Whats the strangest thing thats happened to you on a shoot?
Jun 5, 2021 12:38:24 #
I was shooting a funeral video. Set myself far out and in the middle of the street to captured the hearse and the people coming out of the residence and slowly moving towards me. For an artistic cut, I zoomed in slowly and when the only thing in frame was the hood of the car I stopped recording and ran to my next location.
During editing, it turned out that the camera continued shooting for some time before it stopped recording. In the video, it looked like the funeral car hit me then blurry sky, ground, sky, ground, running footsteps and some people upside down looking at the camera.
During editing, it turned out that the camera continued shooting for some time before it stopped recording. In the video, it looked like the funeral car hit me then blurry sky, ground, sky, ground, running footsteps and some people upside down looking at the camera.
Jun 5, 2021 12:49:33 #
Dennis833 wrote:
On Thursday I found myself surrounded by 3 police cars and 6 policeman.
A woman living in a small country town in Tasmania, Australia had reported me to the police as a hitman with a tripod and rifle looking for the best location to take the shot. Apparently the woman had an argument on social media and that person was sending a man around to shoot her. The funny thing was that I ended up having a laugh with 6 policeman in a quite location by a river bank.
A woman living in a small country town in Tasmania, Australia had reported me to the police as a hitman with a tripod and rifle looking for the best location to take the shot. Apparently the woman had an argument on social media and that person was sending a man around to shoot her. The funny thing was that I ended up having a laugh with 6 policeman in a quite location by a river bank.
My most embarrassing occurrence happened a few years ago while at our busy zoo. I was walking with my camera on a monopod over my shoulder. Suddenly the camera fell off and went straight down to the concrete walk, lens first onto the lens shade. I picked up the camera, reattached it, and tried to casually walk off as if nothing had happened. Inside I was mortified.
Jun 5, 2021 12:58:13 #
jim quist wrote:
I was photographing a wedding with a medium format film camera. I was photographing the bridesmaids coming down the aisle. As one began her walk I realized I shot the last frame. So I had to wind the roll to the end, load a fresh roll of 120, wind it to the first frame. I got it done and took her picture in time. That was a stressful success.
Where was your second camera?
Jun 5, 2021 14:13:51 #
a: as a freshman @Hofstra I took a group photo of some club or other for the yearbook, after thanking them as they started to disperse I realised that I had not pulled the slide (4x5 graphic)...... but was able to get them back to do over.
b:Taking basketball photos for my daughters' high school yearbook, at her request (she was a teacher) I was "reported" by one of her (female) students to security as having "flashed" her... !!! Security caught me AFTER I had put the camera away and things got interesting fer a bit...
c: took several photos of my son's prom with his girlfriend, got home and realised I had not threaded the (35mm) film properly around the takeup spool...no film transport....(you ccan really take a lot of photos that way w/o running out of film..)
b:Taking basketball photos for my daughters' high school yearbook, at her request (she was a teacher) I was "reported" by one of her (female) students to security as having "flashed" her... !!! Security caught me AFTER I had put the camera away and things got interesting fer a bit...
c: took several photos of my son's prom with his girlfriend, got home and realised I had not threaded the (35mm) film properly around the takeup spool...no film transport....(you ccan really take a lot of photos that way w/o running out of film..)
Jun 5, 2021 15:00:12 #
billnikon wrote:
I was doing a wedding reception and the groom and maid of honor disappeared. I went looking in the parking lot cause I needed the groom to cut the cake and noticed a van was rocking, and so did the bride, after looking inside the window the bride stormed back into the reception, grabbed the mike from the band and announced that the reception was over and everyone needed to go home.
I was glad I had been paid in advance.
I was glad I had been paid in advance.
Haven’t read past page one yet but given the very tame nature of some posts so far, and even the police interventions, I’m already convinced that this will be the gold medal winner !!
Shooting weddings on rollfilm without preloaded inserts is not strange. Likewise neglecting to pull the darkslide. Nothing strange about “duh”. Happens every day.
Even without inserts there’s no excuses. I watched a location fashion shoot. That guy can reload a Rolleiflex in about 6 or 7 seconds. Shooting each roll took only about one minute.
My bro has a snap of a leopard looking at him through the windshield as the critter is sitting on the hood of the open Jeep. Qualifies as regular strange, but the rocking van is waaaaaay better :-)
I guess the oddest thing for me was that I didn’t die. Running around plugging and unplugging heads from power packs was normal when I was an assistant. But no one warned me that the fire dept had been hired to flood the airport taxiway so we’d get some great reflections at sunset. The packs were all on the damp ground. True “duh”, but I lived .....
But again, Bill is the presumed winner with the suddenly canceled ceremony !!!!
Jun 5, 2021 15:12:08 #
Wags
Loc: Mequon, WI
Several years ago,I was in Carlsbad, CA, on the beach shooting a beautiful sunset. I noticed a couple a few yards ahead of me who were enjoying the sunset, holding hands with an occasional kiss and hug. It was very romantic and touching. I started shooting them and ended up with several really nice shots. I then approached them, told them what I had done and showed them the photos. They were very appreciative and asked if I could email the photos to them, which I did later that night. A couple of months later they contacted me to ask if I could take some more photos of them and their family on the beach. But by that time I had already returned to Wisconsin. I was very happy that they enjoyed the photos, but I still can’t believe I did that.
Jun 5, 2021 16:21:35 #
Whoa!Jun 5, 2021 16:32:08 #
for years and years I sailed the Great South Bay (L.I.) between the causeway & Patchogue. I never took the camera so I have no photos to show how many times I have been "mooned". Hint: sailboats dont make any noise and usually when sailing one sails toward a landmark, or anchored boat! 
Jun 5, 2021 16:32:36 #
I shot a wedding on the cliffs overlooking the beach in San Diego. My assistant and I were to follow the black limousine to the reception a few miles away. We packed out gear into my car and got behind the stretch limo and followed it for several circuitous miles and then into a rather sketchy part of time. The limo stopped, as did I, and the enormous driver wearing a tux and dwarfing Mike Tyson but otherwise resembling him closely came back to my car, leaned way down to my window and said "Were wondering what you are following us for." Several other tuxedoed Black giants stepped out and leaned on their car, glaring at us. I then realized that I had been following the wrong car, and for more than the reason or missing the reception, shouldn't have been. I eagerly explained this to the driver, and he actually got a laugh out of it and politely explained how to get to the reception hall. All three were chuckling and waved as we drive off.
Jun 5, 2021 16:33:03 #
Nearly 50 years ago, a young friend who could not afford a professional wedding photographer, asked if I would take some shots at his evening reception. After some six shots with flash and shutter set at 1/60 second I decided that perhaps I would get better shots at 1/125 second exposure, forgetting that the flash synch on my Nikon F Photomic T only went to 1/60 second. So after those six shots, the rest exposed only half of each frame. I have worried, fretted and stewed over that error ever since that time. Reading this thread has actually been very therapeutic for me. I should probably send the equivalent cost of a few counseling sessions to dennis833. 
Jun 5, 2021 16:37:49 #
ek2lckd wrote:
for years and years I sailed the Great South Bay (... (show quote)
I sailed the Sound (the other side of the Island for those unfamiliar) between Mt Sinai and Huntington and never was mooned, but I did have a girlfriend who would go topless with me on the boat. A 25 foot Seidelmann, BTW
Jun 5, 2021 16:58:55 #
Jun 5, 2021 17:00:21 #
Flakes Mill wrote:
What a fun subject to bring up. We should do this more often!! Love the stories!!!
I was just about to say the same thing!
Jun 5, 2021 17:06:12 #
autofocus wrote:
I sailed the Sound (the other side of the Island for those unfamiliar) between Mt Sinai and Huntington and never was mooned, but I did have a girlfriend who would go topless with me on the boat. A 25 foot Seidelmann, BTW
had quite a few boats over the years, best was a Pearson 25..Col29, and a whole slew of ventures.. There was a boatload of nude bathers who often anchored just north of Fire Island and east of the RbtMoses/FI bridge.. no one bothered them tho..there was a nude beach close to the Fire Island Light, and for those who swung the other wa, there was Cherry Grove, I walked from the Sunken Forest (Sailors Haven) to Cherry grove one day and now know what it is like for a girl to walk by a construction site..
Jun 5, 2021 17:14:00 #
ek2lckd wrote:
had quite a few boats over the years, best was a P... (show quote)
hahaha, did you live on the South Shore? As a kid I lived in Freeport and Bellmore
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