It was towards the end of September, and I would attend a Jamie Lee Curtis book singing to upgrade my photo op. One of the security guards distributed the selfie instructions but I declined it. Despite the guard's insistence that you can only use phones I still said he could keep the paper. After all I'm here for an upgrade and a phone photo would be a downgrade.
She had a reading before the signing, then after the reading she proceeded to the signing area. Got the signed book and the photo op on my camera no issue.
Jamie Lee Curtis photo op
Jamie Lee Curtis signed book
After the book signing I headed to a venue to get singer Gordon Lightfoot. I consulted a Master about going for Gordon and was advised that he is gettable but has a tour manager that despises combo hunters.
Wait for the show to end. We are about a handful waiting. The tour manager says we are all ebay blah blah blah. I say I want a photo op he says it's to show on ebay as proof. He asks who has tickets and a couple shows their tickets. He escorts them to the back door for a private m&g! WTF? I get a ticket from someone and go through the front as Gordon is doing combos for the couple and tour manager says he doesn't know who I got that ticket off of but that I'd have to leave. So I exited and continued to wait by the front while the other graphers waiting by the back (so we have our bases covered).
At one point a woman who works for the venue tries to get me to leave, saying that tour manager doesn't want me standing here. Since I am on a sidewalk, so I tell her "ok" and continue to ignore her. She then says she works for the venue and that I can't wait. I tell her that I know who she is and to have a good night. At this point the tour manager comes out with Gordon and there's another venue worker (a male) trying to block me.
With all my vocal might I yell "ERIC" (the name of the grapher waiting in the back) so that that he comes and takes some of the attention away from me (and my plan works). I then demand the male worker to "get the fuck out of my way" as I plead Gordon for a photo op. Meanwhile the tour manager has this flashlight in an attempt to hinder and/or blind me. Now I don't know if his flash light was not a very good one or it was the adrenaline rush in me, but I was 110% impervious to its effects. I also respond by flashing him with my camera.
At one point Gordon goes "let him get it, let him get it" and I grab a selfie. Meanwhile he signs for Eric. I try for an auto but to no avail.
After this was done I pull up my Jimmy Carter photo op and showed it to the girl and said that I defied secret service to get this so nothing personal that I defied her. She then threatened that I would get banned from the venue. I go "can't ban me from the sidewalk" then I just walk away.
Gordon Lightfoot photo op
Behind the scenes, tour manager uses a flashlight to repel me (next to him is the male worker that I mentioned).
A few days later I decide to try for actor Charles Dance and singer Tom Jones. First Charles Dance. We wait for the event to break. While we wait one of the graphers has his photos out and a woman goes "please don't accost our guests" to which I respond "mind your own business". At one point we check the side of the building and sure enough Charles Dance is walking towards us. He is nice as can be and even asked me where I found the photo with him and Helen Mirren.
Sadly this is where my success would end as Tom Jones got on his bus and left town.
Charles Dance photo op
Charles Dance autographs
Beginning October, after the Margot Robbie bust in NYC Joresky went to Walker Stalker in Philadelphia. I wanted to go the route where less money is spent for photo ops.
My choices were:
Option 1: Stay in NYC and try for Adam Driver and possibly Tom Holland
Option 2: Go to Lancaster, PA and try for some old school pop names, namely Bobby Rydell, Frankie Avalon, and Fabian Forte. Frankie is a particularly good name especially since he has been in movies (such as co starring with John Wayne in the epic pro American film The Alamo).
I chose option #2 for a few reasons. 1) I was sickened by the NYC crowd and wanted to go far away from them 2) Adam Driver has not been the nicest lately and we had just failed to get Iggy pop and Miranda at the the same event the day before 3) it was not known for certain if Tom Holland was going to be filming that day 4) The names in the PA option are older so better get them while you can
Got there and other graphers arrive. The 3 come almost close to show time and I get them all! Success! Also getting Bobby means less money spent at Chiller.
On a side note EVERY person attending the event was old. I was literally the youngest human on the premises. The next youngest where other graphers 5-10 years older than me.
Bobby Rydell
Frankie Avalon
Fabian Forte
A couple of days before I headed out to NYCC I had flight info on Trent Reznor, the singer and frontman of Nine Inch Nails. I arrive and he does photo ops no issue but when another grapher wanted a retake he would refuse. Essentially a very strict one combo per person. Sadly I had nothing to get signed as this was last minute for me.
Tried to get a photo op with another one of his band members but he said to take it while walking and would not do valid shots.
Trent Reznor
Invalid shot
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