Re: [Leica] an ethical question....

["Joe Codispoti" <joecodi@thegrid.net>]

From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>

> Are you insinuating that no one else can take pictures at the wedding if
the
> bride and groom signed a contract saying such?  The bride and groom
signing
> a contract as such (and I would doubt they would) does not obligate people
> who are not party to the contract!  Now, the bride and groom may ask you
to
> not take pictures, and if you do, may ask you to leave...but they wouldn't
> have many friends if they didn't let friends take pictures.
>
> I can't imagine anyone asking for such an obligation in the first place,
> much less anyone agreeing to it!


I attended a wedding where the official "photographer" was confiscating all
cameras and removing the film before returning them the gests if he saw them
taking photos. What a jerk!
The bride had signed the contract containing such a clause without being
aware of the consequences. She tried to protest the photographer's behavior
to which he replied: "you signed the contract".

Joe Codispoti