The ethics of cameras

[Fenton Murray]

MessageOn this topic, but slightly off topic. 10 years ago I was doing a lot of flying and would take up photographers from time to time. I got the idea to shoot some of the more interesting homes belonging to my clients, then approach them with the idea of selling some of these photos. BAD IDEA!! Not only were they not interested in the photos, they were upset with me taking pictures of their property. Lesson learned.
Fenton
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Geoff Sykes 
  To: 'Pianotech List' 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 7:51 PM
  Subject: RE: The ethics of cameras


  (- 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  

    -----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 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  


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