Listening to the Voices in My Head

I had the privilege to work with professional model a few months ago. She was professional, took direction very well, and is extremely photogenic. Even with all this, she has been treated rather shabbily by a different photographer at a different photoshoot. "S" was told that for all her work on the day, this fauxtographer told her she wasn't going to be paid, as he only pays large breasted models, but he would give her 'time for prints'.

"S" has her own portfolio, and doesn't need freebies. (I know this feeling only too well. I don't need a photo credit, or portfolio freebies, as I have over 700gbs of photo, more than enough for a portfolio). "S" works hard, deserved to be paid for her time, as her time is valuable. She did not deserve this dismissive jackass saying that to her.

This guy really needs to be named and shamed. I won't nag "S" about it, but he does need to be called out for this.

Wing called the business partner, P, of the MISTAKE to cancel our booking of the hands on Photoshop course, and told P exactly why he was canceling. That "After the way I was treated on Saturday, I don't feel comfortable dealing with your company." and then went into detail as to the whats and whys.

P was aghast at what happened, and refunded our Photoshop course fees immediately, and then asked Wing to hold off calling the consumer protection, or whatever it's called in Australia, and I presume he spoke at some length with the MISTAKE.

P then called Wing back apologised profusely, and said they were refunding the Photo course fees in full. Then the MISTAKE got on the phone, and apologised up down and sideways to Wing. He said he was very sorry for his actions. That Wing's phone call to their business , withdrawal from the Photoshop course and the reasons behind it were a wake up call to the MISTAKE. He then asked Wing if he could ever find it in his heart to forgive him for how he had treated him, and Wing said "Maybe someday, but not now, I'm too angry with you." Wing was then offered the full Photography course free of charge. "Maybe some day, but not now" Mostly because he never wants to deal with the MISTAKE again.

I have an odd feeling they have had complaints lodged against them before, hence the almost begging not to call consumer protection. Doesn't really matter, but what matters is they fully admitted the MISTAKE was in the wrong, and needs a serious attitude adjustment. Maybe 20 mins or less on the tatami and Wing hefting a shinai would indelibly imprint that lesson on the MISTAKE. (weg)

A certain photography 'instructor' was only there to show off teacher's pet and to earn a quick 3k on the day.

Aikidomayland called, emailed and discussed much with the Instructor aka from now on the MISTAKE, the kind of camera he had, the level of novice he was the whole shebang. Mistake told him that would be just fine.

When Aikidomayland arrived, the MISTAKE looked at the Lumix, declared he didn't like it, and maybe if Aikidomayland didn't spend money on tattoos he could have gotten a 'proper' camera, and then the Mistake pretty much ignored him for the rest of the shoot, with the exceptions of a few snide comments aimed at those who he deemed unworthy by virtue of not having a Canon 5D or a high end Nikon. The only thing the Mistake said to Aikidomayland is that his photos looked too yellow in the preview screen. If the Mistake had taken just 30 seconds to look at the camera menu, he would have noticed that:

A: The color was set to VIVID
B: The Noise Reduction was set to HIGH

All this also would have been easily remedied if the MISTAKE had actually taken the SD card and looked at the RAW photos on a big screen. But, remember, the MISTAKE stated he didn't like the camera, and therefore deemed it not worth any of his time. And he pretty much treated Aikidomayland in that manner too.

I really wish I had been there. The nano his bull about cameras other than his precious worthies were useless, I would have said "Dude, your ass is sucking swamp water." If he had said to me that "Program mode is exactly like full Auto mode", I would have asked him if his head was up his ass.

Aikidomayland will be calling the consumer protection, as this course was advertised for BEGINNERS, and it was clearly for intermediate - advanced. It didn't say that three of the attendees would be the target of the MISTAKE's derision and ridicule, and then totally ignored. Example: his commenting about Aikidomayland not spending money on tattoo so he could 'afford' a better camera, berating another person for having a mint condition Canon Digital Rebel300 XT that was old and she should get rid of it, and picking on one woman because she was late in arrival because she wasn't from around there and she got lost.

Aikidomayland will also be calling to ask for a refund, even though the site says NO REFUNDS, he didn't get what he paid for, it wasn't as described, and the service was at the very least faulty. As many have pointed out, just because someone states NO REFUNDS doesn't mean he can get away with shoddy service and not expect his ripped off clients to not want or get their money back.


I wouldn't recommend this MISTAKE to anyone, whether for photo shoot, or for instructing, for in my own personal opinion (and a few others too) he is an asshat.

I mean, is there some odd Celestial Event? Planetary alignment? Chemicals in the water? Lobotomies under the guise of dental work or eye exams?

One friends' syndicated feed keeps getting spammed by a fuqwit, he just keeps posting "BOOBIES!" in it whenever there is an update. The past two updates have been about her beloved cat nearing the end of his life. Does it make this product of inbreeding to think, and maybe show a touch of (gasp) intelligence and NOT spam her blog with that again? Fuck no. He and his little buddy even defend their actions, saying it's not spam.

With the blog owners persmission and full knowledge, I have been posting that said poster is a 'silly potato' in hopes of making him either get a hobby, or go 'entertain himself'.

The sad news is blog owner will now be posting friends only on the original blog, so no syndicated feeds. No problem for me, as I am already listed there, but others here, who are/were interested won't be. Thanks to you, you stupid wanker!

Too many angry entries..... off to http://www.happynews.com