Just a quick note: of the 30 emails I sent out to existing clients telling them about this situation, 15 have already gotten in touch with the show chair and club president via email or phone. Two additional exhibitors have forwarded my email to their lawyers who, it just so happens, are co-owners of their dogs.

The show chair has been very accommodating with the people she's talked to by phone explaining that I will not be asked to pay the fee or present the insurance. But that only means that they have singled out Chuck Currey and Kenneth Reed who shoot on spec. And that is equally unacceptable! The only acceptable answer on the part of the club is a total back-off from charging any fees to any freelance photographer. I believe they will come to that realization within the next 48 hrs. And they will be assisted in that decision by the AKC.

Jim