Photo aphorisms

[photo_galleries]

<p>An acknowledgment of your own superiority or good fortune in photographing a difficult and highly inaccessible subject with your prized TLR occurs at the exactly the same moment you realize that you forgot to remove the lens cap.</p>

[donald_miller5]

<p>And of course if you do you own processing and know everything you will be damned if you are going to read the label on the bottle before pouring and forget what volumes you are mixing but a factor of two is insignificant.</p>

[Didier Lamy]

<p>Rule n°1 on home film processing: close the tank before shaking</p>

[donald_miller5]

<p>It is not a Hanukah camera, either there is no film or the film is not anchored on the spool. </p>

[Leslie Reid]

<p>A. When using a wide-angle lens, objects seen in the viewfinder are closer than they appear. This is particularly true of approaching waves. This is especially particularly true of large approaching waves.</p>

<p>B. It is difficult to maintain one's balance while running backwards in water-logged boots.</p>

[david_henderson]

<p>Anything described as a "scenic turnout" or similar is never scenic , and is often completely surrounded by planted trees so as to completely obscure the view.</p>

[donald_miller5]

<p>Remember that the light is on or that there is naked film around when you turn on the light to look for somethin</p>

[Leslie Reid]

Although the trajectory of a dog appears to include a random component, it does not. The dog will be in the photo unless you want the dog to be in the photo.

[Leslie Reid]

87.3% of all photographs you make of a deserted and pristine beach will include the footprints you made while deciding on the appropriate composition. For the other 12.7% of cases, see previous post.

[Leslie Reid]

Modified Beaufort Scale for shooting conditions on the coast

 

• MB 1: Fresh breeze, partly cloudy
  
• MB 2: Foggy
  
• MB 3: Windy enough to raise spray
  
• MB 4: Partly cloudy with light rain
  
• MB 5: Dog uses you as windbreak
  
• MB 6: Dog uses you as umbrella
  
• MB 7: Dog uses you as both windbreak and umbrella
  
• MB 8: Clear sunny day with calm sea: give up and hope that conditions improve tomorrow
  

[William Kahn]

Just reminded last Wednesday: If the shot you want is at the top of a steep, winding, one-lane, cliff-side, dirt road, a truck will come down when you're halfway up.

[Leslie Reid]

Rubber boots are effective for keeping your feet dry while photographing in the swash zone on beaches.<br>

Rubber boots are far more effective for keeping your feet wet while photographing in the swash zone on beaches.

[Leslie Reid]

No amount of sensor cleaning will remove the spot on your computer monitor.

[Mark Keefer]

Number 3 sounds like a bad day.

 

I would add that $10 64Gb SD card at the Black Friday sale at WalMart is not a bargain if it is not compatible with your camera.

 

You will learn there is a wrong memory card class required for your camera after shooting with the wrong class of memory card for several hours at an amazing one time event.

Edited March 12, 2017 by Mark Keefer