Would you do paparazzi work?
I.e. would you take celeb photos for a price?
How far would you go for 'that' $10,000 shot of ... oh lets play ... Gordon Ramsay with 'another' woman?
No, I'd never do paparazzi
Yes, anything legal for 'that' shot
Yes, but with taste
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Would you do paparazzi work?
I.e. would you take celeb photos for a price?
How far would you go for 'that' $10,000 shot of ... oh lets play ... Gordon Ramsay with 'another' woman?
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No, I don't think I could do that. Sure, the money is good, but I'm told so's the money in drug dealing...
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I predict mostly "no". For one, with rare exceptions, paps don't care much for photography as an art or craft unlike the folk that frequent this forum. They're more interested in nailing a shot purely for money regardless of quality, where people here tend to be people into learning and sharing. Had this been asked on a pap forum (assuming one exists) I doubt there's much chat about the art of photography.
I doubt there's an inbetween where someone would do it, but consider doing it with taste. At the risk of sterotyping the folk that do it, I reckon paparazzi with taste is a bit of an oxymoron. I'd love to be proven wrong though and see the other side.
never, ever. I might get my camera scratched.....
I'm too lazy to really go for paparazzi work. However, if the opportunity presented and I had the camera, I'd have no problems in trying to get the shot. My view is that they chose to be celebrities - the least I can do is a) help and b) make some cash.
(I would however draw the line at victims of circumstance - those people who don't chose the 15 seconds of fame, but get it thrust on them anyway and don't grab it.)
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I voted Yes.
Although to clarify, I would not like to be a 'celebrity chasing' photographer. However, if circumstances eventuated where I happened across a situation and had my camera, would I take the shot...Hell Yes..Would I sell it to the highest bidder...Yes again.
So, taking your suggestion Kym, if I happened to be strolling along a beach preparing to get sunset shots and came across a naked Gordon Ramsay frolicking in the surf with some 'floosie', I would take the shots. If he wanted the moment to be private, he should have stayed in his hotel room
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Apologies, I didn't see see that the op was talking about gordon ramsay
I would in a heartbeat too.
Taste ? too subjective
Legal - if it's legal then it's fair game
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Yeah, I'd give it a crack. After all $10,000 is $10,000 dosen't matter to me how I get it (within reason ).
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...but would you go far enough to be a real paparazzo, would you sneak up to the man's backyard and take pictures of his 6-year old in the swimmingpool? I hope not...
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I voted no,
I guess I don't like the concept of the borederline harrasment of people because they are 'famous'... Of course if I was walking along with my camera and saw a shot in public of a 'celeb' that would be worth a fortune, well maybe I would?
Depends on who it is and what the situation is..
Ricktas's Gordon Ramsay situation if I was walking past with my camera, I probably would take the shot. But say Gordon's child had just drowned and was getting CPR and Gordon was there in agony obviously, the situation is very different, and I would have to say no way would I take a shot..
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