Can we talk? There is something that is bothering me and I need to get it off my chest.
Whether we are photographing at the White House or at a Redskins game or even a child’s dance recital, there is a new craze that has to be stopped. I understand that I am being paid to be there and am carrying over $15,000 in camera equipment. I’m not asking you to do that.
What I need to ask you is to bring a real camera. It can be a point and shoot. It can even shoot film. I don’t care! Just don’t trust huge moments in your life to your cell phone camera!!!!
I can’t tell you how many times we see a dad with his son on the field before the game getting a picture with his favorite football player or someone with the President during their once-in-a-lifetime trip to the White House taking photos with their cell phone. Only about 1% of cell phones are any good and have a big enough chip. You can’t make a decent print out of it.
Take it from someone who’s “other woman” is his iPhone. I absolutely love that phone and take goofy pictures with it every now and then. But anything I really care about gets a real camera. Please just do this for me — and you — and your children — and humanity.
Here were a ton of people in the East Room of the White House who came in from around the US and didn’t bring a real camera. Shame!
