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I second shot a wedding for a friend of mine on March 31st (you can see where this is going ). We shoot together often and we know each other pretty well. I shot on my CF cards, and she was just going to get the files whenever we saw each other next - she knows I back up my stuff diligently, so she's cool with that arrangement. Day after the wedding I called her nervously saying that my card reader corrupted my cards somehow and that I tried a recovery software, but that just formatted the cards (made up some BS) and that it seems all the photos I took are gone. She told me to take them to a local camera shop that helped her out with recovering photos from a corrupted card in the past and see what they say. Apologizing like a madman the whole time, I tell her I'll keep her posted on what happens. Hang up, wait a couple minutes, and send a text message: "April fools! Photos are safe and sound " I could have drawn it out longer, but didn't want her stewing in misery the whole day. Got a message back that simply read: "I hate you." It was a mean trick, I admit, but I couldn't resist given the April 1st date. She of course, doesn't really hate me, but she said that the prank made her mad, scared, confused, happy, and relieved all in a matter of a couple minutes. Not directly Canon gear related, although we both shoot Canon, so there ya go
Also, a fun (but perhaps a little mean) thing I do whenever I second shoot for someone I've never worked with before - sometime well into the wedding day (shooting in RAW the whole day), I'll turn to them and say "You want me shooting in Small Jpeg, right?" I always let them know I'm joking right away, but some of the initial shock reactions I get are priceless.
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