Thanks an amazing shot. Thanks.

Too Cool. Thanks.

Welcome. I can highly recommend the textbook we had to buy for the last class I was in. 'Total Digital Photography' by Chris George. It's one of the best I've read. Cheap too, on Amazon. You can learn a lot here too. I could be a LOT better photographer if I spent as much time taking photo.s as studying this forum. haha

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Laugh myself to tears. Thanks. And the last part hits it right on the head.

Yes, I watched a youtube vid. of a serviceman changing a light at the top of a TV ant. tower and he was up over a thousand feet, if I remember right. Scary just to watch. I'll try to find it and post it.

That's quite a picture, thanks.

Restricting use/print? That would be pretty hard to control. With personal printers, being in most peoples homes. It's my understanding that if you give up the digital files then you would simply charge a premium for that service. Even when you sell only prints, the client can scan them into a computer and print away. My instructor at the college, said he had a client tell him after buying all the proofs, that he was just going to copy them and print all the rest that he might need. It mainly comes down to ethics when your in the photo biz. Some people just don't care. My teacher pointed out that it's cost prohibitive to go after him in court. We did have some interesting discussions on ethics in my past photo classes. My cousin got married and when she got the disc she asked me why they were so dark and why she couldn't……, obviously RAW images. I thought that was a good way to restrict what was done with the images before the actual prints were purchased. Most people wouldn't have a clue what to do with RAW files. I wished Photography Marketing was offered at the local college where I'm from. Enjoy.

Off topic? Hmmm

My photo teacher has been a pro for 35+ yr.s and he used a Nikon 300 for a long time before he recently bought a Nikon 800. (My dream camera). He still uses his 300 for lots of jobs. Of course he uses the 800 for portrait work.

The professional courtesy extends to family members too. My foreman told me his son is a cop and he gave him and his mom, my foreman's wife at the time, a card to show whenever they get pulled over. He said he never used his but his wife….. used it to get out of speeding tickets all the time! Law are written for only so many people.

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In my humble opinion most cops (Highway Patrol exclude) consider themselves WAY above the law. I don't know what it is about "Troopers' but they seem to be the best of the bunch.
Thanks for your post. You hit it right on the head. I have been out taking pictures, in the little town I live in, and my parents told me my name came across the police scanner. I sure makes me think twice about producing a camera in public. Yes we live in a police state. I had a friend who said "his dad was a cop in Tulsa only for the benefits of not being hassled by the other cops."

Thank you very much.
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