Telling you what to do?

The last two photoshoots I've done, I've had random people come up to me and ask/tell me what I was doing and how I should do it right.


Does this happen to everyone? How do you deal with it?

Happens all the time. Just agree to make them go away, and then do your own thing.

I have never had anyone do that, nor would I do that to another photographer unless it was something crazy obvious that they just werent noticing.

I think thats rather disrespectful. You wouldnt go up to a surgeon and say, "Hey, I clean fish with my filet knife. I think you will get that heart out alot faster if you do this."

zelseman wrote in post #8974121
I have never had anyone do that, nor would I do that to another photographer unless it was something crazy obvious that they just werent noticing.

I think thats rather disrespectful. You wouldnt go up to a surgeon and say, "Hey, I clean fish with my filet knife. I think you will get that heart out alot faster if you do this."

Fortunately, hospital security is pretty good or it would certainly happen with alarming frequency.

For every real expert, there are far too many "armchair" versions...

Nope,,never happens to me.. But I often get asked what I'm shooting with..

I've never had people tell me what to do. Usually they ask me what they should do.

The parents of the volleyball team hired me to shoot the girls for posters etc. for their end of season banquet. As I was setting up one of the dads asked me what my settings were as he was clutching some kind of dSLR with an f/5.6 telezoom.

"ISO3200, f/2 and 1/640" I told him. Hmmmm.....his camera only goes to ISO1600. I noted that he was going to be down four stops from me on shutter speed....."Try to catch them when they are not moving" was the best advice I could give him.

^^^ ^^^

The first one to do this to me caught me off guard and I brushed if off but the guy today really rubbed me the wrong way. To the point where the family I was taking pics for mentioned how rude he was about the situation.


Just didn't know how you guys dealt.


/vent.

Nate P. wrote in post #8974112
Happens all the time. Just agree to make them go away, and then do your own thing.

Yup. I say something like "Yeah, that's a good point. I'll keep that in mind."

It's not worth the hassle disagreeing with them.

As tactful as a Taswegian can be!!

Hardly ever happens, and if it did, I'd probably thank the person and say that maybe I'd give it a try sometime...that's usually enough to end it right there...I try not to encourage or extend the conversation. There's only one person I'll listen to and take advice from...a friend of mine that shoots for National Geographic. Other than that, I do fine on my own.

It happens to me all the time... Especially at event shoots.

Jon.

argyle wrote in post #8976314
There's only one person I'll listen to and take advice from...a friend of mine that shoots for National Geographic. Other than that, I do fine on my own.

I would take advice from him too. And the wife.

Get a big white lens. No one tries to tell the "expert" with the big white lens what to do.

mike_d wrote in post #8977802
Get a big white lens. No one tries to tell the "expert" with the big white lens what to do.

alternative (or extension) to this: shoot with 2 or 3 camera bodies at a time.