What are some current photography trends that you can't stand?

[photoguy6405]

I kind of like "nifty fifty" simply because "nifty" is so underused in our language.

"Gripped" kind of annoys me, though.

[bior]

I grip all my cameras when I'm holding them, if I don't hold them tightly they might fall out of my hands.

[MikeFairbanks]

I don't mind "nifty" fifty, but to me the name "thrifty fifty" would be much more appropriate, seeing that it's the cheapest lens they sell.

[MikeFairbanks]

And why haven't any lenses been nicknamed "the Duckmaster."?

[FlyingPhotog]

Originally Posted by MikeFairbanks

I don't mind "nifty" fifty, but to me the name "thrifty fifty" would be much more appropriate, seeing that it's the cheapest lens they sell.

I've always heard the 50 f/1.8 called "Thrifty Fifty.". The f/1.4 is "Nifty" and the f/1.2 is "Shifty"

[photoguy6405]

Originally Posted by FlyingPhotog

I've always heard the 50 f/1.8 called "Thrifty Fifty.". The f/1.4 is "Nifty" and the f/1.2 is "Shifty"

What's the 1.0?

[FlyingPhotog]

Originally Posted by photoguy6405

What's the 1.0?

The "Myth-ty" Fifty!

[mikekelley]

people taking pictures of women

there are other subjects

[Hamfist]

Originally Posted by mikekelley

people taking pictures of women

there are other subjects

But the others are not worth looking at.

[KhanhD]

Originally Posted by Gizmo1137

+1. I find it is better, more efficient to get it right in the camera and minimize post production work because I get paid for taking photographs, not sitting at a computer.

You sir, need to redo your billing so you get paid for both.

[djentley]

Originally Posted by mikekelley

people taking pictures of women

there are other subjects

However that trend is older than language.

[photoguy6405]

Originally Posted by FlyingPhotog

The "Myth-ty" Fifty!

Thanks... I couldn't come up with one.

[quiksquirrel]

Originally Posted by mikekelley

people taking pictures of women

there are other subjects

Are you sure you're not just jealous that we get to have all the fun and you don't
In any case, I wouldn't really call it a trend. After the first few hundred years, I think it's fair to assume, that it's here to stay

[mikekelley]

very true

i just hate the "let's put a scantily clad women in front of this car/plane/horse/house/nice landscape that would be better without her/cheap ware i'm peddling. I guess you're right that it's not a trend, though but for some reason it just looks so cheap.

[Flo]

Originally Posted by suecassidy

"Kissing the belly" shots in maternity sessions. It is over used and I especially hate it when the Dad is the one doing the puckering up. Fingernails on a chalk board to my photographic mind. Also vintage processing, just not my taste.

I agree with you Sue, It always looks so unnatural and uncomfortable.

Originally Posted by joedlh

Lens babies. They make me think that I'm developing a cataract.

Getting a wide aperture lens and shooting with it wide open all the time.

Flash diffusers. I went to a wedding a few weeks ago as a guest where the photographer looked like she had attached a salad bowl to her flash.

Tilted shots of a body of water.

Battery grips. Make your entry-level SLR look like a $5000 pro model.

Photographers who think that shooting manual 100% of the time makes them a superior photographer (Unless all they shoot is still life in a studio. Then they get a pass.)

Someone with a top-of-the-line camera who, by their manner, shows that they don't know much about photography.

"I'm shooting a wedding next week. What equipment do I need?"

People who post a shot in a critique forum and then get uppity when somebody criticizes it.

Faux HDR.

LMAO..Joe, you covered most of them for me