I Kid You Not

[sashbar]

OK, this is a true story guys, I swear. It can only be real anyway, one could not invent it. I just translate the news agency report:

A wedding in Balahna town near Nizhny Novgorod (this is in Russia) ended up tragically. A photographer was beaten by the groom and guests who did not like his white balance settings. (I kid you not)

He was taken to hospital with a neck injury and multiple bruises.

According to witnesses, one of the guests (smart ass!) looked at the photographer's camera screen during the outdoor shooting on the banks of the Volga River and expressed his dissatisfaction with the WB setting.

The groom asked the photographer to show the images. After the photographer refused to do it, the groom kicked him in the leg and grabbed his camera. The photographer, exasperated, tried to resist, but was subjected to a barrage of relentless slapping from customers.

After a brief beating, his head was squeezed between tripod legs and under the scornful hoots the guy was thrown into the Volga. ( Depending on location Volga River can be easily several miles wide. The widest part is 16 miles wide, believe it or not. It is a huge river with some hazardous streams, so it is not big fun.)

Photographer was saved by a Tajik immigrant (Tajikistan is a small poor Asian country, formerly part of the USSR), who was diving nearby, gathering shells.

The groom and the guests were charged under the Criminal Code article 282 for assault and group humiliation.

The Tajik guy was expelled from Russia due to lack of registration papers.

The photographer (and this is an icing on the whole fuc4ing cake) was fined for illegal business as well as for taking pictures of the river port which happened to be a "strategic object".

 

[CameraClicker]

There's a lesson or two in there. If he was shooting raw files, WB doesn't even matter until the computer does the conversion. Chimping with someone looking over your shoulder may not be a good idea. The rest of it is frequently complained about at YouAreNotAPhotographer.com. Well, maybe not the illegal immigrant swimming part!

 

[sashbar]

There's a lesson or two in there. If he was shooting raw files, WB doesn't even matter until the computer does the conversion. Chimping with someone looking over your shoulder may not be a good idea. The rest of it is frequently complained about at YouAreNotAPhotographer.com. Well, maybe not the illegal immigrant swimming part!

OK. So, beating up a wedding photog and throwing him into the river with his head jammed by tripod is a frequent thing.. Did not know that.. No problemo..

 

[CameraClicker]

OK. So, beating up a wedding photog and throwing him into the river with his head jammed by tripod is a frequent thing.. Did not know that.. No problemo..

Well,... I was thinking of this part: "The groom and the guests were charged under the Criminal Code article 282 for assault and group humiliation.

The Tajik guy was expelled from Russia due to lack of registration papers.

The photographer (and this is an icing on the whole fuc4ing cake) was fined for illegal business as well as for taking pictures of the river port which happened to be a "strategic object".", actually.

That whole tripod and water thing resulted from the photo being viewed.

 

[sm4him]

Man, those Russians don't muck around with incorrect skin tones!

 

[astroNikon]

He was probably using a Canon

 

[bribrius]

I guess their photography standards are much higher there? Bad place to be a wannabee...

 

[KenC]

I almost clicked the "funny" rating on this one, but I suppose it's really not. The most interesting part is squeezing his head between the tripod legs. Who would think of that? Most hoodlums probably would beat him and throw him in the river and call it a day. It takes something special to take time to throw in a good tripod head lock.

 

[Gary A.]

One helluva story. Благодарим вас за.

Gary

 

[Scatterbrained]

Maybe it's time to reconsider starting up my Russian Wedding Photography business.

 

[Raj_55555]

I feel bad for the Tajik guys, but at least they'll won't have to live in fear of being beaten up if they ever take up photography
Not sure how to rate the original post though, we need an additional button *shocking*

 

[sashbar]

He was probably using a Canon

Actually, thre was a Canon camera with a broken lense on the pic

 

[Vince.1551]

Classic ... World Guinness Record material for photographer who received the most 'slaps'.


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[gsgary]

There's a few on here that should get the same treatment

 

[pgriz]

There seem to be quite a few Russian weddings ton the various video channels that show quite a few people getting the stuffing beaten out of them. Some of them start holding cameras, other holding videocameras, others apparently "innocent" bystanders. From the oscillation from the vertical, it is clear that vodka was copiously consumed before, and presumably during the "event".