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  Shawn Malone July 11, 2012 at 9:07am

  I pretty much step in front of photogs when it's obvious they are zooming in on something from a straight on angle- but I've prob lost sales too when making the mistake of confronting someone that was taking an iphone pic to send to a family member in the interest of purchase.

  My last show I actually had a photog that came behind my booth and fired one off- I had no artwork back there, just my stuff for transactions and packing/transporting artwork. I asked her what the heck she was doing and she said she was taking pictures 'for the show', as if that justified her actions. A friend of mine was running the show so I should have asked him if she was with the show, but didn't have the chance.  Earlier she had the typical 20 questions about my display, process, camera, etc, so pretty obvious what that was all about. If they don't care, they'll do pretty much anything they want, hard to stop that kind of behavior-sad
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  Robin Ragsdale July 10, 2012 at 12:15pm

  Last year I wrote an article for Metal Clay Today online magazine titled "The Art of Display". I took several photos of artists' booths, but always asked for permission first. I explained what I was doing, asked a few questions about their displays, got their info and identified them in the story. Not one single artist denied permission. All I had to do was ask nicely.

  Robin Ragsdale
  www.evenbetterimages.com
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  Rod Melotte July 10, 2012 at 11:53am

  I have no problem with people photographing my booth.  Seems to happen every show.  I WOULD have a problem with someone taking a shot of a canvas image on my wall but . . . come on . . .I think people are chasing windmills if they believe the person will start making copies and selling them. 

  Can they make their OWN copy?  sure.  How does that hurt me?  They would not buy the image anyway right? 

  As for the posts - I believe both sides were wrong.  The photographer that did not follow a posted request and the photographer that got all anal and angry. 

  Plus - in Wisconsin there is no "down sliding economy" when it comes to art.  Every gallery I have work in is having a great year and every photographer I know that does shows is having many more sales then last year.  Maybe it's the extreme heat making people buy more. Or pent up demand? 
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  Larry Berman July 7, 2012 at 9:57am

  My comment is almost at the bottom of the second page. First time I posted on DPReview in almost two years.
  
  Here's the thing. Sandy had it right. I've been doing art shows for over 30 years and copying has always been a problem. Now that the down sliding economy is effecting the art shows, artists are a lot more sensitive to things that may effect their bottom line.
  
  As for the blanket right to point your camera at what ever you choose, there seems to be a lack of common sense in this discussion. The artists pay a lot of money for their 10x10 space. For the amount of time the event is happening, it's their property and they expect the same courtesy as if you came into their home.
  
  Larry Berman
  http://BermanGraphics.com
  412-401-8100
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  Kimberly Merck- Moore July 7, 2012 at 9:48am

  Did you make a comment, Larry?  Coming from both worlds, I would think you would have something to add to this.  I find myself weary at the end of the day at a show after watching people taking all of those pictures.  It is nice when they ask, but I really wish they would not do it at all.  What are all of those people doing with all of those pics, anyway? I don't imagine most are eagerly waiting to get to their printer so they can make copies, and suspect most are just sharing social media, or thinking they may want to look at it later, I just don't know.