How to tell if you are a photography addict:

heatherfeather

Lets face it. We all have photography on the brain. So I thought it might be fun to do a "caught myself doing this silly thing" thread. Feel free to post your own ideas. Have fun with it!

How to tell if you are a photography addict:

1. You look in the mirror, frustrated that there is no "patch tool" for real life.

2. You are driving into the bright sun, and turn on your headlights for fill.

3. Your family covers their faces whenever they see you coming.

4. Nobody brings their cameras to family events since they know you will have yours.



Ok, now enter your own ideas. Make me giggle!

divamum

Okay, I'm literally laughing out loud since just yesterday I said to somebody as we were talking about various cosmetics, "The only thing that really works on my dark circles is Photoshop - bring on the patch tool..." :lol4

While I'm not sure this counts as a general photographer truth, I will say that I knew I was spending too much time reading this site when a couple of weeks ago, I had a dream that there was a dgrin shootout at a wedding, which somehow I got persuaded to attend despite my reluctance. While there, I spent most of the time struggling trying to attach a broken flash bracket that I didn't really want to use anyway, with Nikolai watching on bemusedly and telling me I should just have brought Sunpaks instead because they're so much better. But at least I'd had the sense to rent a fisheye lens for the occasion (?????!!!!!!!).

huhhuhhuh

Here's a somewhat more universal one for your list (also sadly true)

- you nearly drive off the road because you just went past the PERFECT location, and are trying to figure out which way the sun is hitting, what compass direction that is, and making a note of the time of day for future reference.

Cygnus Studios

5. The tech at the camera store is listed in your cell phone under In Case of Emergency.

6. Every item on your Christmas list ends with F2.8 or faster.

7. Your significant other has to tell you to stop staring at other people's lenses.

8. Your license plate reads Bokeh.

9. You have the sound of your shutter as the ring tone on your cell phone.

10. When someone asks your favorite color you respond "CMYK"

Llywellyn

Cygnus Studios wrote:

6. Every item on your Christmas list ends with F2.8 or faster.

So completely guilty of this one.

DsrtVW

When someone friend or family ask you to go somewhere with them, you first consider whether there will be a chance or if it will be a good location to get some shots. Or at least there something that is on the way that is not too far out of the way.

Or just happened recently. SO busy making sure I have all my gear ready and organized for a weekend trip, that I forgot to pack socks for the trip. Glad it was not to cold for sandals.

When you are C & C ing all the photos in the magazines in the checkout at the store.

Richard

heatherfeather wrote:

2. You are driving into the bright sun, and turn on your headlights for fill.

11. You look for photo ops even when you aren't carrying a camera

12. #11 is moot, because you are always carrying a camera

13. You bought a new suitcase because the old one wouldn't hold your tripod.

Scott_Quier

This actually happened
Your driving along and you comment to you wife that the light sucks because the cloud cover makes it all so flat and that "... if it would just lift a little, this would be a great place to make photographs!" And the DW looks at you like you're on drugs, can't figure out what your talking about and you try, for the next ten minutes to explain it to her - with little succes cause she's not yet been bitten by the bug (but that's changing).

SKnight

heatherfeather wrote:

4. Nobody brings their cameras to family events since they know you will have yours.

Totally guilty.

When you look at every situation and think about how you would shoot it with the available light. Can be a bit distracting during a meeting.

divamum

- When you lose the plot-thread of every tv show or movie you see because you're so busy reverse engineering how they lit it that you forget to listen to the dialogue

Scott_Quier

divamum wrote:

- When you lose the plot-thread of every tv show or movie you see because you're so busy reverse engineering how they lit it that you forget to listen to the dialogue

:uhoh Yup - been there, done that! Many, many times!!

moose135

14. You reply to "How to tell if you are a photography addict" threads on DGrin

heatherfeather

Cygnus Studios wrote:

5. The tech at the camera store is listed in your cell phone under In Case of Emergency.

6. Every item on your Christmas list ends with F2.8 or faster.

7. Your significant other has to tell you to stop staring at other people's lenses.

8. Your license plate reads Bokeh.

9. You have the sound of your shutter as the ring tone on your cell phone.

10. When someone asks your favorite color you respond "CMYK"

Ha ha! I love the CMYK one! and #7...

Eketelon

Richard wrote:

11. You look for photo ops even when you aren't carrying a camera

:ivar
GUILTY! And darn proud of it!

Eketelon

Rain umbrellas are just light modifiers with a stupid handle.

It's not a projector, it's a lightsource!

Old furniture (even on the side of the street) have studio prop value.

Sun shields are reflectors with a different name.

Cygnus Studios

15. When you come home and proudly exclaim that tomorrow you are taking two beautiful girls out in the woods to shoot them.

16. You start rearranging the items on the shelves at the store to set the correct depth of field.

17. Your gear list is beginning to look like a novel.

18. When you tell people that you are registered at B&H.

19. When you see someone standing in line at the store stretching and you begin to give posing directions, Work it, Own it, Hold it.

20. When your Christmas card features the image of your newest lens.

lilmomma

ha ha ha i love this thread!! Guilty of at least 90% of these...

21. When you drive past a run down, beatup building/barn and don't see it as junk, but rather a great photo location!

(happened to me last week...hubby had a very questionable look on his face)

lilmomma

22. oh and when the FIRST thing you notice when you go anywhere is the lighting.

JAG

23. when you wake up in the middle of the night with an idea for the up and coming DSS challenge and you can't sleep because your brain wont quit thinking about it.

24. When you driving and something catches your eye...you pull out the p and p and take a pic at 65 miles an hour through a dirty window then post process it when you get home. Or if your in the passenger seat....open the sunroof and stick the camera out the top to get the shot!

25. When you go on vacation and you take all your cameras and laptops with you to relax.

Scott_Quier

26. When you go on vacation, your camera gear is your carry on and it's in the Pelican case.

27. When you go on vacation, your camera bag is packed into your check baggage because it won't fit inside the Pelican case.

28. When you go on vacation, your packing list starts with the camera gear. If there's still weight limit left, then you think about what clothes you are going to pack.

Elaine

I thought of this thread last night when I was using the DVR remote to look at the TV guide and wondered why it didn't automatically advance to the next item after I hit "record"...and then I realized I wasn't using Lightroom (which I have set to auto advance to the next photo after I choose a flag). Uh...yeah...me thinks I spend a lot of time in LR.

divamum

Scott_Quier wrote:

26. When you go on vacation, your camera gear is your carry on and it's in the Pelican case.

27. When you go on vacation, your camera bag is packed into your check baggage because it won't fit inside the Pelican case.

28. When you go on vacation, your packing list starts with the camera gear. If there's still weight limit left, then you think about what clothes you are going to pack.

GUILTY AS CHARGED, m'lud

Here's my latest challenge: I now want to take all the gear with me (although mentally I"ve figured out a reduced "travel" setup I can use that leaves 2 lenses and 1 flash behind,even though it will pain me to do so), but I usually travel for gigs, which means more clothes than holiday packing, especially for concert gigs when I have gowns/eveningwear with me too. I'm gonna need a personal sherpa to carry it all at this rate!!! wink Or an S90 .....:D

lizzard_nyc

When you don't appear in ANY family photographs because you are the one taking all the shots---I maybe new at this but already it's like I don't exist, lol.

JAG

29. When going on vacation and you come to your carry on limit for a rolling camera bag and laptop, then you make your young child bring the rest of the gear in another rolling camera bag as her carryon.



Seriously...I will do this if I have to when I leave for my cruise in Dec.

Scott_Quier

JAG wrote:

29. When going on vacation and you come to your carry on limit for a rolling camera bag and laptop, then you make your young child bring the rest of the gear in another rolling camera bag as her carryon.



Seriously...I will do this if I have to when I leave for my cruise in Dec.

I did this on my last trip to AK. Leslie had to carry some of my gear for me because I didn't have enough weight allowance.

divamum

lizzard_nyc wrote:

When you don't appear in ANY family photographs because you are the one taking all the shots---I maybe new at this but already it's like I don't exist, lol.

OH yeah. I highly recommend investing in a remote. You'll still only be in about 1% of the family pictures, but at least you can prove that you were there...

Snowgirl

Guilty to all of the above. When I flew to Vancouver to meet my newborn grandson for the first time, my carryon and 3/4 of my checked bag contained photo gear - plus a toothbrush and a few basic essentials for my 10-day visit. I got very, very sick of the one outfit I packed (ah gee - had to buy a new one).

And you know you're addicted when you're prepared to fight to the death with airline employees who even CONSIDER asking you to check your camera roll-on or back pack.

When I was getting ready for the Acadia Shootout I took my gear in to Canadian Customs to get green cards for all of it so there'd be no dispute that I bought it while State-side. I needed two bags to lug it all in. (Oh - and I only used one camera body, two lenses, flash and tripod while there - but I HAD it all with me - just in case.)

pyry

Eketelon wrote:

Rain umbrellas are just light modifiers with a stupid handle.

I'm gonna have to find, make or have someone else make for me a translucent umbrella with a removable handle.

Either that or a silver one.

Eketelon

It doesn't matter what brand you shoot, you know the models of all the brands.

Your spouse says she has to paste a picture of a camera or photo equipment on a book to get you to look at it.

Your kids have to schedule an appointment as a client.

Your family has to sent you a message on your website contact page to reach you.

You think "tripod" is actually a GOOD name for a dog!

You refer to your camera as "your baby".

silversx80

divamum wrote:

OH yeah. I highly recommend investing in a remote. You'll still only be in about 1% of the family pictures, but at least you can prove that you were there...

The wife-to-be gives me grief, "you take all these pictures and there are hardly any of us."

The bad part is that I reply, "well, if I had this new (insert lens, software, computer), I'm sure I'd be able to take more of us."


... she doesn't fall for it.

goldenstarphoto

Eketelon wrote:

Your kids have to schedule an appointment as a client.

Your family has to sent you a message on your website contact page to reach you.

You think "tripod" is actually a GOOD name for a dog!

You refer to your camera as "your baby".

I love these, how true!

How about, when you have your children trained to look at you and pose during school plays.

Eketelon

Your kids, while you're out shopping see someone with a DSLR and run to you and say "Dad (or mom), they only have a (insert brand and older model)" and you are proud of them! This had actually happened in my family!

Your kids actually understand light balance, temperatures in Kelvin, key light, fill light, and other photog terms and judge the school photographer on their ability to explain them!

Everyone else's first and last name sound better with "Photography" behind it than your own.