We’ll just have to disagree then. (If you are right about the consequences of another photographer signing a book for you, then you live in a very sad, shallow world.)
It wouldn’t reflect badly on you and it wouldn’t be tinpot (what an overused, meaningless word that is!).
You will be judged on your skills as a photographer, nothing else. Asking another photographer to sign a book won’t make you a better or worse photographer. No-one who employs you will...
Sorry, don’t agree with any of this. You might WANT it to, but none of it makes the slightest difference to what happens on the pitch. That’s all that matters to me. I don’t pay to look at what other fans are wearing or doing, and couldn’t care less if players swap shirts.
I’m amazed by...