Pro photographers: why are so many of them utter twats?

[Stanley Edwards]

Aggresive 'go getters' usually end up at the top, fella!

The top of what? There's a big difference between agressive 'go getters' and total twats. However, you're probably right. It's how you use the agression I suppose.

 

[Skim]

So Furvert wedgied him mid-shot

That's class, that is

 

[pk]

This ought to cheer up anyone who despises the paparazzi like I do...

A few years ago I was a cameraman covering movie premieres and the like - and of course all the lowlife paparazzi snappers were in abundance for the Tomorrow Never Dies premiere in Leicester Square...

I was carrying a big old videocamera, with a heavy duty Pag battery kit on the back, and some little cunt Italian photographer kept "accidentally" standing on my foot whenever he considered I had blocked his shot, even though I had been set up way before he got there.

So I "accidentally" cracked him on the side of his skull with 10kg of Sony technology. He was screaming his head off and I couldn't shoot straight for laughing so hard.

Welcome to London, cunt. My town, my rules.

 

[Louloubelle]

I've expereinced this countless times and it really pees me off.

One time recnetly I was standing in the aisle of a theatre having got their early, with the performers (who I was there to photograph) , worked out where the best place for me to stand would be, set up my camera, only for this arrogant young woman to come in the room at the last minute and literaly stand immediately in front of me as if I wasn't there

Me: Excuse me, can you move please you're in my way

Her: Sorry but I'm the photographer I need to be here

Me: What photographer? There aren't mean to be any photogaphers here without permission

Her: Welll I'm sorry but it's all been organised

Me: By who?

Her: The organisers

Me: who?

Her: Just let me get on with my work

So I stepped up to the organisers and got her kicked out of the venue. She was nothing to do with them. Cheeky mare.

I'm sure there are some great photographers but my experiences with them haven't been great and have nearly descended into brawling on a few occasions.

 

[laptop]

So I "accidentally" cracked him on the side of his skull with 10kg of Sony technology. He was screaming his head off and I couldn't shoot straight for laughing so hard.

Welcome to London, cunt. My town, my rules.

A pure example of a photographer behaving like a twat, and how it begets more twats.

 

[pk]

No, sorry, I was there first and behaving impeccably, I'm not having some jumped up little fuck standing on my feet just because he's not getting the upskirt picture he wants for his shitcunt newspaper.

He deserved that clout - and I enjoyed delivering it to him.

 

[ck]

The club was in Time Out that week billed as 'the best club in London' so there's obvious revenue potential there.

as it's flavour of the month it will always be crammed full of hel-muts until they move on elsewhere