Integrity?? What's That?
This is a terrible photo. But this post is more about the story, than the photo itself for a change. (It's dark and when I used the flash, it was worse than this, so I tried to used ambient light, and this is the best I could get.)
Anyway, I finally had some of my photos printed so I could use them as postcards to send to my friends/family in NY. (not that I waited too long to do this--I might be back in NY before the postcards get there).
I had them done at Walmart---you know, instant gratification and all that. When I went to pick them up tonight, the salesgirl wouldn't give them to me until I verified that I took the photos myself. She had me sign a model release to keep on file and then asked for a business card.
Well, two things went through my mind--
1)Wow, I LOVE this store for protecting my copyrighted images,
and
2)Wow, they think they're good enough to have been done by a professional. That rocks!!
It was just the boost my sagging self-image needed right now.
The point being, that there's someone/something/some business that has some integrity. I don't care how they came by that standard (it is, after all, a law that a professional's photography can't be reproduced without direct permission, otherwise it's considered stolen), it's just a breath of fresh air to know that there are some standards left and that somewhere in this world, they are being upheld.
So there! Got that off my chest.
Anyway, I finally had some of my photos printed so I could use them as postcards to send to my friends/family in NY. (not that I waited too long to do this--I might be back in NY before the postcards get there).
I had them done at Walmart---you know, instant gratification and all that. When I went to pick them up tonight, the salesgirl wouldn't give them to me until I verified that I took the photos myself. She had me sign a model release to keep on file and then asked for a business card.
Well, two things went through my mind--
1)Wow, I LOVE this store for protecting my copyrighted images,
and
2)Wow, they think they're good enough to have been done by a professional. That rocks!!
It was just the boost my sagging self-image needed right now.
The point being, that there's someone/something/some business that has some integrity. I don't care how they came by that standard (it is, after all, a law that a professional's photography can't be reproduced without direct permission, otherwise it's considered stolen), it's just a breath of fresh air to know that there are some standards left and that somewhere in this world, they are being upheld.
So there! Got that off my chest.
Posted at 8 pm on Sat., March 14, 2009
