Name Dropping

Have you ever met someone famous and NOT told other people about it?

“Yeah, I met Melissa Wiley at CPOY last year. She said I should apply for Nat Geo, but I’m just not sure.” Pretension: our greatest friend, yet our greatest enemy.

It’s a bit different for photojs because if we meet a famous photographer we suddenly fall under the delusion that we’re going to get a job because of it. Consider my recent conversation with David “Strobist” Hobby (pictured above). I mean… The dude TWEETED at me! I’ve GOT to get an internship or something out of that right? Right Dave? I know you’re reading this.

And I mean, I worked with Joe McNally last year so why wouldn’t I get some kind of bonus gift bag when the Flash Bus Tour stops in Nashville? IT’S ONLY FAIR.

Not only do we hope that name dropping will give us a leg up in the industry (it won’t), but we also hope that it will get us laid (it won’t). So name drop all you want, we’ll just continue to make fun of you.

P.S. Feel free to tweet at me… I don’t know if I’ll reply though. I just get so many tweets from Leibovitz and Rick Loomis that it’s hard to reply to everyone.