[quote name='jlg1875' date='28 September 2010 - 04:13 PM' timestamp='1285703606' post='404942']
Will it be the same group of judges (and therefore the same head judge) next year? If so, my guess would be that the head judge is such a 'head' case that even if there is plenty of space for photos and the photographers are not interfering in any way with the judging process, he will still decree that there cannot be any photos taken. For whatever reason this guy has a dislike for photographers, probably upset that he's not having his picture taken. I had a small camera in my hand and was standing chatting to a firefighter while he was working on one of the trucks in the cleanup area, trying to arrange something with him for another weekend, and the head judge drives up in his golf cart and threatened to have me removed if I was trying to take photos. WTF?!? I was only talking to someone, how does it look like I'm taking photos, the camera wasn't being used! Todd, what is that dude's problem?
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Will it be the same group of judges (and therefore the same head judge) next year? If so, my guess would be that the head judge is such a 'head' case that even if there is plenty of space for photos and the photographers are not interfering in any way with the judging process, he will still decree that there cannot be any photos taken. For whatever reason this guy has a dislike for photographers, probably upset that he's not having his picture taken. I had a small camera in my hand and was standing chatting to a firefighter while he was working on one of the trucks in the cleanup area, trying to arrange something with him for another weekend, and the head judge drives up in his golf cart and threatened to have me removed if I was trying to take photos. WTF?!? I was only talking to someone, how does it look like I'm taking photos, the camera wasn't being used! Todd, what is that dude's problem?
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