Gorjus
Well-Known Member
I think my statement was taken the wrong way. When I said it is rude to ask a photopass photographer to take a picture with your personal camera, what I meant was that it is one of the photopass photographer's job to get as many people to take their picture with the photopass system as possible. I wouldn't have a problem taking someone's photo with their camera as long as I also was allowed to take it with the "official" camera. Apparently whether people buy or not has no bearing on your job, but how many people you photograph does.
And if I am photographing an event, say a prom or a first communion, I get people all the time who want to use my background my props, but their camera. And then they ask me to take the photo with their camera. That is where I draw the line. I'm trying to sell a service and a product and you are trying to get that service and product for free.
Now Disney is a bit different. BIG PROPS (Castle, Hat, Space Ship Earth, Tree, Character). Public props. But the service of the photographer is still the same.
But, if the photopass photographer offered, hey...great!
And if I am photographing an event, say a prom or a first communion, I get people all the time who want to use my background my props, but their camera. And then they ask me to take the photo with their camera. That is where I draw the line. I'm trying to sell a service and a product and you are trying to get that service and product for free.
Now Disney is a bit different. BIG PROPS (Castle, Hat, Space Ship Earth, Tree, Character). Public props. But the service of the photographer is still the same.
But, if the photopass photographer offered, hey...great!