Time for a little fun!
You might be a photo geek if: When out to eat, you unconsciously complain aloud about lighting with mixed color temperatures When your girlfriend tells you to focus and you grab your camera If you say you went on a shooting spree and people look at you funny You get arrested after going up to a cop and asking him if he knows where you can find a ladder because you want a better angle from which to shoot the governor You pull out your camera phone at a bar and began to play with angles You are getting your credential photo taken at an event, you demand for the staff taken the photo to move in order to obtain a cleaner background. If you can walk into any room or onto any scene and manually set your exposure within a +/- one stop of the actual exposure You've ever said the words, "Nothin' a little gaffer's tape can't fix." If you believe that girls (or guys) will be impressed with the size of your flash card When you slam your jeep into the back of a van and after looking around to see if you're okay your next thought was well, you can forget bout the new mark II. If you pray for overcast days when you're vacationing in Hawaii because "the light is better". Your 2-year-old counts by saying..."1.4 2.0 2.8 4 5.6 8 11 16 22" You're shooting a downhill mountain bike race that your kid is in, and he crashes and gets stuck upside down in some fallen logs, but you grab a couple of shots before you help him up You're shooting a bull riding event and the bull zero's in on you, but instead of turning and running for your life, you run backwards and keep shooting...just in case You’ve scared the passengers in your car to death because you slammed on the brakes skidded to a stop, and reversed without warning in the middle of the street because you caught a great shot out of the corner of your eye You’re searching for a house to buy and find yourself frustrated by the awful photos taken by the realtors. You attend a friend's wedding and you have more equipment in your car than what's being used by the wedding photographer. You’re the official photographer for your own wedding You are watching a pro sporting event and you are watching the photographers on the sideline more than the actual game Your friends harass you for giving unsolicited photo tips to fellow tourists while at National Parks and other weekend destinations. "Seriously, your flash will NOT improve your pictures of Mt. Rushmore..." When you think of your honeymoon you think of the photo opps and ponder more about what camera equipment to take. When you visit family and someone hands you a wedding book and all you do is complain about the photography. You set up remote cameras and pocket wizards at a friend's b-day party to get an angle none of your other friends might get when it comes time to blow out the candles You discourage your girlfriend from getting a point-and-shoot digital because, according to you, she won't be able to keep up with archiving and burning all her takes to DVD You pay attention to the wattage of light bulbs in the light fixture above your table at a restaurant "I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself. I have nothing else to learn." - Pablo Picasso |
