What are the worst words in photography?

anu L ogy said:
U.S. Border Agent to me in Nogales, AZ responding to my lens filter as if its a matter of national security or a sophisticated device that conceals cocaine: "WHY DO YOU HAVE YOUR CAMERA OUT WHAT IS THAT RED THING OVER THE LENS???"
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I got searched and tested for gunpowder when a freaked-out rent-a-cop at O'Hare airport looked at my Rolleiflex via the X-Ray scanner, and then promptly took it out of my bag and had me open it. At least she didn't yell, but I almost missed my connecting flight.

You get what you pay for.
 
+1 for
wakarimasen said:
'But why do you need another one?'
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わかります。Though she doesn't need words for it, she says it only by looking...

Another one: "photog". What's so hard about "...rapher"? The whole word even has more than 10 characters, so the full word is all you need for a fully qualified RFF-posting! 😉
 
"Bokeh" - really, come on. The out of focus quality! I mean really.

"But you can only get 36 pictures" - yes, and you can get 500 crap ones.
 
Oh, the "why do you need another" is a killer. I sold all my DSLR gear and for a new project need to get one, although I'm tempted to get a film EOS 1V, but the girlfriend is fuming. 🙂
 
"Why did you take my photo?" - why, you think you're so good looking I'll sell it? I tend to tell people it's because when I get home my mates wont believe my stories of the ugly giants.
 
do photographers in the US say "say cheese" to make people smile at weddings? I suspect not due the US saying of "cut the cheese" but just wondering.
Mind you, if you ask everyone to cut the cheese it might raise a laugh or two. Either that or get thrown out of the wedding.
 
tlitody said:
do photographers in the US say "say cheese" to make people smile at weddings? I suspect not due the US saying of "cut the cheese" but just wondering.
Mind you, if you ask everyone to cut the cheese it might raise a laugh or two. Either that or get thrown out of the wedding.
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On the belief that saying the long ee sound makes it look as if people are smiling (as opposed to really smiling). Mostly, though, it looks as if they're cutting the cheese. So it works both ways.
 
tlitody said:
do photographers in the US say "say cheese" to make people smile at weddings? I suspect not due the US saying of "cut the cheese" but just wondering.
Mind you, if you ask everyone to cut the cheese it might raise a laugh or two. Either that or get thrown out of the wedding.
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Well ... having googled the urban slang dictionary I now understand 'cut the cheese!'

I learn so much around here. 😀
 
"Does that camera take vintage pictures?"

I was in a store and an employee complimented my camera and then proceeded to ask me if it took vintage pictures... whatever that means.

I think he thought my camera was like a Lomo, Holga, or Diana. I wasn't offended, though. I thought it was funny.
 
Your film was destroyed in the processor or we had a little processor problem or the power went off while your film was in the first developer and finally your sheet film came out of the racks somewhere in the processor. One final nightmare, we forgot to hold back half your sheet film and the processor malfunctioned due to corrosion on a switch. Eight sheets came through ok and 50 sheets were accidentally pushed two stops and the other fifty were pulled two stops. Sorry but we won't charge for the processing and we will give you a two 50 sheet boxes of RVP.
 
x-ray said:
Your film was destroyed in the processor or we had a little processor problem or the power went off while your film was in the first developer and finally your sheet film came out of the racks somewhere in the processor. One final nightmare, we forgot to hold back half your sheet film and the processor malfunctioned due to corrosion on a switch. Eight sheets came through ok and 50 sheets were accidentally pushed two stops and the other fifty were pulled two stops. Sorry but we won't charge for the processing and we will give you a two 50 sheet boxes of RVP.
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😱

that is just too tragic
 
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