great shots. Probably sent to the CEO to get preliminary approval. ??? I could be so far off in left field here,...so correct me if I'm wrong.

Granted, it isnt exactly the photos for the 2008 Chevy Camaro. Now that was something to be anxious for! MmMmMm,....Chevy.