21 Signs You’re a Real Photographer Now

[Picture North Carolina]

http://rising.blackstar.com/21-signs-youre-a-real-photographer-now.html

[SOK]

15. You stop asking what aperture and shutter speed was used to take a picture.

+1000

[mbellot]

9. Photo lab workers ask you to complete paperwork to verify that you own the copyright to the pictures you bring in.


;)

I'm still a no-talent hack, but I've achieved a level of technical proficiency that allows me to get ~ 1 in 1000 keepers.

:lol:

[mike_d]

At what point do people call themselves photographers?

[Persephone]

8. You snicker at the folks in the back row at the concert shooting with an iPhone or a point-and-shoot.

:lol: I already do this. Even back in my point-and-shoot days, I knew better than to try to use flash when the subject was more than 20 feet away.

[asysin2leads]

"Your spouse stops asking what UPS or FEDEX delivered" is right. The UPS guy parked across the street yesterday. I got a real nasty look and the wife asked if I bought the 300 2.8 w/out telling her.

[DDCSD]

"Your spouse stops asking what UPS or FEDEX delivered" is right. The UPS guy parked across the street yesterday. I got a real nasty look and the wife asked if I bought the 300 2.8 w/out telling her.


Did you? :lol:

[LONDON808]

"Your spouse stops asking what UPS or FEDEX delivered" is right. The UPS guy parked across the street yesterday. I got a real nasty look and the wife asked if I bought the 300 2.8 w/out telling her.

i have them deliver mystuff to work now that way i can bring it home and add it to my gear and she wont notice

[SOK]

i have them deliver mystuff to work now that way i can bring it home and add it to my gear and she wont notice

I'd love to see you add a 300 2.8 to your gear without your wife noticing! :D

[Jon Foster]

Ha... I can make a claim to a few of those line items but I'm still a hack no matter how you look at it!

Jon.

[hover]

11. Other photographers follow you to see where you’re shooting from.

This is so freaking annoying. I had two different people following me around at a recent show, trying to take exactly the same shots as I did. I mean, really? WTF? One guy I knew, and he was my ride to the show, and kept asking me about every five minutes what I was shooting with, in, what aperture, what shutter, did I + or - it (his words). I finally told him that he was never going to grow as a photographer if he didn't just try things on his own.

edit:

20. Your spouse stops asking what FedEx or UPS delivered.

My hobby, so to speak is modifying cars. She stopped asking that long ago, asking instead if we can afford whatever is in that box. If she sees B&H on the box, then she simply asks if I got a new toy, or if I got something that is actually going to help make me money. :D

19. Before you allow yourself to be impressed by that long telephoto, you want to know its widest aperture and whether it has image stabilization.

Why can't major sites like B&H or Adorama let me sort by aperture anyway, then zoom range?

[asysin2leads]

Did you? :lol:

Not this time. However, the 300 is in the very near future. Gotta love a wife like that.

[Analog6]

for me it is

"2. You don’t run out of battery power because you are chimping less."

I hardly ever look at what I've captured - I find it to hard to see the little screen anyway unless it is night time or very overcast!

[breal101]

6. A gorgeous woman with a digital SLR brushes by you — and you only notice her camera and what kind of lens she has.


Ha, fat chance, I would have to be dead or gay for this to happen.

[tupper]

6. A gorgeous woman with a digital SLR brushes by you — and you only notice her camera and what kind of lens she has.


Ha, fat chance, I would have to be dead or gay for this to happen.

Your not a photographer then :lol:
My eyes hit the camera first.. then slowly rise.. but not by much.

[darosk]

I love Black Star Rising :)

[remmeh]

6. A gorgeous woman with a digital SLR brushes by you — and you only notice her camera and what kind of lens she has.

haha... that's happened to me before...

i love this list.

[lgunnz]

6. A gorgeous woman with a digital SLR brushes by you — and you only notice her camera and what kind of lens she has.


Ha, fat chance, I would have to be dead or gay for this to happen.

Yeah, the woman is ALWAYS the first I noticed, followed by the camera...and then back to her! :lol:

[birdfromboat]

6. A gorgeous woman with a digital SLR brushes by you — and you only notice her camera and what kind of lens she has.


Ha, fat chance, I would have to be dead or gay for this to happen.

not dead, not gay, but definitely guilty of #6.
A beautiful woman gets out of a mustang and I notice if she bought the rally kit or has any aftermarket performance parts installed.

[number six]

A beautiful woman gets off a motorcycle and I check out the width of her chicken strips.

:lol:

[mr7q]

A beautiful woman gets off a motorcycle and I check out the width of her chicken strips.

:lol:

I am glad I'm not the only one! :lol:

[number six]

I am glad I'm not the only one! :lol:

OK, chicken strips! Viewer discretion advised!


Chicken strips. Not my bike.

397623



Ahem. This is my tire. :cool:

397624

[number six]

Ummm, we were also speaking of beautiful women.

Here's one - good friend, and those were not her tires. :lol:

http://strappe.smugmug.com/photos/621530234_FdZJy-XL.jpg


http://strappe.smugmug.com/photos/621530180_e6yas-XL.jpg

It was windy on the Lost Coast!

[Rey.dos]

A beautiful woman gets off a motorcycle and I check out the width of her chicken strips.

:lol:

LOL...

[Rey.dos]

Ummm, we were also speaking of beautiful women.

Here's one - good friend, and those were not her tires. :lol:

http://strappe.smugmug.com/photos/621530234_FdZJy-XL.jpg


http://strappe.smugmug.com/photos/621530180_e6yas-XL.jpg

It was windy on the Lost Coast!

now time to check if shes a kneedragger...yikes...i see a CU badge...good ladies to ride with...

[SuzyView]

I'll have to print up that list. But when I'm out with many photographers, the first thing I look for is a POTN strap. :)

[wagonwheel]

The camera around her neck gives a reason to look at her a little longer.

[-OutofFocus-]

6. A gorgeous woman with a digital SLR brushes by you — and you only notice her camera and what kind of lens she has.

then you notice her shoes, purse, outfit...so on...was there a person carring these at all???

I would and do totally dress like a bum so my oldish gear can get the glares.

[Picture North Carolina]

Hmmmm...... I'm wonderin' about y'all. A good looking woman walks by me, I'm looking at her. Period. End of sentence. If she had a camera around her neck, I might not even notice it.

[Karl Johnston]

6. A gorgeous woman with a digital SLR brushes by you — and you only notice her camera and what kind of lens she has.


Ha, fat chance, I would have to be dead or gay for this to happen.
LOL !

Hey I've done that...but it doesn't mean I didn't notice her as well :D double score !!:p Hot photo-babe

[trt-reece]

My eyes hit the camera first.. then slowly rise.. but not by much.

Nice ;)