I won’t fly a drone in NYC where it will cause an issue. For example, I won’t climb the Williamsburg Bridge just to get a better photo. To that end, I don’t do things I may get arrested for or that aren’t by the book, within reason. My job is to acquire gainful employment from the content I create around photography. But at the same time, I’m talking about something many folks possibly don’t think about: my job. And for a while now, I’ve been sticking to the belief of responsibility while doing your job. I think one of the reasons for this is because Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter and the like have made it seem acceptable in some way. Nowhere in this email did he admit to breaking the law, doing something he knew was wrong, and fully knowing that he was doing this. But he was also asking for help, saying he won’t do it again. The photographer was telling his side, saying he was sorry, and that he wouldn’t do it again. Why? Well, one of the photographers emailed us before it was all being reported and I’m sure the other press got the same email. The honest truth (if you can seriously be that real with yourself for a moment) is that you’re not sorry and you’re not considerate until you get caught or until you’re at the center of it in some way or another simply because the internet makes it so simple for us to mentally disassociate from something by moving on to the next thing.Ī few months ago, all of the major photo press reported on a number of photographers who faced felonies for climbing a bridge.

Both of these things give photographers very bad names and label all of us in a way that changes what people think of us. The truth is we live in a world where people love to risk their lives and sneak into places for Instagram likes much to the support from people who don’t care about your well being, and that we also live in a world where photographers sexually harass women. This post isn’t necessarily meant to talk down to photographers specifically the ones who have joined only in the past few years, but it’s more about sharing some sage advice from a calm standpoint.

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