William, I saw this thread warming up this morning but had to go and do family stuff. I was interested to see how it panned out. What you wrote here capture what I was feeling, that is, if there had been even the remotest professional relationship present, then the asking of such a favour would be perfectly acceptable in the spirit of mutual backscratching. However, for this to work there must be a genuine possibility of reciprocal favours being honoured if ever requested.
You've been fortunate if your professional community has been so mutually obliging in the past. But I have to agree with those who point out that the favour you asked of the official doggie portrait photographer would have seemed like asking for money from her purse, because she would rationalise that you were poaching a prospective client from her. She may even have paid a fee to the show organizers for the exclusive rights to provide portraits, and may have felt indignant over your request. And consider that the "little tweeb" may have her life mortgaged to the hilt to get her photo business established. Little things like creditors can inhibit a person's generous spirit. I'm sure you gave the dog-owner some fine shots anyway, whatever the lighting you had to use. regards, Anthony Farr > -----Original Message----- > From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Graywolf" > Subject: Re: Professional Courtesy > > > > > > > > So without knowing the exact situation we can not make a valid decision on > > whether she was just being a shit or acting properly. > > A little bit of both. > I've been on both sides of that one. My reaction is to help the other guy > out, especially if it will cost me nothing to do so, and will build up some > good will in the process. > It's the way the community that I grew up in operates, and to a great > extent, still does. > I suppose it comes from being in a small market, where you really need to > have a network of people to get things done sometimes. > > William Robb
