More Tales from the Front
In this case, my tale comes from the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, or at least nearby. Bear with me on this one…
Readers may (or may not) recall an early Blog post, in which I shared a tale told to me by a wedding photographer (okay, he was also MY wedding photographer). The photographer told me that over a decade ago, a Denver photographer had, and I quote my original post here, “bilked” some couples, and my photographer organized a renewal of vows event, took lots of free pictures, and got lots of amazing publicity.
The story was an illustration, a digression, really, from my main point, which was that small-town business environments may tend to promote socially responsible business conduct, but without the fancy terminology.
Today I got a voicemail from a man who identified himself as the Denver photographer, and quite pointedly pointed out that my October blog post didn’t tell the whole story. According to him, the couples in questions ultimately did get the photos from their original weddings, and he ultimately answered for whatever mistakes he did make. I take from his further comments that my caller found my story to be at best unflattering and gratuitous, more than 12 years after the events in question.
The caller offered to set me straight, and gave me an email address with which to contact him. I sent a message to the address I transcribed, and when it bounced, I listened to his message again and tried all the logical permutations. No luck.
If you are the Denver photographer, please contact me again. I’m happy to hear the rest of the story and to set the record straight as appropriate. And please tell me how you found this blog! The readership to date has been, well, much closer to home.
In any case, my story about good deeds and small towns would have been just as interesting (or no less boring) if the photos in question had been lost, bent, folded, spindled, or mutilated due to force majeure, whatever that means. I didn’t intend to accuse anyone of anything, and I didn’t name names, and I won’t name names, and in any case, I don’t know names, which is why I’m blogging rather than writing another email to Denver.
And please, nobody needs to write me about force majeure. I was kidding.
More later,
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