When you're just chilling around town with the family, you bring out the big impressive lens, not the "all-around'er" because it's too small!
Been there, do that all the time!
Lover of God and Fisher of Men for Christ
Bodies: Nikon D300 & D70
Lens: Sigma 28-70/2.8, Nikon 18-70, 50mm/1.4, 70-200
Lights: SB-600, Alien Bees 400 & 800
I actually just posted some of these on my facebook site... Already got 3 responses... lol
- When your number one item of your Christmas list is your smug mug renewal cost
(my dad just asked me what I wanted for christmas and that is really what I told him.... he looked at me a little strange....)
- When you get yelled at at work because you are going through all the Christmas decorations looking for props.... (happened today... hehehe i work at walgreens... in the photo lab of course)
- When your two year old ask for a camera for christmas but said it needs to have a 50mm prime (ok so almost 3, and yes she told grandpa that tonight... maybe in a couple of years I will have a second shooter for weddings... oh and when grandpa asked why it needed to be a 50mm she responded by saying "its super fast")
- When you start using using your kids closets for camera props and backgrounds
When you rip off someone's jingle to suit your needs:
I don't wanna grow up
I'm a B&H kid
There's a million toys at B&H
That I can play with
from glass, to tripods to Gary Fong spheres
It's the biggest toy store there is.
I don't wanna grow up, cuz baby if I did,
I woudln't be a B&H kid!!!
I'm afraid this year I may knock my kids out of the way to get to the Christmas tree. You think I'm kidding?
Agree on C&Cing other peoples photos. I really wish facebook allowed download of originals so I could PP my friends marginal pics.
Only one to add, as I'm not quite an addict yet.
You plan the route for a relaxing day of motorcycle riding by considering your arrival time (and the resulting light) at various decent photo opportunities along the way.
#) The term "nice body" no longer has anything to do with the opposite sex. #) You can openly talk in public about how you "shot someone", and it doesn't seem awkward to you. #) You really feel the urge to ridicule the photo ID maker person about his/her P&S camera.
Canon 5D MK IV | 24-70 2.8L USM | 50mm F1.4 USM | 70-200mm F2.8L | AB 800 light | 430EXII speedlight (x2) | Lowel iLight | Cybersync remotes | bag of trail mix | My Weddings Website • Blog •
The people at the local camera store know you by first name
You keep trying to figure out a clever way to spell photography in six letters for a personalized license plate
When your friends ask you to go shopping you ask them "Calumet, Samy's or Canoga" and they say no, Nordstorm - you say ok then, we will have to go to The Grove so I can stop at Samy's". Your one little bag costs more than their collective purchases and you only bought ONE thing.
You get the daily LA Times for the Thursday Camera Sale Ads.
When you do go clothes shopping you head right for the rack of black clothing.
You buy your bras one cup size bigger to hold lenscaps and lens cleaning cloths.
You no longer need a purse. Every thing you need fits in a Shootsac or Camera Bag. You have one to go with each outfit.
All of your shoes are comfort shoes meant to allow you to climb ladders to shoot from above or zoom with your feet even across a big patch of wet mud.
My camera case is my purse...of course! Do other women still carry purses?
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My camera case is my purse...of course! Do other women still carry purses?
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Your kids pose for you without you asking.
Your kids start setting up shots in the house and then asking you to come take pics of them. Hey, mom, isn't my layout great?!?
Not only do your kids pose for you, but all of your friends' kids know what to do too!
The only reason you clean the windows on your house is because some great birdie just might be outside your window!
You set up your tripod to take a picture, and your kid starts putting their camera on their tripod to shoot right beside you.
Flashlights are tools of photography not for when the power goes out.
Every Christmas light display is another photo op.
It's all about...will that make a good picture!
The only exciting thing about the trip to/from work is what is good to photograph on the way!
Looking at Smug is more important first thing in the morning than coffee!
Smug is the last thing at night and the first thing in the morning.
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I'm contemplating yet another external drive (and trying to get better about archiving to DVD)
- you go to bed at 2am nursing an image upload that won't work, and when you get up at 7am the first thing you do is try again.....
When looking at a friends lousy photos (not a photographer) on Facebook, you find yourself automatically hitting "x" to reject the photo.
-Other people are staring at your lenses.
When you're just chilling around town with the family, you bring out the big impressive lens, not the "all-around'er" because it's too small!
Been there, do that all the time!
Bodies: Nikon D300 & D70
Lens: Sigma 28-70/2.8, Nikon 18-70, 50mm/1.4, 70-200
Lights: SB-600, Alien Bees 400 & 800
When friends see the ring in your pocket from always having your lens cap in there they ask if you chew!
(Believe it or not, I have had someone ask me! And I'm a girl! Sick. And no, I don't. )
-Go to take sports photos of your kid and go home with hundreds of everybody's kids.
-Your friends think you have an online porn addiction because they don't believe you are really hanging out in photog forums late at night.
-When you arrive at a party/gathering without a camera (to avoid moaning every once in awhile) and everyone asks if you're feeling alright?
-You check Smugmug Stats regularly to see if anyone is looking at your pictures
Wayne g
- When your number one item of your Christmas list is your smug mug renewal cost
(my dad just asked me what I wanted for christmas and that is really what I told him.... he looked at me a little strange....)
- When you get yelled at at work because you are going through all the Christmas decorations looking for props.... (happened today... hehehe i work at walgreens... in the photo lab of course)
- When your two year old ask for a camera for christmas but said it needs to have a 50mm prime (ok so almost 3, and yes she told grandpa that tonight... maybe in a couple of years I will have a second shooter for weddings... oh and when grandpa asked why it needed to be a 50mm she responded by saying "its super fast")
- When you start using using your kids closets for camera props and backgrounds
Commercial Photographer
http://www.FredJClaus.com
http://www.Fredjclaus.com/originals
Save on your own SmugMug account. Just enter Coupon code i2J0HIOcEElwI at checkout
I don't wanna grow up
I'm a B&H kid
There's a million toys at B&H
That I can play with
from glass, to tripods to Gary Fong spheres
It's the biggest toy store there is.
I don't wanna grow up, cuz baby if I did,
I woudln't be a B&H kid!!!
I'm afraid this year I may knock my kids out of the way to get to the Christmas tree. You think I'm kidding?
_________
windoze
Only one to add, as I'm not quite an addict yet.
You plan the route for a relaxing day of motorcycle riding by considering your arrival time (and the resulting light) at various decent photo opportunities along the way.
#) You can openly talk in public about how you "shot someone", and it doesn't seem awkward to you.
#) You really feel the urge to ridicule the photo ID maker person about his/her P&S camera.
My Weddings Website • Blog •
- You never get an assignment at family parties because they just assume you will bring your camera.
- No one at a family party brings a camera because they know you will.
- Your family's Facebook albums, and profile pictures were all shot by you.
- You recite the old American Express saying as "DSLR - Don't leave home without one"
- You find yourself looking at photos in an art gallery thinking about what direction the light was coming from.
- You change the password to all your accounts to "NikonF2.8"
- When people reach for their jackets, you reach for your shooting vest.
- You ask the lighting department manager at Home Depot what the color temperature of their lights are.
- When someone says they are going shopping for lights, you suggest they get studio strobes instead.
- You try to hook your children's umbrella to your light stand, and can't figure out why it won't bounce light.
Commercial Photographer
http://www.FredJClaus.com
http://www.Fredjclaus.com/originals
Save on your own SmugMug account. Just enter Coupon code i2J0HIOcEElwI at checkout
Outstanding!
Or Walk Leica Egyptian...
Photograph — Def Leppard
Slippin' in a SLIDE zone — Moody Blues
Apologies to all—I'm not typically the punster.
www.ivarborst.nl & smugmug
My camera case is my purse...of course! Do other women still carry purses?
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Your kids pose for you without you asking.
Your kids start setting up shots in the house and then asking you to come take pics of them. Hey, mom, isn't my layout great?!?
Not only do your kids pose for you, but all of your friends' kids know what to do too!
The only reason you clean the windows on your house is because some great birdie just might be outside your window!
You set up your tripod to take a picture, and your kid starts putting their camera on their tripod to shoot right beside you.
Flashlights are tools of photography not for when the power goes out.
Every Christmas light display is another photo op.
It's all about...will that make a good picture!
The only exciting thing about the trip to/from work is what is good to photograph on the way!
Looking at Smug is more important first thing in the morning than coffee!
Smug is the last thing at night and the first thing in the morning.
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I plead the fifth