Spouses Attitude Toward Photography

Spouses Attitude Toward Photography

  • Absolutely hate it

    Votes: 14 3.0%

  • Barely accepts it

    Votes: 32 6.8%

  • Doesn’t understand why you don’t have a real hobby like gardening, housework, or gossiping

    Votes: 14 3.0%

  • Wonder why you need more than one camera, while they want multiple items of their hobby

    Votes: 65 13.9%

  • Likes taking pictures, but loses interest it involves more than pressing a button

    Votes: 84 17.9%

  • Doesn’t understand why you want a manual focus film camera, when you can have digital

    Votes: 55 11.8%

  • Claims to like photography but doesn’t care to learn about fundamental things like depth of field

    Votes: 45 9.6%

  • Gets annoyed at your hobby, but then complains about not having enough pictures of the family

    Votes: 40 8.5%

  • Wonders why their flash pictures at a concert don’t turn out, but won’t listen to your explanation

    Votes: 22 4.7%

  • Is happy you have a hobby and supports your interest in it

    Votes: 241 51.5%

  • He/she has to like it – it pays the bills

    Votes: 17 3.6%

  • As much of, or more of a shutterbug than me!

    Votes: 39 8.3%
  • Total voters
    468
dave61 said:
If possible, get a separate frige for photography materials. I use a small, cheap ('dorm room size') refrigerator. Holds 35mm, 120 and sheet film, and cigars. 😉
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Yup, buy another fridge. We have two BIG Bosch larder fridges, one for food, one for film and assorted beverages.

Cheers,

R.
 
I sold my Leicas 4 months ago. Believe this or not, but I was watching some Leica websites few days ago when my girlfriend saw it and told me: "Petri, I really think you should buy back Leica, because you really are a Leica photographer! You need one!" 😀
 
Ken Ford said:
When we were first dating, mine went so far as to buy a clean Nikon F so she could come shooting with me!
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My girlfriend (living in sin for mor than a decade) bought a mint Nikon F3HP, when we were first dating. She lost interest in photography and now her F3HP is on permanent loan to me.

Last month she wanted to go to the PhotoPlusExpo. After getting all reved up after seeing the Leica booth, she told me next year, after she pays for her daughter's wedding, she is going to buy me a M9.

I'm a lucky guy.

Calzone
 
In a fight in EX-girlfriend shouted out "And this film thing is Never coming back, give it up!"

To my response, "Who the @#$%^^ ask you anything." That's maybe why were Ex-es'

Funny thing thou ... I've billed 6 million in 18 years shooting 95% film. Cars on 8x10 Baby!
 
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My g/f commissions and/or art directs photographers. She says diplomatically little...

Oh yes, and she understands Depth of Field perfectly well, except when I explain it to her. Funny, that.
 
You left out my answer: "Is fabulously supportive." My wife Louise is a gem, always behind my passion for photography and cameras, and a force in helping me put up six exhibits of my work (four in 2009) so far. She offers her opinion of my work, is supportive when I struggle about images and show presentation, helps with promotion of the work, and...well, heck, she brought her father's 1936 Leica II to the start of our relationship in 1981 and loves all of the little accessories in my 1950s Leica, Canon, and Nikon collections. Lucky me, for as Dave said, she adores it.
 
It would be interesting, perhaps, to know how many people would check the box 'I am an egotistic self-centred git who can't sustain a relationship with or without photography but find it convenient to blame it on photography' -- assuming, of course, they had the cojones to be honest.

Then again, looking at 3 fiancées and 2 wives, the first fiancée, whom I never married, got me into Leicas: she bought one, admittedly on my advice, and I borrowed it; our darkroom was in the basement of her parents' house. I married the other two fiancées: the second was a graduate of St. Martin's and photography is only one of the media in which she works/worked (poetry, welded sheet steel, songwriting, oils, prose...), and the third, since 1981, is Frances Schultz, who is probably a better photographer than I am, and certainly a better printer.

Moral: if photography is important to you, don't try to hide it, and don't choose your partners on the basis of "Lead on, Dick, and I'll follow." And if a happy, stable relationship isn't important to you, why pretend otherwise?

Cheers,

R.
 
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Roger Hicks said:
It would be interesting, perhaps, to know how many people would check the box 'I am an egotistic self-centred git who can't sustain a relationship with or without photography but find it convenient to blame it on photography' -- assuming, of course, they had the cojones to be honest.

R.
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How about: "I'm not really an egoistic self-centered git, but sometimes I act like one, though I'm not proud of it. My spouse forgives such rude behavior because she understands that we're both creative, and all creative types are bonkers deep down inside."
 
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Roger Hicks said:
It would be interesting, perhaps, to know how many people would check the box 'I am an egotistic self-centred git who can't sustain a relationship with or without photography but find it convenient to blame it on photography' -- assuming, of course, they had the cojones to be honest.
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Haha, seconded. I do love the overall impression given by the poll that the poor little dears don't understand our genius. Maybe they've seen our photos, and they do?
 
Paul T. said:
Haha, seconded. I do love the overall impression given by the poll that the poor little dears don't understand our genius. Maybe they've seen our photos, and they do?
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I don't claim to be a genius, just creatively not quite right in the head.
:bang: This always helps, but I keep damaging the wall.:bang:
 
Just this past weekend my wife and I went to see a Dorothea Lange Exhibit. She was inspired as was I. Naturally I carry my Leica almost everywhere. When I was driving, she was holding onto it, looking through the view finder and asking questions. That made me pretty happy.

I think she is taking an interest and would like to learn how to shoot film, I just have to make sure I don't bombard her with too much info right away, which I tend to do.
 
Maybe I oughta give having a wife another whirl? Does anybody have one they want to sell or trade? Cosmetic condition or age isn't all that important as long as she's fully functional. Skills in dark room 😛 work would be a plus.
 
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Al Kaplan said:
Maybe I oughta give having a wife another whirl? Does anybody have one they want to sell or trade? Cosmetic condition or age isn't all that important as long as she's fully functional. Skills in dark room 😛 work would be a plus.
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Sure Al, mine is on the way out anyway so I can give u a great deal in trade. 🙂
 
Al, if my wife finds out that I bought a Rolleicord on evilbay last night, she might make herself available. She was tolerant and sometimes even supportive of my bad habit. Hopefully, yours truly will not have to sleep in the dog house.
 
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