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Posted by Midnight Mover
 - July 21, 2009, 06:24:50 PM
 >:D
Posted by kick Z tail out
 - July 21, 2009, 02:04:44 PM
Quote from: Dragonskiss on July 21, 2009, 02:00:30 PM
Yep, seems like all the morons out there have more 'FAIL' embedded in their gene pools than anything else.  But hey, it is what it is.  <moron>
<laughing>
Posted by NikonGuy
 - July 21, 2009, 02:04:26 PM
Quote from: kick Z tail out on July 21, 2009, 01:54:37 PM
Maybe people in LA are more laid back.  <laughing>
LOL, it might be because maybe I just shoot at SMO.... I really dont get around that much.
Posted by Dragonskiss
 - July 21, 2009, 02:00:30 PM
Yep, seems like all the morons out there have more 'FAIL' embedded in their gene pools than anything else.  But hey, it is what it is.  <moron>
Posted by kick Z tail out
 - July 21, 2009, 01:54:37 PM
Quote from: Fernando Sedeno on July 21, 2009, 01:37:12 PM
Never have Nate...  :o    ???
Maybe people in LA are more laid back.  <laughing>
Posted by NikonGuy
 - July 21, 2009, 01:37:12 PM
Quote from: kick Z tail out on July 21, 2009, 08:02:13 AM
You haven't had to experience that? That's good but I'm shocked, I've heard a bunch of it...
Never have Nate...  :o    ???
Posted by kick Z tail out
 - July 21, 2009, 01:36:24 PM
Yep, I chalk it up to people just being jerks. If I were really close to the traffic lane, I would assume they were pissed about that, but in every case I've been WELL off the side of the road, 15 to 20 feet or more.

People just get a kick out of trying to ruin your shot. Our society has dipped to such a level that you've got people that just can't stand minding their own business.
Posted by Dragonskiss
 - July 21, 2009, 01:09:11 PM
Ah yes, I too, have experienced this.  I was shooting from the bridge up on Westchester Pkwy and Lincoln Blvd and I had a few random people blatantly honk at me.  I also had an airport police squad car pass me with a short honk.  I'm not sure if it was a "cautionary" honk warning me to vacate the area, or it if was just a friendly "Oh hey, there's a photographer" honk.  I imagine it was the latter since I never saw him again.  I was standing in the grassy area between between the end of the fence and the bridge, so technically, it may be airport property.
I agree with kick Z, it must be some, whether written or unwritten, code that a lot people out seem to be catching wind of. 
Posted by kick Z tail out
 - July 21, 2009, 08:02:13 AM
You haven't had to experience that? That's good but I'm shocked, I've heard a bunch of it...
Posted by NikonGuy
 - July 21, 2009, 03:27:47 AM
Wow that is weird...  ???
Posted by kick Z tail out
 - July 18, 2009, 07:32:39 AM
Oh yes... we hear crap like that all the time. Those of us on patrol, not as much... but our fixed location guys hear it left and right.  ::)
Posted by f4_phantom_fan
 - July 17, 2009, 11:35:56 PM
Yeah I hear ya. I don't know what that's all about, but I've lost count of how many times I've dealt with this. Even times when I am not taking photos, it happens. During the week leading up to July 4th, I took a temporary job as a night watchman for a fireworks booth, and got  heckled by honkers several times EVERY night.........strange.
Posted by kick Z tail out
 - July 17, 2009, 09:54:39 PM
Apparently there is some code in the moron code of ethics which suggests that; while driving, it is your duty to lay on the horn like a retard whenever you see a photographer off the side of the road trying to take a shot. I'm assuming something like this must be in print, because there appears to be a good number of geniuses out there that follow this code.

::)