Whats your photographic pet peeves?

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radical7

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What irritates the living snot out of you, photographically speaking?

For me one of them it's pulling out the ipad or tablet for a photo, can't stand it! What's yours?
 
"I love photography. HDR is awesome!"
(OK, cool story bro.)

"I usually carry [uber DSLR name here] and ["pro" lens name here]"
(Is that a streed cred kinda thing you have to mention the biggest lens name whenever you talk to another photographer?)

Canon vs Nikon talk.

Ziga pixel talk.

Talking how great the lens/camera is while his/her Flickr stream is filled with photos OF equipment.

100% crop of digital images on screen.
 
Well, this could easily be an endless list. But here goes with a few...

There are no light meters that fit my requirements for high sensitivity (wide EV range, especially on the low end), solid, durable, and reliable construction, and a size small enough to carry in your pants pocket.

36 exposure rolls of film. They should be 35 exposures so that they all fit (sort of) on an 8x10 sheet for proofing an entire roll at once, and fit in a normal notebook sized archival sleeve page.

35mm cameras that don't have a frame on the body to insert the end of the film box to help you remember what film is loaded.

Subjects that move faster than I can meter anf focus.

Grand vistas that require me to walk more than 30 yards from the car with a heavy Ries tripod and a Deardorff 8x10.

Forgetting whether or not you already put the sodium sulfite in your fixer.

Not having a spare camera battery when you need one.

Not having a store that sells film, any kind of film, nearby when you run out.

Having your 8x20 banquet camera fall off your tripod while carrying it across a busy street. That is not only disheartening, but embarrassing too.

Dropping your light meter in the stream you're standing in.

Forgetting to put your cigar down before bringing the camera up to your eye. This usually happens when drinking beer.
 
Most of my peeves are of my own stupidity. The ones I recall were results of importants shoots using just bought and unfamiliar equipment.
 
Someone wanting me to drop everything to take a picture of their kid doing something cute, when I'm trying to shoot something serious.

Someone calling a photo I have put a lot of work into, a "snapshot.'

"Oh, you'll have to talk to my friend. He has one of those whaddyacallit cameras, a Polaroid. They take really clear pictures, they have extremely good lenses!
 
coelacanth said:
"I usually carry [uber DSLR name here] and ["pro" lens name here]"
(Is that a streed cred kinda thing you have to mention the biggest lens name whenever you talk to another photographer?)

Canon vs Nikon talk.

Ziga pixel talk.
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Agreed :D
And, which one is sharper - not this or that, mind you - but yours or mine!! :bang:
 
Mostly the price of film and the related feeling of "not wanting to waste shots".

That, and bad light. :)
 
Honestly ... Instagram and every app like it. As novel as the look of photographs from older cameras and films can be, I just cannot stand the customer who walks into the photo store, starting a 30 minutes conversation about how any old crappy photo can be turned into "art" and made as good as "professional" photographs.

For that matter, I dislike Lomography. Not the idea, nor the cameras, but the culture around it.
 
coelacanth said:
"I love photography. HDR is awesome!"
(OK, cool story bro.)

"I usually carry [uber DSLR name here] and ["pro" lens name here]"
(Is that a streed cred kinda thing you have to mention the biggest lens name whenever you talk to another photographer?)

Canon vs Nikon talk.
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So I am guessing you never engage in Zeiss vs. Leica vs. Voigtlander vs Konica talk? Or discuss the M3 vs M4 vs M5 vs M6 talk? Or never compare any brands? Then you must be an angel :angel:

My pet peeves? How everyone in the streets of NYC takes photos of buildings and not the people. I think it is mainly because of the fear of people. (I admit I have some of that fear too but I am trying to overcome it).

I hate the fluorescent lighting in the subway. It comes out as this green **** light. Black and white still looks nice down there though :).
 
Oh, I've got many but at the moment it's those exaggerated HDR images that look like Thomas Kinkaid took up photography...gag me!
 
Snobish people online who think they are the only ones who know what a lens or camera is like. Else, I don't care what people say about photography. I enoy making images.
 
Using a dslr with its flash at a sporting event. I understand people with a p&s not knowing that a flash doesn't work when you're 250ft from your subject, but if you're spending $1500+ on a camera it just one of those things you should know.
 
muser53 said:
Oh, yeah...That's a great photo, what kind of camera do you use? Grrrr.
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I would have to agree with this statement. The follow-up would be:

"Yeah, I've been thinking about getting into photography too to make some money. Where did you get that camera?"
 
People who go to an event, or on holiday, and live the experience through the screen of their iPhone or iPad, instead of just enjoying whateverthehellitis they're doing there in the first place. I mean, did you really need to take a photo of that tourist information sign?

Then there's people who think that being photographer as a career is stupid, and feel the need to suggest that I should get a 'real' job, like them, at the desk of some huge nondescript company. No thanks, I'd like to retain my soul as I age.

The other one is people who instantly relate photography to landscapes or kids. They will insist that you should sell your photos at the flea market on sunday because you'll 'make a killing' or that you need to check out their uncle Jims geolinks website because he takes the most amazing landscapes.
 
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