lynnb
Veteran
Photography afflictions - what’s yours? Feel free to add to the list 😀
Advanced film anxiety - anxiety caused by wondering if you remembered to advance the film, or that you didn’t and will risk double exposure.
Bagaholism - an obsession with owning as many bags as possible in search for the perfect bag, which doesn’t exist. See GAS.
Barnackitis - sufferers consistently claim their Barnack remains the ultimate tool and is as easy to use as any other camera, despite evidence to the contrary. Comes in Ur, Ia, II, IIa, IIc, IIIa, b, c, and f strains.
Blackout syndrome - sufferers are recognisable for having left the lens cap on.
Catscanning - the spending of vast amounts of time trying to remove the cat and cat hair from the scanner and surrounding area. Almost always found to be a total waste of time after the cat sneaks around behind you.
Dysfixia - when you accidentally put fixer in the develop bath.
Edit Paralysis - the point at which you get hopelessly confused about which version of each picture to select for a competition/book/project/web gallery.
Exposure Deficiency Syndrome - the realisation that you’ve exposed an entire roll of film at the wrong ISO, just after you’ve poured the developer out.
Exposure Regret - the realisation immediately after you’ve left a location that if only you’d waited another moment and stood another three feet to the left you’d have captured the picture of a lifetime.
Exposure Panic - the realisation that the roll of film you asked your wife to collect from the lab contains pictures of your girlfriend in flagrante delicto.
Formatitis - the belief that, no matter what format you’re shooting, the picture would have been better using a different (usually larger) format.
GAS - A serious condition with no known cure. Sufferers frequent the RFF Classifieds and eBay with their finger on the Buy It Now button. Complications include bankruptcy and divorce.
Lensphobia - the desire to keep precious lenses in pristine condition. Sufferers would rather leave their lens in a humidity-controlled cabinet rather than risk damage by taking it out and actually using it.
Location Envy - when another photographer has already grabbed the only spot from which to get an unobstructed view of the subject.
Reformatastrophe - the terrible moment you realise you’ve just reformatted a card containing pictures you haven’t downloaded or backed up.
Service Anxiety - the worry that the service centre recommended by everyone else on the internet may have gone off their game the moment you sent your most valuable camera to them.
TLRoyeurism - the entertaining spectacle of watching a person with a TLR trying to track a moving object.
Upgradeitis - the desire to buy the latest Canon DSLR which is exactly the same as the previous model you already own, apart from small cosmetic changes to the font and button placement. A Nikon variant of this condition is also found. A Leica variant may be emerging.
Advanced film anxiety - anxiety caused by wondering if you remembered to advance the film, or that you didn’t and will risk double exposure.
Bagaholism - an obsession with owning as many bags as possible in search for the perfect bag, which doesn’t exist. See GAS.
Barnackitis - sufferers consistently claim their Barnack remains the ultimate tool and is as easy to use as any other camera, despite evidence to the contrary. Comes in Ur, Ia, II, IIa, IIc, IIIa, b, c, and f strains.
Blackout syndrome - sufferers are recognisable for having left the lens cap on.
Catscanning - the spending of vast amounts of time trying to remove the cat and cat hair from the scanner and surrounding area. Almost always found to be a total waste of time after the cat sneaks around behind you.
Dysfixia - when you accidentally put fixer in the develop bath.
Edit Paralysis - the point at which you get hopelessly confused about which version of each picture to select for a competition/book/project/web gallery.
Exposure Deficiency Syndrome - the realisation that you’ve exposed an entire roll of film at the wrong ISO, just after you’ve poured the developer out.
Exposure Regret - the realisation immediately after you’ve left a location that if only you’d waited another moment and stood another three feet to the left you’d have captured the picture of a lifetime.
Exposure Panic - the realisation that the roll of film you asked your wife to collect from the lab contains pictures of your girlfriend in flagrante delicto.
Formatitis - the belief that, no matter what format you’re shooting, the picture would have been better using a different (usually larger) format.
GAS - A serious condition with no known cure. Sufferers frequent the RFF Classifieds and eBay with their finger on the Buy It Now button. Complications include bankruptcy and divorce.
Lensphobia - the desire to keep precious lenses in pristine condition. Sufferers would rather leave their lens in a humidity-controlled cabinet rather than risk damage by taking it out and actually using it.
Location Envy - when another photographer has already grabbed the only spot from which to get an unobstructed view of the subject.
Reformatastrophe - the terrible moment you realise you’ve just reformatted a card containing pictures you haven’t downloaded or backed up.
Service Anxiety - the worry that the service centre recommended by everyone else on the internet may have gone off their game the moment you sent your most valuable camera to them.
TLRoyeurism - the entertaining spectacle of watching a person with a TLR trying to track a moving object.
Upgradeitis - the desire to buy the latest Canon DSLR which is exactly the same as the previous model you already own, apart from small cosmetic changes to the font and button placement. A Nikon variant of this condition is also found. A Leica variant may be emerging.
