Photographers are freaking annoying.

ladynikon · Jul 10, 2011

^^^u totally should :sexywink:

lol

kwik · Jul 10, 2011

Not trying to be a dick or anything, but dude, get used to it and get off your high horse. I used to be a paramedic and a fire fighter. Also a volunteer fire fighter in a small town outside of our city. (Due to a lung issue I can't be a fire fighter anymore if your wondering) Anyway man, people always follow the lights and sirens. There will always be rubber neckers, followers and on lookers. Again get used to that. You'll never change it. I honestly could give a **** less about the photographers and on lookers at the time of a scene. I had bigger things to deal with. The less you worry about the on lookers the more you'll be able to concentrate on your job and give the proper treatment to the people that need it. And really, isn't that what your there to do in the first place?

morthncds · Jul 10, 2011

Thank you Destin!! Firemen and police officers never get the respect they truly deserve. Whether you are volunteer or full time, my hat's off to you guys. As a brother of a fireman and a police officer, I know that you put your life on the line each and every day. Stay safe out there!!

kwik · Jul 10, 2011

morthncds said:
Thank you Destin!! Firemen and police officers never get the respect they truly deserve. Whether you are volunteer or full time, my hat's off to you guys. As a brother of a fireman and a police officer, I know that you put your life on the line each and every day. Stay safe out there!!

Are you kidding me that Fire fighters don't get the respect they deserve. Ok the police thing I can get but the fire fighters. HAHA Right.

They are probably THE MOST respected position and career that there is.

ladynikon · Jul 10, 2011

kwik said:
Are you kidding me that Fire fighters don't get the respect they deserve. Ok the police thing I can get but the fire fighters. HAHA Right. They are probably THE MOST respected position and career that there is.

Obviously not the most respected! Unless u have confused some of these posts as being respectful...I hope none of you are ever in the position to be photographed at your weakest state cuz their may be no one to stand up for your rights as an injured human since "getting the shot" is clearly what's important here. God forbid someone remove a photographer from the scene...he, after all, has every right!!!

kwik · Jul 10, 2011

Sure he has every right to remove a photographer and turn his back on the scene. Go ahead. My captain would have had my nuts in a vice if I ignored the scene of an accident. Unless it's your job to remove them. Don't worry about them. Lady I'm afraid you may have mistook what I say as disrespectful. I just think Destin came off quite wrong and a little, how do I say, power-trip-ish? He is just going to have to get used to the photographers being there and concentrate on what the objective of his job really is.

My guess would be if he posted this thread on a fire fighter website the answers would be different. but considering he posted a thread called "Photographers are freaking annoying" on a photography website he and as well as you should expect there to be a little back lash. I don't go on to a ford website and say fords suck! Go honda hahaha The title of this thread will make people have their guard up before they even read the content.

Bitter Jeweler · Jul 10, 2011

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...egal-question-rant-volunteer-firefighter.html

IRONY

ladynikon · Jul 10, 2011

Bitter Jeweler said:
http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/general-shop-talk/237687-legal-question-rant-volunteer-firefighter.htmlIRONY

Interesting...

kwik · Jul 10, 2011

HA!:lmao:

jake337 · Jul 11, 2011

Classic....

Derrel · Jul 11, 2011

"I just joined the volunteer fire dept. and the assistant chief asked me to be the "official" FD photographer."

And yet, you claim you have a year's worth of experience there...

ClickAddict · Jul 11, 2011

Derrel said:
"I just joined the volunteer fire dept. and the assistant chief asked me to be the "official" FD photographer."

And yet, you claim you have a year's worth of experience there...

------- See edit below -----

Not defending or attacking the original post, but "just" is not a clear indication of time.

I just ate usually mean in the last hour or two, whereas I just started working at company abc could easily mean a few months. When dealing with events that perhaps only change every few years (I just move to Town, Just started a job, just got married...) It would not be a stretch to use it even after 6 months.

Also if it's been like 11 months or so, most would agree saying he's been there a year would also not be a stretch. We would all round it up at that point.

So I don't think there's necessarily a "caught you lying" situation here.

-------- Edit; addition comment -----

I stand by what was posted above, but just reread where he said he's been with them 6 months in his original post. That would be contradictory. (Unless he has 6 months of experience elsewhere which he is including in his year)

Destin · Jul 11, 2011

To correct the time issue: 6 months of being an active member, about 8-10 months being a junior member before that, when I was under 18, but I wasn't allowed to go near the scene, I just did fire police.

My previous thread was referring to me taking photos, but obviously AFTER my job on scene was done, and we were in te cleanup stages....

I'm done arguing this, it's not worth my time.