Just a little vent....

[Jemmind]

Just a little venting for a sec...don't mind me......
CANDID means that the person doesnt know you're taking their picture!!
No one who is smiling for the camera is in a CANDID shot.
Didnt anyone ever watch Candid Camera? It's suprise youre on Candid camera!!!

Sorry. Just had to get that off my chest.
Julie

[PacAce]

Just a little venting for a sec...don't mind me......
CANDID means that the person doesnt know you're taking their picture!!
No one who is smiling for the camera is in a CANDID shot.
Didnt anyone ever watch Candid Camera? It's suprise youre on Candid camera!!!

Sorry. Just had to get that off my chest.
Julie

Well, yes and no. Candid usually mean subjects acting naturally and spontaneously without being posed. So, you can get a candid shot of people even if they know they're being photographed as long as they are doing what they are doing regardless of the camera being there or not. Candid Camera had to hide their cameras because most people don't act naturally or spontaneously when they know they're being filmed, especially by strangers.

[vvizard]

And I learned another new thing :) I've always thought candids was just "snapshots". Like when you go around, and suddenly see something, you point your lens, shoot and walk on. That's what I've always thought you guys meant with "candid". Like when some of you guys are at the racetracks, you're there mainly to shoot the race, but then maybe you walk around the depots to see some of the cars, and of course you got the camera around your neck anyway, so why not take some "candids". Didn't know it had to involve humans at all :)

So thanks for teaching me another new thing today. All these words aren't easy to learn all-at-once, specially not when English is not my native language. But I have to give a _BIG_ thank you to the Konqueror webbrowser I'm using, which does inline spell checking on textareas in HTML-forms. It saves me all the time (at least most of them) :lol:

[Jemmind]

Charlotte K. Lowrie::
By definition, candid photos are unposed pictures of serendipitous moments when the subject is either unaware of the camera or doesn't pose otherwise for the photographer. Implied also is that the photographer has a camera in hand and is quick enough to catch the moment.


what I see are people smiling for the camera, and saying it is a candid shot,when it is not. It's a snapshot. Not that it is that horrible mistake to make, just little things that people say that make me go grrrr....like people who say that their female dog has been spaded, or that its a throughblooded dog, or other inane things that just bug me.

Oh well
I'm over it but it still it hits a nerve.
Julie

[vvizard]

Around here, an Internet-chat protocoll named IRC is quite widespread. Literally everybody use it to keep in touch with other in the same area (also maaany non-geeks). And the one thing really striking my nerve is people saying: "See you on mirc" I could shoot those.. Though I don't expect those of you not particuarly familiar with the IRC-protocoll/client issue to understand it. But it was still my little vent :)

Another thing that bugs me are all the people seeing my camera, and come up and say: "oh, that must be an awful lot of megapixels".. Yeah, like that's the only important spec about a camera :evil: But that alone ain't _that_ bad. What's really bad is when I actually respond: "Yeah, it's quite good, 6.3Megapixels", and they drag out a P&S from their pocket, smiling and saying (seriously, with a little teasing voice): "Haha, so you mean that big thing is only slightly better than my 5Megapixel?" _NOOOOO_ I mean it pretty much place your P&S at the kindergarden-level, even though id had twice my megapixels! But I don't tell them.. I let them go around happy and be salesman-fodder the next time they visit the photostore :lol:

[PacAce]

Charlotte K. Lowrie::
By definition, candid photos are unposed pictures of serendipitous moments when the subject is either unaware of the camera or doesn't pose otherwise for the photographer. Implied also is that the photographer has a camera in hand and is quick enough to catch the moment.


what I see are people smiling for the camera, and saying it is a candid shot,when it is not. It's a snapshot. Not that it is that horrible mistake to make, just little things that people say that make me go grrrr....like people who say that their female dog has been spaded, or that its a throughblooded dog, or other inane things that just bug me.

Oh well
I'm over it but it still it hits a nerve.
Julie

Well, all I can say is that there will always be people who will misuse words because they don't know any better and you can only do yourself a favor by not taking it personally and letting it get to you. You only have one life to live. Why shorten it by needlessly stressing yourself out like that? Just take it in stride and, if you have to, just laugh it off (not in their faces, though :? ). :mrgreen:

[Scottes]

I have a tendency to misuse words and even make them up when needed. *Especially* with the English language. It's ridiculous.

I mean, why do "flammable" and "inflammable" mean the same thing? Why do we park in a driveway and drive on a parkway? Why do they call them "buildings" when they're already built? Why do we have a pair of pants but only one bra? Why do we have so many prefixes meaning (basically) "not" - un-, im-, il-, in-, dis-, ir- and non-? If you can pick something up, why isn't it pickupable? And if it's too heavy is it non-pickupable or un-pickupable? Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice"? What's another word for thesaurus? Why is "abbreviation" such a long word? Why do they call it a TV set when you only get one? How come you never hear about gruntled employees? Why do we play in recitals and recite in plays? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? Why do they call it Rush Hour if nothing moves? Why is the alphabet in that order - is it because of that song? Why are there 5 syllables in the word "monosyllabic"? Why is it, when a door is open it's ajar, but when a jar is open, it's not a door? Why do we put suits in a garment bag and put garments in a suitcase?

OK, I'll stop now...

[Tbel]

Why do we have a pair of pants but only one bra?

Are you really wearing a bra? :lol:

[stopbath]

Why do we have a pair of pants but only one bra?

Are you really wearing a bra? :lol:
They make great ear muffs!

[tommykjensen]

I have a tendency to misuse words and even make them up when needed. *Especially* with the English language. It's ridiculous.

I mean, why do "flammable" and "inflammable" mean the same thing? Why do we park in a driveway and drive on a parkway? Why do they call them "buildings" when they're already built? Why do we have a pair of pants but only one bra? Why do we have so many prefixes meaning (basically) "not" - un-, im-, il-, in-, dis-, ir- and non-? If you can pick something up, why isn't it pickupable? And if it's too heavy is it non-pickupable or un-pickupable? Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice"? What's another word for thesaurus? Why is "abbreviation" such a long word? Why do they call it a TV set when you only get one? How come you never hear about gruntled employees? Why do we play in recitals and recite in plays? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? Why do they call it Rush Hour if nothing moves? Why is the alphabet in that order - is it because of that song? Why are there 5 syllables in the word "monosyllabic"? Why is it, when a door is open it's ajar, but when a jar is open, it's not a door? Why do we put suits in a garment bag and put garments in a suitcase?

OK, I'll stop now...


Hillarious :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Tbel]

Why do we have a pair of pants but only one bra?

Are you really wearing a bra? :lol:
They make great ear muffs!

I'll have to give that a try come december.
My wife's should fit my ears just rite.
I'll leave it to you to decide wether I have big ears or..... well you know where this is going.

[CyberDyneSystems]

Nice one... George :)