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05/25/2006 12:23:24 PM · #76 |
You have such a cute camera
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05/25/2006 12:27:55 PM · #77 |
Originally posted by stdavidson:
Do I have to take off my clothes for a better exposure? |
Nope - I have never had a cutie ask me that to take their pic :-( |
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05/25/2006 12:30:27 PM · #78 |
Originally posted by karmat:
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. |
Interesting. You can see digital manipulation in the prints catagory in our club. In the slide catagory no one but me bothers . :) They have made no specification on the amount of manipulation in any catagory so far. The main rule is that it must have started as a photograph. I like their rules. Problem is with the judges - some are really open others are REALLY closed minded (I had one try to tell me how I took my picture - wrong). You just never know what you'll get... |
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05/25/2006 12:32:42 PM · #79 |
Originally posted by mk:
"Oh, you should get a picture of that!" "And that!" "And that!"
Maybe YOU should have a camera. |
ACK!!!! My husband does this too me ALL the time. So I bought him a camera. And he brags about how little he has to carry and still tells me to "get one of that! and that!" So I tell him how to arrest people. And he stops. ;) |
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05/25/2006 12:35:25 PM · #80 |
Originally posted by karmat:
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."
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I had that happen with them, also. After some haggling with some 18y/o, the manager came out and stood by his position and said I could come back with written permission from "the photographer" quoting Walmarts policy on copyrighted photos.
It ended with me telling them to tear up the print and threatening my own copyright lawsuit if I ever see that print surface.
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05/25/2006 12:44:35 PM · #81 |
My Dad, "thats great, but the purists still use film."
Me, "Purists, do you think Ansel Adams would have used a Mark II if he could have?"
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05/25/2006 12:46:38 PM · #82 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by karmat:
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."
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...It ended with me telling them to tear up the print and threatening my own copyright lawsuit if I ever see that print surface. |
Heh. Everyday, everyday I deal with this. I sell my photos in "CD ONLY" format, with a printing release for the purchaser giving them limited rights to print. And because it is so out of the box I get at a call a day from the printing places (my direct Cell# is on the release).
I ALWAYS carry a laminated permission to myself to print just incase I need to run off a quickie at Walmart during a shoot or out and about. LOL Though I have written one up right there at the desk before.... lol
Oh and another never say? "You couldnt possibly have taken this picture ."
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05/25/2006 12:46:59 PM · #83 |
Originally posted by Jmnuggy:
My Dad, "thats great, but the purists still use film."
Me, "Purists, do you think Ansel Adams would have used a Mark II if he could have?" |
That's an interesting thought, I wonder just how different the world of photography would be if Ansel Adams was 20 years old today... |
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05/25/2006 12:48:19 PM · #84 |
Originally posted by notesinstones:
I ALWAYS carry a laminated permission to myself to print just incase I need to run off a quickie at Walmart during a shoot or out and about. |
This is hilarious and sad (for them) at the same time. |
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05/25/2006 12:51:23 PM · #85 |
"That's nice but when are you going to print the good ones?"
Message edited by author 2006-05-25 12:52:31.
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05/25/2006 12:54:06 PM · #86 |
Oh, I also hate "Did you get any good ones?" just as you're finishing.
Well, I damn well tried!
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No, they all suck like usual.
Message edited by author 2006-05-25 12:56:44. |
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05/25/2006 12:56:37 PM · #87 |
"Since you take great pictures but aren't a real pro, can you shoot my cousin's daughter's best friend's wedding? They don't have any money to pay you, but you might have fun since you like to take pictures all the time."
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05/25/2006 12:57:28 PM · #88 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by karmat:
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."
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I had that happen with them, also. After some haggling with some 18y/o, the manager came out and stood by his position and said I could come back with written permission from "the photographer" quoting Walmarts policy on copyrighted photos.
It ended with me telling them to tear up the print and threatening my own copyright lawsuit if I ever see that print surface. |
yep, that's kinda how our last exchange went. (I told my husband he should be glad he wasnt' with me). I ended up with the prints, but only after I told them that, "I only use walmart for my proofs. For the real pictures, I have a professional do them." slam |
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05/25/2006 12:58:05 PM · #89 |
After proudly showing your newest avante garde image gallery to someone they simply say, "Oh" (not to be confused with "OH!")
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05/25/2006 01:00:46 PM · #90 |
I saw a story about a photo lab at Wally Mart that refused to print pictures of a newborn because the baby was naked in some of them and they were concerned about the pictures being considered "pornography".
You can certainly tell that Wally-Mart isn't recruiting the best and the brightest... |
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05/25/2006 01:02:02 PM · #91 |
When my male friends see any of my nudes:
"So, did ya hit that?"
I never give them the luxury of an answer.
Oh and my mom: "You don't sleep with all those women do you?"
Oy!
Message edited by author 2006-05-25 13:07:27.
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05/25/2006 01:02:03 PM · #92 |
Originally posted by sigth:
".could I just stop by at your studio next weekend, nothing much, just a few so I can hang it on my wall and show everyone...(can´t believe I will have to for that....)" |
"Great! next weekend I'm shooting nudes, and I need another model" (Assuming they're talking about themselves.)
Message edited by author 2006-05-25 13:03:09. |
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05/25/2006 01:08:48 PM · #93 |
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." |
Go over the whole range--my shortest lens is 12mm, longest is 300mm, so that's a 25x zoom, then add in as much digital zoom as you want.
Or say that you can "upgrade" the camera to a 600x zoom by getting an 8mm fisheye and a Canon 1200mm with 2 2x extenders (just don't tell them the 1200mm is an $80,000 lens);-) |
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05/25/2006 01:09:00 PM · #94 |
Originally posted by sigth:
would you ask friends or relatives to build you a house or paint it or clean it regularly.....for free...?
"is it possible you could take a few pictures in this birthday/wedding/babtism/graduation - nothing much, just a few photos you know...(hopefully I don´t have to pay...) just so they can keep this memory forever..."
"could you retouch my grandparents old photos, make them good, nothing much, just a tiny makeover...(hopefully I don´t have to pay...)"
"they are so cute my grandchildren....could I just stop by at your studio next weekend, nothing much, just a few so I can hang it on my wall and show everyone...(can´t believe I will have to for that....)" |
Just say, "I'm sure we can work something out, what do you have to trade?"
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05/25/2006 01:13:25 PM · #95 |
Originally posted by colda:
'I love your excellent photos - you must have a great camera!' |
"You should see the play I'm writing next week. I know it will be good, I just bought Shakespear's pen off ebay..." (said sarcastilcally) |
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05/25/2006 01:20:32 PM · #96 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
I saw a story about a photo lab at Wally Mart that refused to print pictures of a newborn because the baby was naked in some of them and they were concerned about the pictures being considered "pornography".
You can certainly tell that Wally-Mart isn't recruiting the best and the brightest... |
Don't laugh--that has actually happened to me twice...and they were my kids in the photos! Plus, I had to prove I was the photographer like Kharma and many of the rest of you. Then, the manager and brainiac on the register actually wanted to lecture me about the appropriateness of my subject matter...living in the buckle of the Bible Belt I often worry about how much influence this environment has on my kids...
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05/25/2006 01:21:57 PM · #97 |
Originally posted by colda:
'I love your excellent photos - you must have a great camera!' |
Worst comment right here !! Have heard this 3-4 times also.
kopa21
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05/25/2006 01:30:20 PM · #98 |
| "So why do you have a camera like that anyways? You aren't a photographer or anything.." |
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05/25/2006 01:30:36 PM · #99 |
I do pretty well with my little P&S. Every so often I'll get work into a show and maybe even win a ribbon. The first thing my fellow photographers ask after congratulating me is, "So what kind of equipment are you using?" When I point to the 5mp Coolpix dangling from my neck (because my parents always want a photo of me next to my entry), they either look angry/irritated/depressed because their $3000 gear was beaten by a $250 P&S that clearly doesn't deserve any recognition whatsoever or they ask me, "So when are you going to get a real camera?"
I have a "real camera". It takes pictures.
:P
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05/25/2006 01:37:31 PM · #100 |
"Hey, Ansel Adams, you forgot the lens cap!"
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