You know your a photographer when...

[freefallu]

In skydiving we have a saying , you know your a skydiver when for example you spend your time looking at flags and trees trying to figure out if ( from the wind ) its " jumpable .. what about photography.. Ill get the thread started.

1. You think the battery grip suits your 5D´s figure.
2. You spend your time framing things mentally or wondering would that make a good picture..
3. You spend a good part of your day sayin " sh** no camera "
..

[saravrose]

You compose everything. everywhere. walk into a store or restaurant or a house and automatically think about lighting...

[JaertX]

When you know the difference between your and you're.

heh heh. okay, so this is an international forum and YOUR first language might not be English so I think YOU'RE probably going to get away with it.

All kidding aside, I say it's the instant you make a photograph.

[Becca]

You look at brightly lit clouds and think, "Over exposed!"

[Cathpah]

You compose everything. everywhere. walk into a store or restaurant or a house and automatically think about lighting...

exactamundo!

on another note...since you shared a saying about skydiving...I'll share my saying about skydiving:

"If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you."

[sando]

You always have your camera with you.

You close one eye to view an object with a narrow DoF just out of curiosity, to see what it'd look like.

You're contantly broke.... :lol:

[Sir Tony]

Everything that has a red ring around it is a L.

[codex0]

You feel incredibly happy when you walk into a room with sunlight-balanced bulbs.

[Spiral Photo]

...when you get done shooting a bunch of shots, pack up your gear, then 2 minutes later you're kicking yourself because you see something worth shooting.

[DanteCaspian]

... you see everything in thirds.

[PixelPile]

You get married and you want to take your own wedding photos! ;)

[Spiral Photo]

You get married and you want to take your own wedding photos! ;)

Good one, how about this.

...when you marry another photographer.

...like I did.

[Lightstream]

... when you watch sporting events and the news just to look at all the white glass and check out the gear professionals use.

... when you take pics of other photogs at work - or rather their gear.

... when your idea of the ultimate shopping trip is a visit to B&H with a $20K limit on the card.

... when your significant other can actually persuade you to go shopping at all. And you consent - only for one kind of gear.

... when you read the newspaper, check out the mug shots and think "nice lighting. What would Strobist say?"

... when you purchase photos of yourself at [insert event of your choice here] and think "Dang it, I can do better than them, they blew the white highlights"

... when you see the latest cell phone camera ads that scream "SHOOT LIKE A PRO" and feel the temptation to whip out your 1D, 300 f/4L and show the dang cellphone your idea of PRO-grade glass. (If L glass doesn't make you shoot like a pro, what are the chances a miserable cellphone will? :p :p :p)

... you think of the weather not in terms of sunny, overcast and cloudy but rather ISO 100, ISO 200, and ISO 400

... and time of day with "Evening" translating to "ISO 1600 or tripod"..

... when you look at a picture on the wall, and think "Where's the EXIF? I want to know what aperture he used"

[PAFC2004]

... when you have a dream that someone snatches your camera and runs off, and none other than Chuck Norris gets your camera back with the use of one swift roundhouse kick.

[condyk]

When you see gear as tools to your imagination and don't have to think about how to capture what is in your head because it all just flows. Most of your shots are keepers but you just are very selective about which variation on the theme you love and so you junk the rest. Otherwise, what Sari said and mainly not what Lightstream said ;-)

[codex0]

When you write in this thread :p

[MagicallyDelicious]

You compose everything. everywhere. walk into a store or restaurant or a house and automatically think about lighting...

I think about lighting EVERYWHERE! How scary! lol

[EOSAddict]

Looking at a landscape and trying to work out which focal length works best..

[Pete]

.... when your significant other starts talking about "just the three of us"

... when you start staring and people on the train, not because they're attractive, but because the lighting is attractive...

[Jon, The Elder]

When you see gear as tools to your imagination and don't have to think about how to capture what is in your head because it all just flows. Most of your shots are keepers but you just are very selective about which variation on the theme you love and so you junk the rest

Spot on (so to speak).

[Rumjungle]

...when you start vacationing so that you can take pictures

[inthedeck]

...when you realize that EVERY SINGLE TIME that you don't have your camera, the perfect shot is right in front of you!

[codex0]

...when you start vacationing so that you can take pictures

When you start getting free vacations in return for use of your images for promotional purposes ;)

edit: and by images I mean vacation photos :)

[Shutter22]

...when you start vacationing so that you can take pictures


Everytime my mom tells me about upcoming vacation plans she ends with, is that photographic enough for you?

...when a distant family member asks for pictures of you, you're spouse, parents, siblings, etc. You dish out tons of everyone, but can't seem to find one of yourself.

...your family cringes every time you say, "I'll be right there, I just need to take a couple shots of this."

[cdifoto]

...when you start enoying your photos as photos, rather than pixels.

[jothefish]

...when you pack an extra camera body just in case......


when people start wondering what you look like because all they ever really see of you are hands, a torso and legs...

[cosworth]

When late at night, staring at the moonlit ceiling you think your retina has too much noise.

[SuzyView]

I love this thread!

Just today, the sun came out in the middle of a rainy morning and I don't have my camera and I'm outside the school looking to see if there was a rainbow, but knowing full well I will be angry because I didn't have my camera in case there is a rainbow in the sky. (Top that for a Mom with a BS in psychology!)

When you are constantly trying to remember where you stored your equipment between your 4 bags.

When your kids say under their breath, Mom's got her camera.

When you have 4 1 GB CF cards and all are full, but you can't remember what's on them and are afraid to delete them in case you forgot to download them onto your laptop.

When you stand at the photo computer at Costco or Sam's Club or WalMart with 6 people behind you giving you nasty looks for spending an hour choosing the 500 pictures you took on your last outing. :)

[Spiral Photo]

When your kids say under their breath, Mom's got her camera.

That's funny. I know that my wife and I are going to make our kid (when we have one) so sick of the camera(s). But its going to be something that they'll be used to from day one.

[surfologist]

When everywhere you go, you look at pictures or advertisements on the wall and think:

I could have shot that better
or
I could have composed that better!
:rolleyes:

[surfologist]

Ahhhh... okay here.....

"When someone invites yo over their house, and you say no your busy... When in real life, you would just rather stay home and read POTN"

I mean.... cmon.... i was tired anyway....:razz:

[cdifoto]

...when a 1 series is more arousing than porn.

[Mark_Cohran]

When a sunset is more about the lighting than the romance!

Mark

[SuzyView]

I unfortunately agree with you, Mark.

Also, adding these:

When all the magazines in your house have cameras on the covers. :)

When you bug the salesman at Best Buy about the lack of Canon stock they have. :)

[Guineh]

...when a 1 series is more arousing than porn.

:shock:

Hmm:
*When you take a tripod wherever you go with your camera.

*When you wake up at 6:00AM and head to the beach just to capture the sunrise.

*When you're looking at a pro portait, and everyone's oohing and aahing over it and you're the only one thinking: "Why did that do that with the lighting?"

*You feel ill everytime you see a lit flourescent tube.

[inthedeck]

...when you are chimping each and every shot you take, to make sure it's crisp, and clear.

...when you are willing to spend more money/time on your gear, than any other hobby you have EVER had.

...when you are pi$$ed that you are on vacation, and you forgot that ONE lens, that you REALLY wanted to take, and it makes you upset that you don't have it.

[surfologist]

...when a 1 series is more arousing than porn.

Hmmmm....

L glass or jessica aLba...
I think id take aLba
:D :D :D :D :D :D


Does that mean that photographers would like Lindsay Lohan? :-?

[surfologist]

When you go to meetings....

I am not an Lcoholic. Lcoholics go to meetings!

[queenbee288]

This is a fun thread.
When you can't look through magazines without looking for shadows and wondering about the light setup.

When you agree to go places your husband always wanted to go to because now it would be a photo-op.

When even a short drive to the store, you are constantly looking for something interesting you could come back later and shoot.

When driving down the interstate, you want to pull over every 15 minutes to take a picture.

[Advocate]

When late at night, staring at the moonlit ceiling you think your retina has too much noise.

rofl THAT I can relate to.....

[Shutter22]

.....when you're a female 15 year old and when seventeen and pop photo arrive on the same day you have to cut out all the best articles from pop photo read it front to back about five times then look at the cover of seventeen.

I'm not sure many will relate to this.

[-MasterChief-]

- when you can easily identify any DSLR including the attached lens and flash even with a passing glance.

- when you frame everything in your mind and wish you had a camera to freeze it in time.

- when you see a duck, ... well you get the idea. :D

[BearSummer]

- when you look at a scene and automatically know which lens crops it the way you want.

- when your other half says "just enjoy the scenery"

- when you are never in any of the family party shots

- when you have memorised the hyperfocal distances at f8 for all of your primes

- when you can identify an L lens at 100 yards by the spacing of the black and white bands

- when you have arranged off-site storage for your second set of backup data

- You count frames off as you start filling your burst buffer

regards

BearSummer

[Lightstream]

- when you can identify an L lens at 100 yards by the spacing of the black and white bands



Worse....

When you read What The Duck...

When you read What The Duck, you note that the Duck must be a Canon supporter because of the red strap around his neck.

... and that the duck uses a white lens.

... and you can tell that the artist intended to draw the 600mm, and not the 500mm f/4 because you checked on the spacing of the white and black bands!

[NickSimcheck]

You want the new GTI simply because it has a red ring around it's grill.

[NickSimcheck]

When you turn a light on in the moring and you cuss your eyes for not stopping down fast enough.

[Dusty]

You know you're a photographer when - everything in your life just clicks.

[tiktaalik]

When you lose track of a dramatic conversation between two characters in a movie because you're too busy paying attention to the nice bokeh behind them....

When you lose track of the entire movie by thinking about which lenses were used in each shot...

[txduggan]

......you start to wonder if your girlfriend has enough aperture.....

:p

Tom D

[saravrose]

When you lose track of a dramatic conversation between two characters in a movie because you're too busy paying attention to the nice bokeh behind them....

When you lose track of the entire movie by thinking about which lenses were used in each shot...


I have done that... but, seriously bokeh in the movies is always soo incredible..

sari

[saravrose]

When you go on a road trip timing everything to get the best light at the places you want to stop...

sari

[lakiluno]

"When your idea of fun is to spend 2 hours standing in Jessops and mentally correcting the salespeople"

[Stavhp]

When you lose track of a dramatic conversation between two characters in a movie because you're too busy paying attention to the nice bokeh behind them....

When you lose track of the entire movie by thinking about which lenses were used in each shot...
:lol: :lol: :lol: I work in a DVD shop so i watch LOTS of movies.
I always find that i just sit there and look at bokeh and wonder what aperture they use.

When you convince your freind who shoots nikon to buy a black yamaha with red trim on the wheels(dont think he gets it yet :D)

[Saralonde]

When you find yourself nodding, agreeing and laughing at everything you're reading on this thread.

[Jaime]

. . . when your camera is just an extension os you.

. . . when everything is seen in shades of gray.

. . . when you look at a landscape and no longer think how would Ansel Adams frame this, but instead instictively you take a deep breath, point, shoot, and ignore the LCD.

[Stavhp]

You miss a lot of things because your eyes are constantly in a viewfinder

[surfologist]

When you find yourself nodding, agreeing and laughing at everything you're reading on this thread.

^^ So very true!


When you convince your freind who shoots nikon to buy a black yamaha with red trim on the wheels(dont think he gets it yet :D)
Dude... that was the funniest thing i have heard this week... thanks!!!
dont ever tell him... make it your secret 'subliminal' torture to that n*kon fan :lol: :lol:

"When your idea of fun is to spend 2 hours standing in Jessops and mentally correcting the salespeople"

I love doing this at Ritz... however, they have been hiring pretty knowledgeable people lately, so it has been harder...:p

[Spiral Photo]

When you read this thread and you suddenly realize how much of the immediate reality, the now, you've not stopped and enjoyed for simply being an experience, because you've been too busy analyzing it all as functions on a camera.

I do love taking pictures more than just about anything... but I'm learning to get back in the habit of just taking a moment and let life soak in a little. ;-)

[lakiluno]

When you read this thread and realise you do at least 3/4 of the stuff in it!

[CyberDyneSystems]

You know your a photographer when...

..........You own tens of thousands in optical glass, all happily paid for (no credit) and yet you live in a dingy downtown apartment, own nothing but jeans and shorts for wardrobe, don't have cable and watch the three local stations on a 16 year old Sears 20" color TV, and drive a POS '86 Corolla with a cracked windsheild and rattling muffler that you paid $850.00 for three years ago...

[saravrose]

You know your a photographer when...

..........You own tens of thousands in optical glass, all happily paid for (no credit) and yet you live in a dingy downtown apartment, own nothing but jeans and shorts for wardrobe, don't have cable and watch the three local stations on a 16 year old Sears 20" color TV, and drive a POS '86 Corolla with a cracked windsheild and rattling muffler that you paid $850.00 for three years ago...

that is about perfect... very starving artist... you're probably eating ramen noodles....

if only all of us could be soo commited. ;);)

sari

[surfologist]

You know your a photographer when...

..........You own tens of thousands in optical glass, all happily paid for (no credit) and yet you live in a dingy downtown apartment, own nothing but jeans and shorts for wardrobe, don't have cable and watch the three local stations on a 16 year old Sears 20" color TV, and drive a POS '86 Corolla with a cracked windsheild and rattling muffler that you paid $850.00 for three years ago...

LOL... :D
hey CDS... what is Graf Heg von Waxwing

[Roy Hernandez]

when you go to a bookstore and look for something about photography...

[Stavhp]

More:
When watching a movie that has a wedding, you look at the photographer instead of the main charecters.
In movies with the paparazzi you notice they have small lenses and dont even hold hte lens!!

[codex0]

When watching movies and/or TV, your main source of entertainment is identifying which camera bodies they blacked out the logos on.

[surfologist]

When watching movies and/or TV, your main source of entertainment is identifying which camera boies they blacked out the logos on.

lol... i do that all the time too.. sometimes its a nikon, so i think about turning the movie off... jkjk

[SuzyView]

CDS, that is about as pathetic as I've ever read. :) For me, no jewelry of any value or furs or sports cars, just give me the nice camera gear for birthdays and holidays!

Know when you are a photographer when your wish list is from B&H. :)

[asolie]

When you watch a football game, you are trying to idenify the pros' cameras

...you wonder why your right index finger is sore

...you cringe when you see someone not use the flash when its definately needed and you know they don't even know about ISO.

...you'd rather get a good L lenses for your birthday instead of a fancy-shmancy party.

I'll probably think of more later.

[lakiluno]

"You start yelling at people for allowing the auto-flash on their P&S to fire outside/when taking photos of stuff far away"

[asolie]

You see people using the green square and cringe. (no offence for greensquare shooters :) )

[SuzyView]

When you are watching the World Series and you are searching constantly to see what the photographers are using behind home plate and you miss the great play at first base.

[Spiral Photo]

When people approach you specifically when they're camera breaks.

A friend's P/S Canon digital broke at a party once, she picked it up, looked around and found me, and walked directly to me to see if I could help.

[shilophoto]

….when your child's first words are “cheeeeese !!”

[mij]

...when you see the rays from a distant light source you try to work out how many blades your eyes have.
...when someone asks the weather you give it as the fastest acceptable shutter speed.
...when you use a rocket blower to clean your home.
...when saying how far away things are you give the appropriate focal length to shoot them.

Michael.

[asolie]

--The first place you go on the internet is this forum

--family members start saying; 'oh, she's on the POTN, again.'

[surfologist]

....when your mom threatens to change your computer password cuz all you do is edit photos and spend time on POTN
:D:D:D

[asolie]

...you wonder why your right index finger is sore



And its your strongest finger. :)

[lakiluno]

when you start to make graphs from photos

[Kevin]

When you stop saying "on the count of three"

[franksterstein]

When "that nice redhead" you played with yesterday night is not the new girl in town, but a mighty-fine Lens.

When you pass the seatbelt to your gearbag in your car.

When you can identify camera bodies by their shutter sound,
... and can identify the speed it was used at...

When you have the imprint of the rubber eyepiece stamped on your glasses,
... when you MISS that imprint...

When you try to explain your friends why you spent a fortune on that 2.8 thing... hey, theirs is 5.6, it should be better, right? :D

Cheers!

[elise1030]

Yes like some have said, it's when you start looking for gorgeous bokeh on TV( I did that the other day on a XXXX beer commercial LOL... I figured out the used a small aperture in one frame and then a larger one in the next HEH.... It's even worse when your other half yells out to you in the next room that the guys on CSI are using a Nikon or that you start explaining to the hubby what the big round thing(ring flash) on the front of the camera is while he's trying to be engrossed into CSI haha!

[elise1030]

When "that nice redhead" you played with yesterday night is not the new girl in town, but a mighty-fine Lens.


HEHE now now, I'd be really offended if my hubby said that to me since I'm a redhead LOL...

[saravrose]

when you tell your family a movie sucked but it was pretty to look at..
when you ask your nieces to grab your purse and they get your camera bag instead..
when your bestfriend has to tell you not to take your kit into the restaurant/bar/movie theater
when your sister tells you that she doesn't care why you named your cat Ansel she still thinks it's weird..


sari

[franksterstein]

elise: no offence intended here, rest assured! My g/f has red hair, too. And I met her before getting into photography.... so the choice was not overly biased... hehehe. But sometimes when she really wants attention she does wear that red necklace. LOL! :lol:

[elise1030]

LOL I know you didn't mean to be offensive :D

[EOSAddict]

when you tell your family a movie sucked but it was pretty to look at..
when you ask your nieces to grab your purse and they get your camera bag instead..
when your bestfriend has to tell you not to take your kit into the restaurant/bar/movie theater
when your sister tells you that she doesn't care why you named your cat Ansel she still thinks it's weird..

sari

Hmm sari, I sense more than a grain of truth in these ;)

[modalus]

when you make the decision to buy a 400D...

[BillsBayou]

...sometimes when she really wants attention she does wear that red necklace. LOL! :lol:

Man, that's HOT! If my wife wore a red necklace, I'd have to start reciting Baseball statistics.

You know you're a photographer when:

When you have a nightmare that your wife has sent you to the camera store to pick up a new Canon battery and you come out with $400 worth of stuff.

No lie. That was my dream this morning. I woke up in a cold sweat. "Man, Liz is going to KILL me when she sees the Visa bill... oh, just a dream, just a dream, just a dream..."

It may have something to do with the $2000 I spent on used studio equipment (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=234112)and the $2000 worth of stuff currently moved from my B&H wish list into my B&H shopping cart.

[surfologist]

You know youre a photographer when you give the UPS man a big hug...... every other week.

[saravrose]

Hmm sari, I sense more than a grain of truth in these ;)

yes. I will admit. I've done every single one..

[MegaHurtz]

...when the last ring you bought was red

..,when you've crashed your car because you were distracted mentally composing a photo of the landscape off the side of the road

...when your heartrate increases when you walk into a camera store

...when you are an amateur who is often mistaken for a pro

[SuzyView]

When you will take a day off from work, drive 100 miles and drag 40 pounds of gear to meet POTN friends. :)

[saravrose]

When you will take a day off from work, drive 100 miles and drag 40 pounds of gear to meet POTN friends. :)


hehe.. actually it was two days and like 250 miles.. but well worth it... ;) ;)

[Mike Reynolds]

when you want to correct a salesman who's showing camera equipment to another customer

[saravrose]

when you want to correct a salesman who's showing camera equipment to another customer

heck Yah!! the last camera store listening to the camera guy selling some nice lady a 7mp point and shoot kodak....:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

sari

[modalus]

...when the last ring you bought was red

..,when you've crashed your car because you were distracted mentally composing a photo of the landscape off the side of the road

...when your heartrate increases when you walk into a camera store

...when you are an amateur who is often mistaken for a pro



This is just fantastic - particularly the increased heartrate- gave me a giggle
and the last is a classic.

s

[asolie]

...when you start seeing random objects in really neat angles...

[Man of 1000 Ages]

When at an event that has absolutely nothing to do with photography, you walk up to the other person with a nice camera and spend the next hour trading tips and trying out each other's gear.

[surfologist]

When at an event that has absolutely nothing to do with photography, you walk up to the other person with a nice camera and spend the next hour trading tips and trying out each other's gear.

Or youre at an event, and cant remember a darn thing, cuz all you was doing was shootin' and chimpin'... :eek:

[SpiltPickle]

... when you search your home for things to sell on ebay in order to raise money to buy another lens, or camera bag, or anything photography related :)

[SuzyView]

You are talking to other POTN members (like Sari, Dave, Tom, Jon, Dave in VA, etc.) and your children think you are speaking a different language. I call it Canonese. :)

[elise1030]

... when you search your home for things to sell on ebay in order to raise money to buy another lens, or camera bag, or anything photography related :)

Heh, totally ditto! I'm doing that right now LOL.

[MegaHurtz]

When at an event that has absolutely nothing to do with photography, you walk up to the other person with a nice camera and spend the next hour trading tips and trying out each other's gear.
Hahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaa been there!!

[saravrose]

You are talking to other POTN members (like Sari, Dave, Tom, Jon, Dave in VA, etc.) and your children think you are speaking a different language. I call it Canonese. :)

LOL...I do think it was nice though... for your son to realize that you're actually quite normal.... in relative canonese terms that is...

sari

[DocFrankenstein]

When you're mentally composing someone till they get uncomfortable.

[DocFrankenstein]

When the upper right box of firefox has been configured to search BHphoto instead of google.

[DocFrankenstein]

http://mkaz.com/archives/79

[BradT0517]

when you get offered a job after correcting the salesman

[Lightstream]

When the upper right box of firefox has been configured to search BHphoto instead of google.


SICK! Can you actually do that? I need it!

[BobCat]

When friends compliment your picture taking so they can get FREE copies of your images of their kids...

[modalus]

When the upper right box of firefox has been configured to search BHphoto instead of google.


emm can you tell me how to do this?

thanks -s o I can become a real photographer.
s.

[BradT0517]

You miss a lot of things because your eyes are constantly in a viewfinder

When you get tackled by a football player cause of this

[DocFrankenstein]

emm can you tell me how to do this?

thanks -s o I can become a real photographer.
s.
http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=BHphoto&sherlock=yes&opensearch=&submitform=Search
Enjoy!

[Mike Reynolds]

when you call in sick because you need to wait for the UPS guy
...WOW I am soo guilty of most of these!

[freefallu]

when you call in sick because you need to wait for the UPS guy

you too ?i thought i was the only person who obsessed like that lol.

[Mike Reynolds]

when you gotta wait for just one more delivery before you can post a photo of your boxes

[Airedale1]

I actually did this: When you look into the possibility of registering at B&H for your wedding. http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=208177&highlight=register

[Carzee]

When you start a collection of reworked famous movie lines...

"ssssh. I see dead pixels."

[Transportithere]

When the only recent photos of you have a growth on your face.
-or-
You grab your camera before the car keys.

[SpiltPickle]

When the only recent photos of you have a growth on your face.
-or-
You grab your camera before the car keys.

I like the second one, as I do it almost every time I leave the house.

[Reefbone]

How about when your jealous of people in the other hemisphere because their days are getting longer instead of shorter :cry:

[saravrose]

How about when your jealous of people in the other hemisphere because their days are getting longer instead of shorter :cry:

yep.. or you're relieved that sunrise isn't until eight in the morning so you don't have to wake up so early....

sari

[S Taylor]

or... when you buy 6 lbs of M&Ms with an idea for a shot you want to try. If it turns out interesting in any way, I'll post it. :lol:

[fergalsharky]

im starting to do 2 and 3 but havent got a 5d and wont have for a while so ive got a long way to go yet

[yoyoboy]

Well, I was watching the Massachusetts's gubernatorial debate last week, and all of the cameras that ABC was using were set to a different color temp. I thu up a little bit in my mouth each time they switched cams.

[BradT0517]

Well, I was watching the Massachusetts's gubernatorial debate last week, and all of the cameras that ABC was using were set to a different color temp. I thu up a little bit in my mouth each time they switched cams.

haha thats good for ABC

[angryhampster]

WHen at a college football game, you pay more attention to the photographers than the game, and can name off most of the equipment that they're using from half way up the stands.

[kiss_me_now9]

... when you purchase photos of yourself at [insert event of your choice here] and think "Dang it, I can do better than them, they blew the white highlights"


Hmmm, guilty. :oops: :D

[asolie]

You know you're a photographer when the only math you can understand is shutter speed, fstop... etc.

[-MasterChief-]

... when you take your incident meter in the bathroom to take an ambient light reading. LOL!

[weka2000]

You have a family trip to the zoo and you tell your wife the camera and lens that the person has 20ft in front of you.

[JohnEBongo]

.....you get that guy with his first DSLR following you around the football field asking you questions about your gear, ISO, shutter speed, focus point etc, etc. And then when you finally say "hey, nice talking to you, I gotta get back to work" and you move to the other side of the field to get away from him, then 10 minutes later find him right behind you again......

[BradT0517]

When you start to decide wheather it would be cheaper to hire a hitman for Dante and Belmundo or to just save the money.

[arthurgoh]

...you unconsciously tilt your head to make landscapes fit the rule of thirds

...you actually feel something when someone in this forum says 'Nikon'

...you have a paper deadline and instead of writing spend the time happily reading every single post in this thread even though doom is nigh

[asolie]

...whenever someone mentions a card, you think 'memory card', not a birthday card. (happened to me earlier today)

... when you can use the camera in M mode without worrying about the conditions... (need to work on that...)

[BIGTUFFGUY]

when you have 3 papers and a final due this week and you read all of these comments.
when you cringe at the sight of dust
when you almost faint the first time you notice dust on your sensor.
when you see other people without a filter on their lens and feel like you should do something about it.

[mij]

When you see a scene and think it would look better in black and white.

What the hell are you people doing to me?!

Michael.

[ejwebb]

yep.. or you're relieved that sunrise isn't until eight in the morning so you don't have to wake up so early....

sari

Or you are sorry sunrise isn't until eight in the morning because now you can't shoot before work...

[Belmondo]

Canon announces a new DSLR, and you have to decide whether to sell the house, the car, or the kids.

[cjm]

you know you are a photographer when

1. You watch a movie and say "I could have shot that scene better"
2. You watch a movie and say "Man that is such an awesome shot" and you are talking about the landscape and not the half naked girl in the shot ;)
3. You find yourself looking at a tiny P&S camera just so you can have a camera on you at all times and when you get it, you think it is way too nice to junk around in your pocket all the time so you put it in your bag with your big camera and find yoursefl STILL missing those shots you wish you could take when you don't have a camera because you left your little pocket sized camera at home.
4. You look at magazines in the doctors office, ones you probably would never ever look at such as Vouge or Seventeen not to look at pretty girls but to look at the photography in them to get ideas and see if they are any good.

Or is this just me?

[surfologist]

you know you are a photographer when

4. You look at magazines in the doctors office, ones you probably would never ever look at such as Vouge or Seventeen not to look at pretty girls but to look at the photography in them to get ideas and see if they are any good.

Or is this just me?


Nope.... me too!

Who wants to look at pretty girls? Its all about the shot man.... all about the shot. ;)

[surfologist]

Canon announces a new DSLR, and you have to decide whether to sell the house, the car, or the kids.

errrr.... new camera launch...??

**Hey mom, we need to talk about your car i just sold......**

[cjm]

Canon announces a new DSLR, and you have to decide whether to sell the house, the car, or the kids.Yes that is true. When there comes a true upgrade for the 20D and not a 20D MKII (aka 30D) I will be wondering if I really need a car. Nah I'll just be buying it and selling the 10D as fast as possible.

[4x4rock]

...when you told your boss you're sick so you could stay home and play with the new lens. :D

[cjm]

...when you told your boss you're sick so you could stay home and play with the new lens. :DI wanted to do that a few times. Usually if I get a new lens, it always comes one day after my day off on the sunniest nicest day of the month. :oops:

[peber]

...when you are singing in the church choir and, standing in front of an audience during a concert, almost looses your concentration because you are looking for the right angles to shoot pics of the audience and noticing the great light, "what if I..."...

Happened to me this Sunday...

/P

[DocFrankenstein]

You notice people staring at you while you're attentively studying the lighting techniques in a magazine. The impression you give off when you stare playboy doesn't occur to you.

[kwsanders]

... when you decide to get up at 5:30 am on a Saturday morning in December to drive an hour to a wildlife refuge for early morning photos of some of the waterfowl of the area. Did I mention the 12 degree weather? Yeah... no camera strap needed, because it will be frozen to your fingers!

[JCR]

When a beautiful girl is laying in front of you wearing nothing but her knickers and the only reason you want her to remove them is because the colour clashes with the backdrop.

[dpurslow]

when you see the lights in actors eyes and glasses in movies, and when you keep spotting that two people facing eachother in movies are both lit by the sun and your thinking hummm what planet is that where there are 2 suns....