Jeff Spirer <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > At 04:41 PM 11/13/2005, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > > > So your image of the muy thai fighters got stolen and reprinted who > > > knows where. What is your plan to prevent that next time you have > > > the one in thousand shot? > > > >I'll point out that, in the case of that particular image, Jeff *sold* > >it to a client for web use. If something is used on the web, it *can* > >be ripped off. All you can do is what Jeff did -- find them, and try > >to get them to stop using it, perhaps using legal action if it looks > >feasible. > > For some reason, I didn't respond here, but David did. Hope you don't mind my sticking my oar in. > However, this isn't a "one in thousand shot" for me. It's what I do > to stay ahead. I have to get at least one like that shot in *every* > "feature" fight. I lose big time if I don't. Here's another > typical shot - http://www.spirer.com/satfights/images/f1.jpg - which > is interesting. Another photographer got exactly the same shot, but > he doesn't compete with me - he only does work for hire, and I sell > all my own images. But if he was freelancing, I would have to try > to stay ahead of him through marketing, because his photos are as > good as, or better than mine, just as mine are sometimes better than > his. We'd just slug it out in the business end. Both shots are indeed quite striking. And I can't help enjoying the pun while I'm at it. How close to 1000 shots do you come for a feature fight? I've got various personal issues with a lot in boxing, but it seems to be pretty darned popular, and even without trying to photograph boxing myself I can get an idea that those pictures weren't easy! I notice that they both feature a major impact, and both have it taking place off-screen (on the far side of a body from our viewpoint). Is this coincidence (small sample, after all), personal preference, or what? I'm *not* objecting to it, it's actually quite effective the way these two photos use it. And I don't know what variant of boxing this is, but I don't see how they avoid killing people with, apparently, kicks allowed, and no guards on the feet. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@xxxxxxxx>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>
