Besides that, what authority would they have in Canada anyway? Bill
----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 4:18 PM Subject: Re: The things we do for money > I think the guard was pulling your leg. A real CIA agent would never > acknowledge > that they were there. They sure as hell wouldn't tell a local security guard. > > At 03:05 PM 3/15/2003 -0600, you wrote: > >Was hired today to do some promotional pictures at the local casino. I > >preferred it when the building was an abandoned railroad station, but I > >digress. > >Used Portra 800 in the 6x7 with the 45mm lens. > >Shot 2 rolls of film and switched over to the LX and the A20mm f/2.8 and the > >Tak 17mm fisheye, also with Portra 800. > >Shot a dozen or so pictures with both lenses. > >Was just packing up when one of the security people approached me, and asked > >if I had taken any pictures. > >YUP, said I, just finished. > >Buddy points out a person at a table and asks if I got any pictures with her > >in it. > >I had been shooting overviews, so replied, that all the pictures had her in > >them. > >Buddy says I can't use the photos. > >Apparently, the person works for the CIA, and they are like vampires when it > >comes to cameras. > >I say we will make sure any pictures submitted will have her face smudged > >out. > >I'm thinking: > >So, you work for the CIA? > >That don't impress me much.... > >Maybe I'll Photoshop Dick Cheney's face onto her head. > >And put bin Laden beside her, wearing a straw hat. > >That would go over well. > > > >William Robb > > Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. > Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. --Groucho Marx >
