The ethics of cameras

[Geoff Sykes]

(- sigh -) Ethics, in my mind, is tantamount to winning a customers trust
and to establishing ones existence to both friends and customers as
trustworthy. So... I was called to tune a 9' Yamaha CF in a customers home
studio yesterday. The room was HUGE! From where I was sitting at the piano a
couldn't throw a basketball and hit the pool table at the other end of the
room. Two stories to the ceiling, with a balcony set up for vocals, deeply
recessed skylights and a walk-in fireplace that was as big as my living
room. AND the acoustics of this room were simply extraordinary. Since my
personal ethics prevent me from just whipping out my camera and taking a
couple of quick shots when the customer is out of the room, how else can I
document this experience, if for no other reason than to add to the category
of vacation photos, for my own enjoyment?
 
Thanks for your opinion. It jibes with mine. 
 
-- G
 
 



• Geoff Sykes, RPT
• 626-799-7545
• www.ivories52.com <http://www.ivories52.com/>  

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Barbara Richmond
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 6:55 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: The ethics of cameras


I ask permission to take pictures of piano stuff while I'm working.  I don't
take pictures of people's belongings or houses--except once, when the person
had a special interior door that I thought would work well in my own house.
Perhaps your ethics are kicking in because it's not really appropriate to be
taking pictures of your customers' houses & things.  
 
Just my opinion...
 
Barbara Richmond, RPT
near Peoria, IL
 
 
 
----- Original Message ----- 

From: Geoff  <mailto:thetuner at ivories52.com> Sykes 
To: Pianotech at Ptg. Org 
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 7:02 PM
Subject: The ethics of camera's

Greetings all --
 
Every once in a while I find myself working on a piano that for one reason
or another I want to visually share with others. I seldom feel uncomfortable
asking permission to take that kind of picture. But on the occasions where I
am in someone's home and it's just so amazingly wonderful, (or hideous),
that I can't help but want to share the experience with others, I feel very
uncomfortable even asking to take photos. OK, I could go clandestine but
that's where my ethics kick in. Especially since the camera in my phone is
completely inadequate for the job. Does this ever happen to you? What do you
do?
 
-- Geoff
 



• Geoff Sykes, RPT
• 626-799-7545
• www.ivories52.com <http://www.ivories52.com/>  
 

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