tim_schultz1 Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 The one I get all the time is: What aperature are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfidaho Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Thanks Stephanie! I too have a 70-200mm, and I'm 5 feet 5 inches. I joke with customers that I'm "compensating". I also get the "I hope I don't break your camera" line, but my own response is "That's OK, I have a filter on it". Later, Paulsky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_gillette Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 I got to ask one photographer at a wedding, "Is that your memory card?" He was standing on it. He thanked me, said he hadn't used it yet but had wondered what had happened to it when he checked his pouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam_ellis Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 I'm surprised this one hasn't come up yet- "Do you have the magic lens that makes me look thinner?" How about "aren't we done yet?" from the groomsmen. Can't forget "I hate having my picture taken." Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_schultz1 Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Oh yes, the magic diet lens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawn_kelly Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 My favorite has been "You need to move some my 12 year old daughter can takes pictures!" I believe it was Nadine on here that gave me the response for next time - "When she becomes a professional, she can stand here. Until then, she can stand over there." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picturesque Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Dawn--I wish I were that clever. It was Brooke Moore who said that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleahy73 Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 I'm not a professional photographer, but as some of the other arts (culinary and literary)have been referenced... "So, you're a musician. What instrument do you play?" "Saxophone." "Oh, I LOVE the saxophone!" I never know how to respond. I think it's supposed to be some kind of complement. I guess the point is that this sort of thing happens everywhere, and most people are well meaning. We can't all be experts in all areas. No harm in having a laugh about it, though. Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamont Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 I drive for 2+ hours, and get to the appointed place on time. I knock on the door of the Bride's parents house..... Bride's mother opens the door.... "Hello, I'm Donald, the photographer" "Oh, ....... my daughter does not like photos" she replies, and closes the door! "Now you have upset my wife by putting her in the front row" "Now you have upset my daughter by putting her in the back row" "How come your tripod is always in the right place?" Whispered after desperate prodding in the Church...... "Your flash is not working!" "I hope you have film in that" "I wish they had sent Donald". "I like the way you let everyone else take photos too". "You don't have any spare batteries do you?" "You don't have any spare film do you?" "I don't suppose you have a couple of button batteries to fit my Pentax Spotmatic do you?" "How did you know they were going to do that?". There must be haeps more. Good thread. Donald. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmottershaw Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 I love the oh-so jolly hilarious question "I hope you've got some film in that!" It's not so common now, but in the earlier days of digital it was great sport to reply "no" and watch their faces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_schultz1 Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 I had a DJ ask me if he could download MY images from MY memory card so he could play a slideshow during the reception. My answer...No. I have also been asked if I have spare batteries too. Man this thread is the best one I have read in quite a long time! Keep it going! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_eisenkoelbl1 Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 Hello Wedding clan, I'm a professional event shooter, concerts, autograph signings, corp functions (everything but weddings - not that there's anything wrong with that ;) I shoot about 80-100 events a year. At a concert, sitting in a tight area and shooting with all primes (85mm 1.8, 50mm 1.8, 24mm 2.8 and 80-200 f2.8 zoom). Naturally a number of high wattage spots were on the band. A lady (a formerly skilled photographer - she tells me) makes her way to me and taps me on the shoulder and tells me, "you're not going to get a sharp pic without a tripod and not usinf a flash" (I usually have a monopod with me). I explain to her 'quickly about the rule of thumb about shutter speeds and length of lenses and the good amount of light hitting the band, the use of the fast lenses etc. and she becomes even more perplexed goes back to her friends and tells them how inept I am (meanwhile I'm happily shooting 1/320 - 1/500 F1.8 with my 85mm 1.8 with the changing light conditions). I've been approached many times with all the common comments mentioned - but this was one of the few times I wanted to ask the lady for her email add. to send her some proof that this could be done! Cheers! Chris I've att. a Paul Potts (if you're familiar)pic from last week (the crowd numbered about 4000 in a tight area)<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenni k. - vancouver, b.c. Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 AWESOME thread! "How come you don't just use the screen on the back?" with a perplexed look on their face as to why I continue to use the viewfinder. Take a moment at your next wedding to have a chuckle at how funny it looks when all the guests are standing around, arms outstretched, squinting, taking pics with their p&s cams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jane_markus Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 Ah, my least favorite . . . when the DJ steps up to the mic and says "oh, they're about to cut the cake, everyone grab those little cameras on the table and get up here! Then everyone jumps in front of me or hits the chair I'm standing on because (God forbid) I'm in their way!!" Why oh why do people use the disposables to take the pictures the photographer was HIRED to take? See, they paid someone to do that, you don't have to!! Ok, enough venting. Love the thread by the way :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christiaan_phleger___honol Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 "So, when are you going digital?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lora_bopp Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 At the end of a long 95 degree day, while photographing the reception: "Wow. You could never, ever pay me enough to do what you do." I got a good laugh at that one cause little did she know I'd do it for free. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannytekino Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 I've only shot a small handful of weddings, but at every one so far, someone has said...<br><br> "What's that funny bowl on your flash?" (pointing at my lightsphere)<br><br> I just tell them it's to eat my breakfast out of. Much easier than trying to explain the science of flash diffusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rannbphoto Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 I get that one all the time, Danny!!! haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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