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 |  Subject: Paparazzi Success Secrets: Insider Tips, Patience, and Exclusivity  25.05.10 14:04 | |
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Los Angeles-based photographer Eric Ford runs On Location News, and specializes in shooting "Unauthorized" candid behind the scenes photos from film sets on location mostly in LA.
He has a strong network of sources that tip him off to the various filming activities around town.
Although he is available for assignment work from the celebrity gossip magazines, he mostly shoots assignments on his own as a freelance photographer. He then sells his images directly to a list of celebrity gossip clients such as the weekly tabloids, entertainment magazines, entertainment TV shows, celebrity gossip websites and blogs such as TMZ, etc.
After I saw the reaction generated by one of his self-assignments - the filming of an Adam Lambert music video - I sent Eric an email. (The bit that received the most attention from Lambert fans was his photo caption, where he mentioned that Lambert appeared to be stuffing something into his crotch. Lambert fans got very defensive, and rushed to stand up for him.)
"I was surprised to receive several emails and comments from Adam Lambert fans upset that I would suggest that Lambert put anything into his pants to enhance his look," Ford said. "I merely stated this in my captions because it looked to me like something was going on and I wanted photo editors to notice because sometimes they will just quickly glance over the thumbnails and not look at the higher resolution images and I was concerned they may have missed a possible story."
"Lambert fans were really insulted by my suggestion. Kind of funny if you ask me," he said.
Ford used a Canon EOS 1D Mark IV digital SLR and a 300mm f/2.8 lens to shoot the pictures of Lambert.
He said that he arrived at the location at 9PM but it was not until just before sunrise at approximately 5:30 am when he finally got the first shots of Adam. He spent about 9 hours total in the cold, on that bluff, and got many mosquito bites in the process.
This all sounded incredibly interesting to me, so I wanted to know even more about the paparazzi business. I asked Eric for a deeper interview, and he agreed.
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