# Celebs vs Cameras **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 23, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-vs-cameras/397211 "2007-03-23T17:19:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-vs-cameras/397211/1 "2007-03-23T17:19:50Z")
I was watching “Caught on Tape” last night on VH1. One celeb sprayed a camera lens with shaving cream. I started wondering why celebs don’t do this: Have your body guards carry squirt bottles full of water (or some kind of oil, unless this would damage the camera) and coat the camera lenses, making for a useless or, at least, blurry image. Would this work? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-vs-cameras/397211/2 "2007-03-23T17:29:36Z")
[QUOTE=Hazle Weatherfield] I was watching “Caught on Tape” last night on VH1. One celeb sprayed a camera lens with shaving cream. I started wondering why celebs don’t do this: Have your body guards carry squirt bottles full of water (or some kind of oil, unless this would damage the camera) and coat the camera lenses, making for a useless or, at least, blurry image. Would this work? [/QUOTE] For one it could open you up to lawsuits and assault charges. More likely it would make you a bigger target. They would be following you around just to get a picture of you squirting another photographer. The best defense is to lead a boring life, not give them something sellable to photograph. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-vs-cameras/397211/3 "2007-03-23T17:58:22Z")
I have a tangential question, and I apologize for the hijack: Why do the paparazzi struggle so mightily just to get pictures of a star doing something innocuous, like leaving a restaurant? It seems to me pics like that aren’t really needed; wire or stock photos could be used. I understand them trying to get topless sunbathing photos or shots of them kissing someone other than their spouse, but why the everyday stuff? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-vs-cameras/397211/4 "2007-03-23T18:10:20Z")
[QUOTE=Hazle Weatherfield] I was watching “Caught on Tape” last night on VH1. One celeb sprayed a camera lens with shaving cream. I started wondering why celebs don’t do this: Have your body guards carry squirt bottles full of water (or some kind of oil, unless this would damage the camera) and coat the camera lenses, making for a useless or, at least, blurry image. Would this work? [/QUOTE] Especially if they are damaging to cameras. Ohhhh, cry cry whine whine. They’re stomping on my 1st amendment right to hear about Britney Spears latest bungle :rolleyes:. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-vs-cameras/397211/5 "2007-03-23T18:21:34Z")
[QUOTE=An Arky] Why do the paparazzi struggle so mightily just to get pictures of a star doing something innocuous, like leaving a restaurant? It seems to me pics like that aren’t really needed; wire or stock photos could be used. I understand them trying to get topless sunbathing photos or shots of them kissing someone other than their spouse, but why the everyday stuff? [/QUOTE] I think that the paparazzi have to photograph everybody in the public eye _all the time_ just in case they get that 1 in a million shot of Lindsey without panties, etc. Which they then sell for big bucks. The innocuous photos get sold to People and Us et. al, and are used in little filler pieces about what the stars are wearing or who had lunch at The Ivey or what’s “in” car to drive. All those photos pay the bills. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-vs-cameras/397211/6 "2007-03-23T19:49:15Z")
I suspect they photograph the celebs doing harmless things in order to piss them off and incite a reaction. _Then_ they’d have a valuable photo.