what not to say to a photographer

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

05/25/2006 09:31:54 AM · #51

"Nice. My 6-year-old has a camera just like that."

wsteyn

Nikon D7000

05/25/2006 09:37:35 AM · #52

In conversation with a friend with too much money: "I also have a nikon D-something, I think..."

robs

Canon EOS R6 Mk II

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

05/25/2006 09:39:45 AM · #53

Originally posted by doctornick:

Originally posted by Telehubbie:
"My little camera has a digital zoom that zooms in 120 times! Too bad yours only goes to 200mm."

Heard that one too!!! Hate it when they ask: "How many x-zoom does your camera have?" (While my 16-35 is on my camera) "Only 2x??? Mine has 10X and fits in my pocket, you got ripped."

I have got that a few times - The only real response is that I slep all the stuff around for the weight lifting practice.

dahkota

Canon EOS-7D

05/25/2006 09:42:39 AM · #54

Originally posted by karmat:

It's not so much that is "said" per se, as the "attitude" of some local competitions that have amateur/professional color and bw categories and then a separate category for digital.

We had color and B&W slide (novice and advanced) and color and B&W print (novice and advanced). The club is pushing very hard for digital conversion and is starting a digital (novice and advanced) catagory. I find it rather amusing as all my slides and prints were digital.

I still really hate the assumption that, because I have an SLR, I know how to use a P&S. I usually hear, "How can you not know how to do it when you have THAT camera?"

hopper

Canon EOS-80D

Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM

05/25/2006 09:48:56 AM · #55

I was recently at a wedding (as a guest) and I had my 35mm 2 and 85mm 1.8. A friend saw me switching them and asked, "What's the difference?" to which I replied, "One's longer than the other".

He thought I was making fun of him and said, "No s**t, Sherlock".

Message edited by author 2006-05-25 09:49:18.

Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

05/25/2006 09:54:30 AM · #56

The one I hear most often is, "How many pixels is that?" followed closely by, "How many pictures can you take with that?"

My response to the second question is usually, "About 14. Then I have to rest a while."

Canon EOS-60D

05/25/2006 09:55:30 AM · #57

"Wow, those are good pictures...they look almost like they were done by a REAL photographer." ;)

teachnm

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Canon WC-DC52A 0.7x Wide-angle Converter

05/25/2006 09:57:58 AM · #58

I decided to convert a graphic arts class unit on photography to include traditional 35mm SLR cameras and digital SLRs. Actually had a parent say to me she didn't understand why we were spending time and valuable tax dollars on a fad. Want to point out to her her so-called "fad" will never fade and she can take her valuable tax dollars and well...you know...

idnic

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

05/25/2006 09:58:19 AM · #59

My favorite - and happens EVERYTIME I go out shooting at the beach, or any public environment - I'm schlepping 80lbs of equipment and carry camera with a big white lens and SOME Einstein HAS to ask:

Oh are you a photographer?

NO DAMMIT, I'M HERE TO SHINE YOUR SHOES!

Givemeashot

Nikon D200

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6

05/25/2006 09:59:39 AM · #60

Hey Photo guy how about you say Cheessseee...

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

05/25/2006 10:01:18 AM · #61

Originally posted by idnic:

I'm schlepping 80lbs of equipment and carry camera with a big white lens and SOME Einstein HAS to ask: Oh are you a photographer?

Haha! "No, I'm an alien using this equipment to search for intelligent life on this planet. Still looking..."

karmat

Apple iPhone 7

05/25/2006 10:02:25 AM · #62

Originally posted by dahkota:

Originally posted by karmat:
It's not so much that is "said" per se, as the "attitude" of some local competitions that have amateur/professional color and bw categories and then a separate category for digital.

We had color and B&W slide (novice and advanced) and color and B&W print (novice and advanced). The club is pushing very hard for digital conversion and is starting a digital (novice and advanced) catagory. I find it rather amusing as all my slides and prints were digital.

I still really hate the assumption that, because I have an SLR, I know how to use a P&S. I usually hear, "How can you not know how to do it when you have THAT camera?"

Yea, I get, "hey, can you take a picture of us." and then handed this itty bitty thing and I'm like, "Duh, how do you turn it on?"

As far as the comps go, usually I just enter the film ones because the Digital category is usually categorized as digital enhancement or manipulation, which I do very little.

Ken

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

05/25/2006 10:04:32 AM · #63

"I saw you checking out that other guy's lens."

notesinstones

Nikon D200

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

05/25/2006 10:09:29 AM · #64

"WOW! These pics are great! Your almost like a real photographer. You should talk to a real photographer and maybe you can assist them at like weddings or something, that could be fun! ..."

I *AM* a real photographer, thankyouverymuch.

karmat

Apple iPhone 7

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

05/25/2006 10:18:58 AM · #65

whenever I get shots printed at the local Wal-Mart,

Walmart: "I'm sorry you can't have these. These look like they were done by a professional. You will need written permission from the photographer."

Me: "I am the photographer. Thank you very much for thinking they look professional."

Walmart: "Are you a professional?"

Me: "Not really."

Walmart: "Then we need proof that these are your pictures. Do you have the CD or card you brought them in on?"

Me: "No, I uploaded them via the Internet, last night."

Walmart: "We need proof that you are the photographer."

Me: "So, if I bring in a letter saying that I have permission to print my pictures, we can avoid this."

Walmart: "Yes."

Me: "I need to bring in a letter that says, "Karma Shuford has the right to make prints from these files. Signed, Karma Shuford"

Walmart: "Yes. And it needs to be on letterhead."

(And I know they are doing their jobs, and "protecting" the photographer, but the systems they have in place to do this are assinine and ineffective, and time consuming.)

Canon EOS-20D

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

05/25/2006 10:20:15 AM · #66

"Oh, you should get a picture of that!" "And that!" "And that!"

Maybe YOU should have a camera.

Rebecca

Nikon D80

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX

05/25/2006 10:24:30 AM · #67

Originally posted by mk:

"Oh, you should get a picture of that!" "And that!" "And that!"

Maybe YOU should have a camera.

LOL - my coworkers do this to me all the time! "Becky, come look at this! You need to get a picture of that!" Most of the time the angle is wrong, the light is bad, or I took twelve pictures of the same thing when it happened last year and the year before. I don't usually have my camera with me at work, but when I do I humor them and usually delete it when I get home.

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX

05/25/2006 10:24:36 AM · #68

Originally posted by karmat:

"I need to bring in a letter that says, "Karma Shuford has the right to make prints from these files. Signed, Karma Shuford"

ROFL!

Rebecca

Nikon D80

05/25/2006 10:27:13 AM · #69

Originally posted by karmat:

As far as the comps go, usually I just enter the film ones because the Digital category is usually categorized as digital enhancement or manipulation, which I do very little.

The gallery I usually submit to has three categories: color, b/w, and "alternative process". So digital works in all three for them, but anything overly manipulated or hand painted or what have you goes in the third category.

wsteyn

Nikon D7000

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

05/25/2006 10:52:09 AM · #70

Originally posted by karmat:

Walmart: "Are you a professional?"

Me: "Not really."

Walmart: "Then we need proof that these are your pictures. Do you have the CD or card you brought them in on?"

I think next time you should reply with: "No, I'm not a professional, I just have a very expensive camera"

Givemeashot

Nikon D200

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6

05/25/2006 11:27:58 AM · #71

Originally posted by wsteyn:

Originally posted by karmat:

Walmart: "Are you a professional?"

Me: "Not really."

Walmart: "Then we need proof that these are your pictures. Do you have the CD or card you brought them in on?"

I think next time you should reply with: "No, I'm not a professional, I just have a very expensive camera"

LMAO!!
At my wedding i hired a Photog and my mother in law had her cell phone and she was like jumping in front of the guy shooting and on top of that her cell phone said " Say Chheessse!" before each picture.....i was so about to say just knock her out of the way lol....

Rebecca

Nikon D80

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX

05/25/2006 11:31:12 AM · #72

Originally posted by Givemeashot:

Originally posted by wsteyn:

Originally posted by karmat:

Walmart: "Are you a professional?"

Me: "Not really."

Walmart: "Then we need proof that these are your pictures. Do you have the CD or card you brought them in on?"

I think next time you should reply with: "No, I'm not a professional, I just have a very expensive camera"

LMAO!!
At my wedding i hired a Photog and my mother in law had her cell phone and she was like jumping in front of the guy shooting and on top of that her cell phone said " Say Chheessse!" before each picture.....i was so about to say just knock her out of the way lol....

Heheh... at my sister's wedding, a childhood friend who is now a studio pro was hired to do the photography. I pulled him aside beforehand to tell him that I would be taking about a million photos, and that if I was ever in the way to let me know.

vxpra

Pentax K100D

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

05/25/2006 12:09:29 PM · #73

Originally posted by mk:

"Oh, you should get a picture of that!" "And that!" "And that!"

Back in my Camera selling days we got this all the time, we had one woman that would come in and ask "Are any of you going to take pictures of...." Then come back after whatever event and want free copies.

vxpra

Pentax K100D

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

05/25/2006 12:14:03 PM · #74

Originally posted by karmat:

Your reply: Can I see the letter stating your qualified to print my pictures.

Message edited by author 2006-05-25 12:14:19.

Artifacts

Canon EOS-5D Mark II