> To bring this back somewhat to on topic (relevent to > photography, if not > Pentax), many years ago I was told of a local photographer > who specialized > on food and lifestyle photography. > She shopped at the local higher end stores, buying place > settings, cutlery, > glasswear, linens, whatever was needed for the project she > was working on at > the time. > When she was done, it all went back for a refund. > Or so I was told, anyway. >
That's quite a common practice in that type of photography. I first heard of it happening in London in the early 80s. Some of the stylists do actually borrow stuff legitimately to use in a shoot, and credit the lender accordingly. Worst of all is a practice I heard about from a fashion 'designer' who copied catwalk designs and dumbed them down for the mass market. She used to go to stores and buy stuff that she was going to 'adapt for the market' then return it for a refund. On one occasion she needed to cut up the underwear she was copying. The rags went into a shopping bag, which her assistant later inadvertently picked up and took back to the shop for a refund. I believe in this instance it was unsuccessful, but embarrassing for the assistant. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
