----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 10:06
AM
Subject: Start your Sunday with a
smile...
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
