Nothing screams pretension like Canon...
At 02:08 PM 1/18/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Nothing screams professional like a disposable camera....
>
>Christian
>
>On Friday 18 January 2002 13:49, Peter wrote:
> > Yes he is a "pro". So his equipment is "pro" equipment. See thread about
> > Cannon Advert.
> > (Just makes it that much funnier, at least to me).
> >
> > At 01:41 PM 1/18/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> > >I have a brother who is a free-lance writer. He does a regular column for
> > >one magazine and writes articles for others as well. Mostly in
> > >specialized, niche publications, like Poker Digest. He was doing an
> > >article about a casino in Europe for one of them a while back and the
> > >editor said, "Be nice to have some pictures." He said, "No problem."
> > >
> > >He has never owned a camera or, to my knowledge, used one. Doesn't know an
> > >f-stop from a subway stop. So he bought a disposable camera, shot all the
> > >film, got a friend to scan a bunch of images and e-mailed them to the
> > >editor. (He was based in Europe, the mag is published in the Western USA.)
> > >Several of the photos now have been published.
> > >
> > >And he continues to shoot photos to accompany articles, using disposable
> > >cameras -- although he was speaking wistfully last night about how nice it
> > >would be to get a digital camera.
> > >
> > >So he now is a published photographer. And he is paid, so he is a sort-of
> > >pro, too.
> > >
> > >Or is he?
> > >
> > >Bob Harris
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