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 p.13 #12 · What Are Some Reactions You've Gotten When Shooting With A White Lens? | |
I have plenty of different things that make me really mad...
1) You're shooting some still life shots of a bicycle or a baseball and people just can't understand why you would be taking pictures of something like a baseball, and they crack their smart alec remarks like, "What're you taking a picture of? (sarcastically)" or, "Why don't you zoom in, mayble you'll see a scratch on the ball."
2) "How much does that cost?" I've tried everything, and everything I've tried always backfires! Say "A lot," they continue on about what's the exact amound, say the actual amount, they'll make a huge scene, tell everyone how much worth of equipment you're hauling around.
3) "How much do you make?" You were always taught never to ask how much someone makes if you're talking with them, but apparently, if they are holding a camera, that makes it okay. Like before, you can say something like, "Enough," or something of that sort; they will be nagging you until you give them the amount, if you give them the amount, they will start asking where to get into such a job, or why they would pay somebody to take pictures when anyone can do it.
4) "Who do you work for?" If you don't say, they'll kick you out, if you tell them the newspaper you work for, they'll tell you that there are no professionals allowed.
5) High School Football Games -- There's always that one yearbook photographer there who has an aspiration to be a photographer, but at the time has no idea of what he/she is doing. They come up to you and ask you what settings you're using, what zooms you have, what primes you have, why you use Canon...
You know what though, I tend to like they guy who will come up to you and really get engaged in a conversation with you. I've had a few long conversations with people, and most of the time, I enjoy them. The people who do talk to you for a while actually have an interest, rather than just a curiosity, they are really wondering or wanting to talk to you rather than just pester you.
And then, of course, there are the just plain funny ones...
At some events, I'll hire an assistant to help me handle my equipment, the 400 and 600 can get to be a hassle for one person. Sometimes, the assistant is an aspiring photographer himself and will work without pay, just for the mere experience of being on the sidelines or shooting using some professional equipment. Most of the time I'll allow them to use the equipment that I'm not using to shoot their own pictures on their own memory cards if they so choose to. Anyways, one time, I was shooting an event and was shooting with my 300 f/2.8, I stepped away from my assistant who had the 600 on the ground next to him and the 400 2.8 on the monopod shooting pictures. After about 10-15 mintues I looked back to see my assistant being pesterred by a couple of P&S people and various parents, while I continued to shoot, unbotherred. Hey, I guess that's why you hire assistants.
About a month later, a similar thing happened to another of my assistants. This time I had the 600 and he was holding my 400 and 300, I once again had stepped away and come back to switch out my 600 with my 400. I asked my assistant for the 400, and the kid next to him looked baffled and confused while my assistant cracked up as I took the 400 and continued to shoot. He later explained to me that he had convinced his friend that he had stolen the cameras and the lenses.
One of my other favorites was one time when I was shooting at a high school football game a while back. I had my 70-200 f/2.8, and a big group of cheerleaders came up to me to ask me to take their picture, I said "Okay", and started to walk away from them so that I could fit the large group of cheerleaders in one frame with my 70-200, which was probably 20 feet in this case. When I thought I was far enough away, I turned around to find the group gone. I shrugged it off. Later in the game I had one of the cheerleaders come up to me and ask me why I had been so mean. I was confused. She said that they thought it was mean that I just walked off when they asked me to take their picture. Apparently they had not heard me say "okay" and had thought I was just walking away from them. I explained it to her and had a quick laugh.
I've had some similar experiences to other people on this post, but those are a few that are firsts as I can tell so far.
Edited by FCWquest on Jan 19, 2006 at 12:25 PM GMT
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