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Published: 2006-03-02 00:25:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 41051; Favourites: 354; Downloads: 6787
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so ... imagine ...75 photographers -- not paparazzi, just so you know -- with about 68 of them screaming. i mean fucking screaming.
they want "the eye contact" shot.
they don't care about publicity for the corporate sponsors.
they want stock.
they yell.
they verbally abuse publicists.
i've watched and listened.
although they are NOT paparazzi -- they're referred to as press line photographers as paparazzi make unauthorized photos whilst following around their prey -- but, that said, you wouldn't believe the roar.
especially when someone is always in the news. mischa. lindsay. paris. i know ... they're not gwyneth or nicole ... but ... in terms of fodder for the weeklies and monthlies ... the public can't get enough.
you have to understand. the collective weeklies will publish about eight photographs from this night. seventy-five photographers. eight photos.
and then there's the material that john, vespa and myself which will be "different."
like this one:
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people magazine liked it and the reason i make note of it ... is that it's not a nipple slip ... it's not something defamatory. it's just a girl.
arriving on a red carpet.
telling the seventy-five to be quiet ...
whilst she says hello to a friend.
she was actually saying, "guys ... please ... just a moment."
because she knew that i'm doing something different.
that ... and i've known her since she was 16.
she looked amazing last night in both this and when she walked the runway during a fashion show.
the tabloid people ... the online gossip freaks ... they can say anything they'd like...
this is a nice girl.
what the fuck is a twenty-something supposed to do with access to everything ...
stay home and fucking knit?
puhlease.
she's gonna party.
she's gonna hookup.
she's gonna have a hangover.
she's just like us.
unless all you do is sit at home and knit.
canon e1dm2. 24-70/2.8L. 1/50th or so at f/5.0 or so. minor levels. minor contrast. always a bit of unsharp mask to take care of what the low-pass filter does to a photo. yes ... a bit off-camera flash with ttl cord.
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T_T I stay home and knit!! Well... by "knit" I mean "watch tv" ... close enough...
(gorgeous photo @_@ and great description)
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oh, man, you're on the red carpet again!
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hmmm, don't the screaming yahoo's know?
you make a better picture when your mouth isn't twitching all all directions as you try to scream,
how do they plan to create a great shot if they are so busy yelling?
interesting...
well done shot here Chris...
the actual composition is fun and story-telling... no caption needed.
keep up the great work!
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You are f'ing amazing.
Your outlook on everything is amazing...
Eevry shot you take... is wonderful.
Superb work. Superb.
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I think it would be interesting to compare your picture of this moment with the pictures taken of this moment by the photographers you can see in your image.
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lol "stay at home and knit"
I love the shot and appreciate what makes you different than the other photographers. Rock on man.
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Hey, I sit home and knit. 
I like the photo, her eyes look huge.
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now that's good shit :-D its almost as if this pic is about you on the red carpet
do you ever use manual focus in cases like this?
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a lot of morons shooting a poor kid. sweet.
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a lot ... not all ... but a lot.
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This is a great shot. I really like how it looks like she's saying "Oh, enough, guys" and looking directly at the camera as if having more interest in whatever is behind this camera, or within it, than any of those people and their cameras. Such a great study on fame, and what it does to people...and how some just rise above it, smile, and say "Oh, enougy, guys."
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even when she was saying something ... they were still yelling ... of course.
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Naturally.
When I was in, I think, 8th grade, I'd won this poster contest. It was about the 200th anniversary of the laying of the White House cornerstone. One kid in each state got to go for each state. I ended up being picked for Pennsylvania. Got to meet Mrs. Bush (Barbara of the first Bush, not the second) in the White House. Great experience, I ended up with a lower-floor tour and everything. Very cool. Millie, their dog was even there. Didn't get to see the Oval Office though. Ohwell.
What irelates to this is that I remember the same type of photographers sandwiched in certain areas behind cordons, snapping cameras like strobes going off every second. I think they were almost as noisy too. 
Anyways, it was my one big brush with fame, and the memories definitely stand out. Including that pack of sardined-in photographers. Very odd. And your picture reminds me of them a bit, except obviously they've got to be a bit worse for real celebs, not poster contest winners. I imagine they were there for Mrs. Bush.
But it was an interesting experience, and makes me a little more aware of fame and fortune.
And of how far some people will go just for a picture sometimes. It's....weird.
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I love how you managed to catch her, it seems like she is ¨please please relax¨ and smiling 
as I said with lindsay photo.... damn, they are like everyone else, they have the right to do the same shit we do, why in the name of god people has to be so over what they do... it goes beyond me
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you captured a wonderful moment.
now, i must get back to that sweater i was knitting.
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she looks really sick, but the fact that she is looking in your frame is great, specially if we take a look on the other photographers.
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great shot. It's something different. If all the freakin celeb mags had this kinda shots, I might just consider reading Cosmo, Marie Claire, or whattadoyagot..
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Your words and eye make special people look normal and normal people look special.
Some should be put behind sound-proof glasses I guess
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Another great one, I'm liking these descriptions. It puts this shot in a different catagory (not to put it in a box) but like you said, she knows you were doing something different.
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very impressed Chris, i love it, seriously love it mate. ive told you before and with this i can truely say it again, a Testino personal/party shot, nothing set up and a celeb just being so natural yet so damn cool.
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*stuffs his knitting needles under the seat of the la-z-boy*
..........................what?!
Heh, I love that Bruce Willis was so vocal the other day. I'm glad. Let celebs get pissed. They're just people for crying out loud!
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I stay home, and I don't even knit. I'm definitely not like yous.
*goes pouting in a corner*
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nicely done, your photo got in
god.. i would be the worst celebrity
i'd bitch and whine about paparazzis
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As Always, a very good story with your pictures
Thank You
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Great shot
who is she by the way?
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THE O.C star. She played as Marissa Cooper, THE O.C ended at 4 season
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Wonderful shot! i feel sorry for celebrities, who have to live their lifes like that...
I just love Mischa, she is so beautiful!
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