a quiet checkmate<\/a> that shut the staff up for good.<\/p>\nYou\u2019ll want to read on for this one!<\/p>\n
This weekend at my 4-year-old\u2019s dance recital, I was told by event staff that professional photography wasn\u2019t allowed inside the theater \u2014 all because I pulled out my Z8 and Tamron 35-150.<\/p>\n
I had specifically chosen a seat on the aisle out of the way and just wanted something better than my iPhone.<\/p>\n
So he probed deeper on what exactly was the staff\u2019s problem.<\/p>\n
I asked the staff member what made it \u201cpro.\u201d They had no idea \u2014 just said the photographer hired by the dance studio had complained.<\/p>\n
I called him over and asked, \u201cIs it the lens or the body that makes my setup professional?\u201d<\/p>\n
He said it was the body.<\/p>\n
What happened next left the staff stunned.<\/p>\n
I then asked, \u201cFor future reference, would a less capable body be acceptable?\u201d<\/p>\n
He nodded yes.<\/p>\n
Without saying another word, I pulled out my Zf, swapped the lens, and kept shooting.<\/p>\n
The staff was defeated and his wife amused.<\/p>\n
The guy was clearly ticked and walked off.<\/p>\n
My wife, with perfect comedic timing, said: \u201cCheck and mate.\u201d<\/p>\n
If looks could kill.<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s how he shot the recital perfectly without breaking a single rule!<\/p>\n
What did Reddit make of this amusing turn of events?<\/p>\n
\u201cProfessional\u201d usually indicates that you\u2019re being paid.<\/p>\n
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This photographer was really on one.<\/p>\n
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Some people just enforce arbitrary rules for no good reason.<\/p>\n
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There seems to be a lot of misconceptions as to what qualifies as \u201cpro\u201d.<\/p>\n
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This dad walked away with the photos and the last word!<\/p>\n
Shots were fired here in more ways than one.<\/p>\n
If you liked that post, check out this story about a guy who was forced to sleep on the couch at his wife\u2019s family\u2019s house, so he went to a hotel instead<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pexels\/Reddit Rules about \u201cprofessional photography\u201d are often vague, leaving ample room for bias and guesswork. One proud parent…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,29224,229,88,2699,3118,29225,688,2067,250,1867],"class_list":{"0":"post-35562","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-dance-recital","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-funny","15":"tag-malicious-compliance","16":"tag-no-photos","17":"tag-photography","18":"tag-picture","19":"tag-reddit","20":"tag-top"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}