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04/21/2005 11:08:56 PM · #51 |
Originally posted by zeuszen:
Originally posted by LEONJR:
Originally posted by zeuszen:
looking stupid is the perfect cover for intelligence. |
could you explain that i understand but then i dont but iam really intrested though sounds like you have a good point! |
As a photographer, I'm often drawn toward something unexpected, and the unexpected tends to paint us a little stupid sometimes, at least for a spell. If I want to take pictures, I would try to fit in or, at least, look like I do.
But you could also say that I was a little cynical about human intelligence altogether. ;-/ |
your right and in my opinion the unexpected is usually what come out looking the best i will never forget that candid shot i seen on here of that cross with jesus on it in that junky yard if i remember correctly iam pretty sure that was unexpected
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04/21/2005 11:25:23 PM · #52 |
Bending down to take a picture of a goose, and then being attacked/chased by it... Moral: be careful when bending down so you don't get goosed. ;)
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04/22/2005 02:57:29 AM · #53 |
Originally posted by nshapiro:
Moral: be careful when bending down so you don't get goosed. ;) |
I bend down hoping I will...
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04/22/2005 03:31:45 AM · #54 |
| How about hiking to a remote waterfall in Hawaii with a Nikon film camera, finding a nice place for a portrait, looking through the viewfinder only to be dismayed by the remarkably fuzzy image. After 1 hour of fooling with it, the diopter was cranked to one end...DOH! |
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04/22/2005 07:59:50 AM · #55 |
| Selected Interval instead of delay timer once, unfortunatley the delay was set at 1s and the shutter at 15s as i was taking night shots, took about 3 mins to catch it at exactly the right moment between shutter open, saving the image and and taking another, for me to stop it, was getting a bit worried i would end up having to wait for the card to fill up some 150 shots later or the battery to run out. |
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04/22/2005 09:44:42 AM · #56 |
Originally posted by Telehubbie:
On a paid portrait shoot, forgot that I had the camera on self-timer from a previous shot. On the first shot the camera starts beeping and the little light starts flashing and I looked like an idiot trying to figure out how to turn the damn thing off. |
Next time that happens, just tell them that is your camera "re-setting itself."
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04/22/2005 09:47:42 AM · #57 |
Bending down to take a spring flower shot and sticking you butt right on a little cactus really hurts.
Rattlesnakes do not like to be posed.
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04/22/2005 09:51:43 AM · #58 |
Originally posted by samtrundle:
Well it's not so much the stupidest thing ever - but I seem to have this issue - that whenever I've been out taking night shots - I leave the camera set on shutter priority, with a thirty second exposure setting - really great the next day when you go to take a snapshot of the family the day after and don't realise til 6 or 7 seconds later that the shutter is still open. |
Now kids hold still. It'll be over in 30sec.
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04/22/2005 09:56:37 AM · #59 |
Oh yeah, I forgot this one, felt like a right idiot.
I was taking photos of a gig, I always use manual mode for this.
Well, after each shot, the aperture kept changing. I couldn't work out why for the life of me. It also happened in aperture and shutter modes when pointed at the same section of wall so the exposure should stay constant.
I took it home, and upgraded the firmware, still no improvement. I was in a right panic about having to send off my camera.
It was in bracketing mode.
Doh.
Message edited by author 2005-04-22 09:57:08. |
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04/22/2005 11:16:38 AM · #60 |
Originally posted by LEONJR:
One thing i did notice is no one said anything about LIEING? |
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04/22/2005 11:26:28 AM · #61 |
Originally posted by ReallyColorBlind:
How about setting custom white balance for your dining room lighting, and then going out to shoot abandoned buildings at 7:00am the next morning and forgetting to reset the white balance. You get a nice shade of blue tinge to everything you shoot. |
been there done that, except I was using real custom colors like orange and when I took the pic everyone was a real ugly tone. Then there was the first time I used remote flash and half way through the shoot the flash stopped and I couldn't figure out anything why...finally I realized the cable to the flash unit had come loose...looked like an idiot in front of the wedding party.
btw..I didn't say it but I heard women don't fart cause they never shut up long enough to build up the pressure.
Message edited by author 2005-04-22 11:28:43. |
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04/22/2005 12:08:08 PM · #62 |
For me, it has to be shooting without a CF card in the camera. To make things worse, it was during my son's daycare party or something along those lines... and I was checking histograms after the shots, all looked good...
Came to my car to review the photos and delete the bad ones - and realized that there is nothing to review.
It was fun explaining to my wife later what was I doing with the camera...
ps. I haven't changed the setting on my camera yet. Every time I turn it on, the painful memories return and I check the display... (which by the way says NO CF if the one isn't there!)
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04/28/2005 04:51:38 PM · #63 |
Originally posted by Telehubbie:
On a paid portrait shoot, forgot that I had the camera on self-timer from a previous shot. On the first shot the camera starts beeping and the little light starts flashing and I looked like an idiot trying to figure out how to turn the damn thing off. |
i did that too but hubby said i looked like a monkey doing a math problem
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04/28/2005 04:56:50 PM · #64 |
My advise
Don't eat yellow snow..... |
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04/28/2005 05:10:47 PM · #65 |
| lit right breast on fire leaning in on a macro shot....damn mood candles |
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04/28/2005 05:11:34 PM · #66 |
Originally posted by sabphoto:
btw..I didn't say it but I heard women don't fart cause they never shut up long enough to build up the pressure. |
Why, whatever do you mean by that comment? I just don't think that I understand that at all. Do you really mean that? I wonder who said that originally, because I just don't think that I agree with that whatsoever. But, maybe. Perhaps I should go back and read it again.............lol
Good one.
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04/28/2005 05:19:41 PM · #67 |
Not really a photography theme, but hey, its bad enough....I went to the supermarket with my wife, as she was shooting up and down the aisles i stopped to browse through some photography magazines. After spending about ten minutes reading an article i turned to look for my wife, and saw she was in the queue...as i approached she didn't spot me, so i snuck up behind her and puckered up to kiss her...as my lips were just about to touch i realised it wasnt her!! Cue very embarassed lady, extremely mortified moi and wife hysterically laughing ten feet away....it took me a month to get over it!!
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05/01/2005 12:21:09 AM · #68 |
Originally posted by LEONJR:
what are somethings every photographer should know to prevent embarrasment? I made myself look stupid today i dont want it to happen again :( |
I still want to know what you did to make yourself look stupid :) |
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04/04/2006 07:25:07 PM · #69 |
Geesh this was so long ago i forgot, must of been something really stupid though
Leon |
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08/02/2006 12:55:00 PM · #70 |
Originally posted by buzzmom:
lit right breast on fire leaning in on a macro shot....damn mood candles |
Originally posted by LoudDog:
Rattlesnakes do not like to be posed. |
Now, THOSE two must've been interesting stories. |
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08/02/2006 01:16:11 PM · #71 |
What I learned:
Three bungy cords will not necessarily hold your $400 tripod on the back of your motorcycle
Corollary:
A $400 tripod and head will not withstand being run over by a truck
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08/02/2006 01:17:00 PM · #72 |
Originally posted by digitalknight:
What I learned:
Three bungy cords will not necessarily hold your $400 tripod on the back of your motorcycle
Corollary:
A $400 tripod and head will not withstand being run over by a truck |
Ouch. |
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08/02/2006 01:29:48 PM · #73 |
Originally posted by digitalknight:
What I learned:
Three bungy cords will not necessarily hold your $400 tripod on the back of your motorcycle
Corollary:
A $400 tripod and head will not withstand being run over by a truck |
this hurts just reading it |
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08/02/2006 03:31:46 PM · #74 |
| When showing how great your camera is to someone on a sunny day and encouraging them to take a pic and see the results in the LCD, remember to put it on Auto first. Or at least reset the white balance and shutter speed from the near-dark backlit photo you were taking the night before. |
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10/03/2006 07:09:52 PM · #75 |
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