Man – I just heard a crazy story, so I thought I’d share. James Evins is a photographer over in Houston, and he was shooting this blue 350. The shoot was near the airport, and the sun was starting to set – so it was time to pull out the camera rig and get some rig-shots. (note: that’s how photographers get motion shots… you set up a rig on the hood, and then push the car and slow down the shutter so the background blurs and the car stays in focus). Anyway – the rig is a long, hollow piece of pipe, with the camera mounted at the end. James found out that from across the runway… police think they look like a bazooka being strapped to the roof of a car to shoot down airplanes.
The cops came in numbers with guns drawn, made James and the car owner hit the ground, and probably shit his pants. It was pretty intense 30 minutes. Thus owning all of you photographers who’s only get run off by parking lot security guards. lol
If you have a stripper with her shirt unbuttoned hold the rig out of the window of a moving car
in the middle of a crowded city street the cops usually don’t even pay you attention. That’s what
we do.
i can only imagine if i was the person putting up the camera rig….they’d empty approximately 456 rounds of ammunition into me… 🙁
^^^he’s brown
Haha, I didn’t have any strippers available 🙂
I had my remote in my hand but I dropped it instantly. I wanted to reach for it and start hitting it to try and capture what I could on camera (the camera was setup nearby on a tripod) because it’d be super dope, but was scared I’d get shot.
^pussy.
Damn James!! Maybe we’ll all see you on COPS!! Photography- it’s not just a job, it’s a Homeland Security threat!
HAHA I did not hear about this, great story, sounds pretty intense. I could see it happen as I was reading, lol!!!! It actually fits an idea I hav for a blog comming soon 🙂
But nice pics James! yet again!
MUHAHAHA I would have been LIVID.
LOL, man – usually, I’d snap away while this was going on, but these guys were SERIOUS.
Sometimes I’ll snap away if I don’t think I’m about to get shot:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3614/3299139762_450cc3da5a_b.jpg
LOL at the remote comment. I can picture you on the ground scared out of your mind…. then seeing the remote and thinking “Should I… f**k no stupid just be still… but should I?”
and walker gets away with actual guns hanging out the window hahaha…
^^^^ Wait till you see the name of your feature. We would tell you now but we don’t wanna spoil it.
This is instant classic. I’ve never seen that specific rig before but I can only imagine.
Yousef. Like I said to you before, I feel your pain. We are folks who cannot grow beards and go to airports without expecting a full body cavity search. Sad thing is, I intentionally grow beards before I go to airport… you figure out the rest.
J/K….. or am I?
^^ LOL!
Basically, when we had the rig setup it was just a length of pipe. I was kneeling behind the car with the pipe over my shoulder, sitting it down into the suction cup clamp. Thats when I noticed the lights – and thats when I realized what it must’ve look like. The pipe was facing directly towards the runway.
haha.. i got close to that with shooting the tc of death for some feature in a magazine called s3.. stupid port authorities.. telling me i cant be on a PUBLIC road.. next to the port.. cause i was taking pictures.. since when do they own the road.. i think everyone is getting sooo over board with this shit… like seriously would they go to the airport with a blue car that stands out with a 7ft bazooka shooting a 2inch shell.. they are idiots.. maybe if they were running around with towels on there head screaming god is great! with guns in there hands sure… but not a camera haha… they are total douche bags… let the photograph breathe a bit haha.. damn hows a man suppose to make money.. hahaha
^^^QUOTE: damn hows a man suppose to make money.. hahaha
NOT in the automotive industry, that’s for damn sure. joke joke
Theres a dude with a blue S14 I used to see at all the drift events that has rockets and a machine gun mounted in his bumper like the James Bond car…. fake, of course… but I wonder what they’d say if I was shooting his car ? LOL fucking rockets and shit!
when shooting down planes with a bazooka while in traffic, i always make sure to do so using my inconspicuous bright ass blue 350z.