Reply To: Scary new breed of fauxtographers.

[fstopper89]

I don’t know. I’m wondering if what he’s doing is actually illegal, or just bordering on it. I’m not well-versed in the statutes. Since he’s around the police quite a bit, wearing what he wears, doing what he does, and they’re obviously not arresting him for it.

He was sent a cease-and-decist letter a few years ago when he ran for Mayor of Sheboygan, apparently. A few months ago when his page went viral on FB I read through many of the comments by others, and many said he ran for Mayor and was doing things such as sending fake emails to people, posing as the incumbent challenger, and writing very vulgar emails. I found a news report with a video of someone interviewing him, and he admitted to sending the emails and said he was “young and naiive” or something like that, and that he was wrong for doing it. Just shows the type of character he possesses. He does anger me enough because I just hate seeing very unethical people getting away with serious crap.

Honestly, I’d say more publicly about him but I can’t. A firefighter who is marrying one of my good friends is the one in the engagement photo, and I’m shooting their wedding in a few months. I don’t want to ruffle any more feathers with the groom because he was mad at ME for telling Asher that he was violating my copyright. On the page under where I had commented, the groom posted “If this is going to be a big deal I’ll find another photographer for my wedding.” Asher commented “We’d be glad to help you find photographers here who support firefighters and who don’t charge an arm and a leg.” TOTALLY pissed me off. It’s not Asher’s business what I’m charging them… which is actually quite a deal due to the bride being a good friend. And, insinuating that I don’t support firefighters, just because I wanted to enforce my copyright of my image. Apparently they’re friends, kind of. I don’ t know why. My friend, the bride, talked to me and was irked herself that Asher posted the photo in the first place because she doesn’t even know him. She smoothed things over with her fiance.