Dear Race Photographer,

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To follow up on an earlier thread, I sent this today to the big 3 in our area.

Dear Race Photographer,

         We need to talk. No, not about how you always catch me in some ridiculous position with a facial expression like I am giving birth to Elvis’ alien love child. Truth is, I look like that most of the time. No, not about how even the 500 pound guy running without a t-shirt gets more photos then me. Frankly, it is a somewhat interesting series – I agree. 

        What we need to talk about is helping me find the aforementioned embarrassing, unflattering photos that even my mother would not want. I know you know who I am, and that you do this to torture me. I saw you take my picture, and I just know you have a copy of it on your site. I also know that you know that I will go through each and every picture, because I am an obsessive-compulsive who can’t stand the fact that you have a copy of a photo I haven’t seen yet. A photo that I will gladly pay $14.95 for a 5x7 to go in my scrapbook. A photo that will guarantee that I will never have the opportunity to have sex again should any member of the opposite sex ever see it. A photo that you have chosen to hide from me amongst 9000+ similar photos of other participants who are very likely combing for their own hysterical photos. 

        My favorite tactic of torture is when you take a photo of a guy who looks like me, and put him near the people I was with at the time. Or maybe it is when you distract me with the picture of the gal who looks like she is going to be so incredibly hot, only to find out when I blow it up that it is a very disturbing photo of a guy in a manzier. 

        What I am asking for I hope is not that hard. You make a ton of cash off me as I simply must have a copy of every single photo of me on the course. I know you try your best, and when you can see my race number, most of the time you get it right. But today, for example, I have spent over 2 hours, longer than it took me to do the race, combing through photos, knowing there is one more in there, and all to no avail. All I am asking for is some consistency and chronology. If there are three locations where running photos are taken, please group those together. And if you could put them in order by time it would help a ton! 

        Really, all that I am asking, is for you to help me save some time in exchange for making it easier to give you money for these pics. 



        Thanks! 

        Tilden M

cc. Action Sports International, Brightroom, MyRaceDay.com

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Would it be too much to ask for a banner or something announcing that the photo-op is in x amount of meters…or something like that?

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These threads are interesting. My wife does photography and we’ve fought over some of these issues. I"ve said “These people are frickin nuts! They will go through every picture twice to make sure they find their pics.” She insists on organzing by finishing times ect. to make it easier.

Like most fights, she wins. Check out www.artistic_eye.eventpictures.com and look up the Horribly Hilly Hundred or Verona Triterium. Any suggestions on how she could do it better would be appreciated.

Then, let RDs in the Madison, WI area know your thoughts and have them contact her for next year’s races. If you do this, you’ll find your pics, and I’ll make sure there’s a ST discount.