[Ed Shapiro]

Yeah C- Some of them are indeed crazy! It has been up here for years as well. I did not intend my post to turn your thread into a clergy bashing thread but some of them do deserve a good what-for!

I once got so angry that I asked a nasty clergyman what the difference is between some ministers and God. He was taken aback- BIG TIME and it got worse when I delivered the punch line; God knows that he is God but some minister only think that are God! Well I have mellowed with age.

Take my advice- the key words in this situation is COMPENSATION- MONEY! Hazard pay- call it what you like! Charge more money to compensate you for additional expenses, insurance wavers, and additional aggravation. Look at it this way, your lawyer will charge more for a complex litigation than filing some routine papers to incorporate your business. You need to charge more for having to put up with all kinds of guff when you are out on the job. You need to be compensated for prints sales that you are never gonna get because you were not allowed to make those photographs in the first place.

You also have to make it known that you ain't gonna be climbing stepladders and shooting through holes in the wall any time soon. What are you as stunt woman? No, you are a PROFESSIONAL photographer and you needed to be treated as a professional and given certain courtesies- if not- you are not taking certain jobs. Or- fine- if you have to go up a ladder and shoot in dirty or dusty conditions you need to be compensated in that you are going to bring in an additional assistant to "foot" the ladder and you are going to need to wear a protective smock so that you can continue on to the reception in clean clothing. If you don't ask- you won't get.

Carry on brave lady!

Ed