What are the worst words in photography?

[jamesdfloyd]

So...what are the worst words you've ever heard in photography?

Me? It always starts out the same way; "...I bought my spouse a DSLR for Christmas and they've become quite the photographer. Here, take a look as some of their pictures."

What are yours?

J.D.

 

[SolaresLarrave]

An all time favorite of many of us here:

"Wow... That camera must take very good photos!"

 

[coelacanth]

"I LOVE HDR!"

Sorry, I had to let it out...

 

[jslash6]

the worst singular word: photog

 

[surfer dude]

"Shame about the weather today - YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE YESTERDAY!!"

sigh...

 

[starless]

"sharpness is important"

 

[dof]

"Deceptively Simple."

 

[jamesdfloyd]

Oh...I almost forgot; "...my friend is getting married and they asked me to photograph their wedding. Can you give me some pointers?"

 

[Melvin]

"They still make film?"

 

[Richard G]

You know your flash didn't go off. [such ignorance]
Those shots won't work out you know. [same guy]
You might want to take the lens cap off. [so embarrassing]
Yeah, I have an old camera just like that. [bet she doesn't]
So you have these on your iPhone, but you took them with that old film camera....how did you do that? [magic]
Is that a Lecia? [dyslecia]

 

[stompyq]

For me it's a tie between "HDR" and "ken rockwell thinks highly of it"

 

[jamesdfloyd]

How could I forget... "I'll just fix it in Photoshop"

 

[drewbarb]

"Never mind. The kid in the mailroom has a camera, and he takes some nice snaps; we'll just get him to do it."

 

[Leigh Youdale]

Security guard at airport, looking at either a Leica IIIf or a Rolleiflex. "What's THAT?"

 

[Creagerj]

"I just got my first DSLR and I've been taking macro shots of flowers..."

 

[aad]

"..new camera.."

 

[Keith]

##### to discontinue ##### 400 and several other emulsions!

 

[jordan.dickinson]

"How much did that cost?"- my girlfriend about my latest Leica equipment purchases

 

[maddoc]

Bokeh ....

 

[J J Kapsberger]

"Why don't you just shoot digital?"

"How long do we have to wait before those [shots] are developed?"