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"george" <> wrote in message
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> The gym I lift at has its share of idiots doing idiotic things with free
> weights and machines, and I'd like to be able to photograph the more
> ridiculous "lifters". Of course my 20D or even my camera phone would be
> too conspicuous. Any suggestions?

Yeah. I have a suggestion.

Go get a life and stop invading people's privacy. It's people like you that
give us photographers a bad reputation.

PS:

Ever hear of something called a Model Release?

"george" <> wrote in message
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>C J Campbell wrote:
>
>> For what? Ridicule? Do we really need another place where people ridicule
>> those who have offended them? Whatever happened to tolerance?
>
> No, for our amusement. I'm not planning to ridicule weak lifters who are
> training right and observe gym etiquette. Tolerance?! If you are a serious
> lifter nothing can be more annoying than to have the squat rack
> perennially occupied by chicken-legged punks doing bicep curls. Or to hear
> idiots yelling and grunting when lifting puny weights. Or the cretins
> leaving the barbells loaded with plates for others to take off.

I hope you have good Errors and Omissions insurance, because you're likely
to end up broke after one of your victims sues your butt.

And who are YOU to go around ridiculing people over the Internet?

On Feb 18, 10:47 pm, C J Campbell
<christophercampbellnos...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:36:44 -0800, george wrote
> (in article <c8SdnQR3JaDBkETYnZ2dnUVZ_sbin...@insightbb.com> ):
>
> > C J Campbell wrote:
> >> On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:24:19 -0800, george wrote
> >> (in article <c8SdnQV3JaDpl0TYnZ2dnUVZ_sapn...@insightbb.com> ):
>
> >>> The gym I lift at has its share of idiots doing idiotic things with free
> >>> weights and machines, and I'd like to be able to photograph the more
> >>> ridiculous "lifters". Of course my 20D or even my camera phone would be
> >>> too conspicuous. Any suggestions?
>
> >> Why?
>
> > Because I want to post the pics on a strength and power web forum.
>
> For what? Ridicule?
>
> Do we really need another place where people ridicule those who have offended
> them? Whatever happened to tolerance?

Whatever happened to tolerance regarding someone's earnest question
even though it may be perceived as "offensive"? Is his query that
outrageous as to be called on the carpet? And calling him a "homo"
sure is classy.

Whether we like it or not, many photographs have been taken of
unsuspecting subjects - many to become fine art classics.

It is my impression that the lifters are ridiculing themselves via
their antics. Would I attempt to document it? I really don't know. It
could possibly provide an interesting piece of work. We don't seem to
mind exploiting, or accepting images of the down and out, or indigent,
or helpless for "journalistic" or "art" photos, or "street shooting".
Why hassle george?

I see a lot of "kodak moment" photos here, and other places. Some make
me cringe but it doesn't serve anyone, least of all myself, to
criticize or gratuitously judge in a negative way.

Let's not be tripping over our self- righteous indignation.

-p

jeremy wrote:
> "george" <> wrote in message
> news: m...
>> The gym I lift at has its share of idiots doing idiotic things with free
>> weights and machines, and I'd like to be able to photograph the more
>> ridiculous "lifters". Of course my 20D or even my camera phone would be
>> too conspicuous. Any suggestions?
>
> Yeah. I have a suggestion.
>
> Go get a life and stop invading people's privacy. It's people like you that
> give us photographers a bad reputation.

Privacy in a public gym?

jeremy wrote:
> "george" <> wrote in message
> news: m...
>> C J Campbell wrote:
>>
>>> For what? Ridicule? Do we really need another place where people ridicule
>>> those who have offended them? Whatever happened to tolerance?
>> No, for our amusement. I'm not planning to ridicule weak lifters who are
>> training right and observe gym etiquette. Tolerance?! If you are a serious
>> lifter nothing can be more annoying than to have the squat rack
>> perennially occupied by chicken-legged punks doing bicep curls. Or to hear
>> idiots yelling and grunting when lifting puny weights. Or the cretins
>> leaving the barbells loaded with plates for others to take off.
>
> I hope you have good Errors and Omissions insurance, because you're likely
> to end up broke after one of your victims sues your butt.
>
> And who are YOU to go around ridiculing people over the Internet?

"Victims?!" Now they're "victims" because they have their pictures taken
while in public? And you can be sure that I will express my deepest
admiration for their feats of strength when posting their gym pics. If
others will laugh at them it is not my fault.

george <> writes:
> Privacy in a public gym?

Depends on the gym, I suppose. From
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,57692,00.html>:

All 24 Hour Fitness clubs post signs saying, "No filming,
videotaping or photography is permitted in the club without the
written permission of management," a company spokesman said.

"The new camera-cell-phone combinations are no exception to this
rule," he said.

Paul Rubin wrote:
> george <> writes:
>> Privacy in a public gym?
>
> Depends on the gym, I suppose. From
> <http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,57692,00.html>:
>
> All 24 Hour Fitness clubs post signs saying, "No filming,
> videotaping or photography is permitted in the club without the
> written permission of management," a company spokesman said.
>
> "The new camera-cell-phone combinations are no exception to this
> rule," he said.

Chain gyms suck. Lots of lifters at our gym videotape their better lifts.

On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 21:24:19 -0500, george <> wrote:

> The gym I lift at has its share of idiots doing idiotic things with free
> weights and machines, and I'd like to be able to photograph the more
> ridiculous "lifters". Of course my 20D or even my camera phone would be
> too conspicuous. Any suggestions?

http://porters.com/Merchant2/merchan...Category_Code=

or in shorter form,

http://tinyurl.com/8ssns

wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 21:24:19 -0500, george <> wrote:
>
>> The gym I lift at has its share of idiots doing idiotic things with free
>> weights and machines, and I'd like to be able to photograph the more
>> ridiculous "lifters". Of course my 20D or even my camera phone would be
>> too conspicuous. Any suggestions?
>
> http://porters.com/Merchant2/merchan...Category_Code=
>
> or in shorter form,
>
> http://tinyurl.com/8ssns
>

Very nice, thanks!

george <> writes:
> Chain gyms suck. Lots of lifters at our gym videotape their better lifts.

Surreptitiously? I think this guy wants to photograph soap lifters,
not weight lifters.