p.6 #2 · You Might be a Sports Photographer When...
You rank hockey rinks not by the quality of the ice, but the quality of the light.
You are the one who is concerned when you see a different color bulb in the rink than the others.
Parents on other teams know you as the league photographer but has no clue to what position my son plays.
When your son gets put on a team and the other parents complain to the directors about where are our pictures?
The best one when the wife aka CFO asks why do you need to upgrade your camera AGAIN?
p.6 #4 · You Might be a Sports Photographer When...
impressnow wrote:
You are focused on the play at home, when a kid hits a hard line-drive to second base and the second baseman makes a fantastic diving catch and the coach and parents come running over and ask "did you get a shot of that?"
Seems to happen all the time.............
Yeap, I totally get this one all the time.................
p.6 #7 · You Might be a Sports Photographer When...
Heard a great follow up to my entry Friday Night. I was walking into a high school stadium and some guy asks a fellow photographer that I was talking to "Hey, can you see the moon with that thing?". He never even looked at the guy and replies "I can see the moon without it".
p.6 #8 · You Might be a Sports Photographer When...
I was walking by the opposing team a few weeks ago and one coach/dad asked me if I got a shot of the holding during the last play....I walked by and without looking said "even if I did, I wouldn't show anyone" and kept going.
p.6 #9 · You Might be a Sports Photographer When...
....when you look at satalite photo of the field you are going to shoot at; so you know which direction the sun will be coming from, and what the backgrounds will be.
....when your spouse thinks such minor details are obsessive.
p.6 #10 · You Might be a Sports Photographer When...
redman wrote:
Heard a great follow up to my entry Friday Night. I was walking into a high school stadium and some guy asks a fellow photographer that I was talking to "Hey, can you see the moon with that thing?". He never even looked at the guy and replies "I can see the moon without it".
p.6 #12 · You Might be a Sports Photographer When...
thebmrust wrote:
I was walking by the opposing team a few weeks ago and one coach/dad asked me if I got a shot of the holding during the last play....I walked by and without looking said "even if I did, I wouldn't show anyone" and kept going.
I still kind of chuckle at that.
Bravo on that one!
How about.. You know you are a sports photographer when...
You go to the bathroom at halftime and your face still has the marks of the camera on it when you look in the mirror.
p.6 #14 · You Might be a Sports Photographer When...
When you walk on a high school football field and your cell phone rings and it is a parent in the stands and they want to make sure you get # 64 tonight.
p.6 #16 · You Might be a Sports Photographer When...
+1 to the following:
"What are you compensating for with THAT!!"
When you can justify (to yourself) a quad core PC purchase by Noise Ninja/Neat Image processing times.
When students watching a field hockey playoff game chant your name to get a picture.
When your daughter asks you "Did you see when I got run over by number 7?" You think ... "No, I was following the ball," but you say "Of course! Why don't you tell me how it happened?"
When a dad says - "We've got your pictures plastered all over our refrigerator!" and you know they've never bought one.
When your wife understands why you don't sit with her watching your daughter's state championship game.
When your wife walks by in her undies and says "NO" and she's referring to the Buy/Sell forum you are looking at.
When you get great end zone seats at a Virginia Tech football game and miss a touchdown cause you were laughing at the photog who nearly knocked himself out with his 400.
p.6 #17 · You Might be a Sports Photographer When...
You get home from a two day motocross event, go through roughly 1,800 images, about 1,000 are workable in post and keepers, and you then realize that you ONLY got about 4-6 GREAT shots of YOUR OWN KID!
That really geats my son in an uproar--gezz dad--you sure got a lot of nice shots--OF EVERYONE ELSE!
I tell him though, that the shots of everyone else that sell, well that helps financially so he can keep racing!
p.6 #19 · You Might be a Sports Photographer When...
patconva wrote:
+1 to the following:
"What are you compensating for with THAT!!"
When you can justify (to yourself) a quad core PC purchase by Noise Ninja/Neat Image processing times.
When students watching a field hockey playoff game chant your name to get a picture.
When your daughter asks you "Did you see when I got run over by number 7?" You think ... "No, I was following the ball," but you say "Of course! Why don't you tell me how it happened?"
When a dad says - "We've got your pictures plastered all over our refrigerator!" and you know they've never bought one.
When your wife understands why you don't sit with her watching your daughter's state championship game.
When your wife walks by in her undies and says "NO" and she's referring to the Buy/Sell forum you are looking at.
When you get great end zone seats at a Virginia Tech football game and miss a touchdown cause you were laughing at the photog who nearly knocked himself out with his 400.
