I am so sorry you had this situation. I have shot specialties and sending out proofs is one of this industries oddities that I feel may be in for a change. My best friend shoots more specialties and some National Specialties and I see them fight with this same delemia. Although they have switched to printing at the show and having the breeder/owner/ or handler pick photos at the show from monitors.

Horse shows and dogs shows have set themselves up for being treated like the enemy and the attitude that is given to the photographer is beyond what I feel is fair.

I have also found that when that same attitude creeped into wedding and senior photographers business, they choose to use other ways of selling their work. It seems strange to me that we are treated (by a few) as a person they feel they can steal from and keep coming back to us again.

I am changing my way of showing work and selling to dog people. I love this business and many of the people. That is why I asked you about the next Rottie National as I would like a vendor space but am selling a different product. It seems that now everyone with a digital camera thinks they no longer need great images. They can shoot their own. They also have no clue how much our equipment costs.

Wow, thanks for letting me get that off my chest. It is so sad to think people can just steal and have no problem with it. I guess the music industry has had this longer than we have.