shinken said:
Sometimes the company paying may not know. I was told to shoot everything. But when scolded by the PA, it's me, not the company paying, that they're scolding.
It'll be good to check with the PR or PA if there's one. I have encountered quite a few celebs who gave me the pissed look if I shoot unannounced.
if i hire a photographer i would ask him to shoot everything. if he gets scolded because i didn't know that he couldn't shoot during the interview, then i would be pleased that he tried, or perhaps even got the shot that he was not supposed to!
of course if i knew he wasn't allowed, and still told him to do it, i would be an a$$hole, but then again sometimes clients are like that, they want the shot and don't care how you get it.
if u want ur money, then u try ur best, if not, tell them to take their business elsewhere. personally, being scolded by any other besides my client is no skin off my nose, unless of course, it gets me on the unlawful side of things, like i dunno.. going too near to the PM? then again i've been within 2 metres of the PM shooting him... no problems there... maybe president got problem.. let u know when i have the opportunity.
anyway.. if it was so important that no photography allowed, flash or otherwise, they wouldn't let any photographers near the interview, or would specifically tell them.
end up, it's about communication.
this reminds me of the NUTS (no u-turn syndrome) article by Sim Wong Hoo. basically, in singapore u CAN only U-turn when there's a sign saying you can. in most other countries, u can't only if there's a sign saying u can't, all other occasions, u can.
it's just an anology, but putting it into this case, if i wanted to be totally singaporean, i will only shoot when they say CAN. if like that, i want to shoot more interviews liow.
Paul, gimme lobangs can, i charge cheap. :bsmilie: :bsmilie: