Re: [Bulk] RE: It always makes me wonder...
- From: Ric Carter <ricc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:19:23 -0400
And what does that tell us of the CEO's value?
ric
On Jul 30, 2008, at 7:11 PM, Ted Grant wrote:
Dave Saalsaa offered:
Subject: Re: [Bulk] RE: It always makes me wonder...
Very true, you never assume from one's appearance although David may
be very correct in this case. I treat all of my customers with
respect and am polite to them no matter how they are dressed. I
dress very casually as well. Which reminds me that I was escorted
out of a Gucci's in Chicago once by the sales clerk who must have
thought I was a bit too casually dressed to be shopping there. I
still carry a grudge. <<<<
Hi Dave,
Well not escorted out of a store but begrudgingly allowed into a
CEO’s office to do a news photo of the head guy. However.
It’s winter, I’ve just come from a shoot in the middle of no where
at a down and dirty assignment and look like I’ve been shot out of a
cannon side ways with a keg of nails. Trust me that bad!
Do the shot and the CEO says, ”How is it all you news-photographers
go around looking like yer bums?”
Well the truth is it was in the early ‘70’s when many news shooters
wanted to dress like “Animal” on one of the TV programmes and did
look like him in clothing or worse. I too fell into the trap to some
degree.
Actually if I’d known I was getting stuck with this last minute
assignment earlier I’d have changed clothes as the assignment
dictates how one dresses.
My response was, “Sorry Sir I’ve just come from an assignment in the
middle of nowhere and this isn’t my normal dress code.
However if we should meet again and I’m aware I’m taking your
picture, be assured I’ll be wearing one of my better suits costing
in the several hundreds of dollars. Thank you and good day.”
Damned if this guy wasn’t some elite CEO in the community and sure
enough I had to photograph him about ten days later! And he
remembered. Best part? So did I! J
Yep me in expensive suit with a Leica slung on shoulder and he says,
“Now that’s better, you look like a professional VIP photographer!”
I just smiled and said, “thank you.” Camera up, click! And that was
it.
True we can’t in many cases tell the $ value of a human by their
dress, but in many cases it’s what and how they talk and what they
want tells more of their value than the dollar.
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