Embarrassing moments
Jan 17, 2017 23:12:50 #
I've loaded film the wrong way before...and sent it in for processing. Doh!
Jan 18, 2017 06:03:14 #
I was in my newly opened studio. a customer came in I tried to make a impression that I was very buzzy. he was lucky he caught me in..as I was talking to him I opened the back of my blad film back only to have a large spider jump out of the cobwebs. How embarrassing???
Jan 18, 2017 06:24:12 #
December 1972 on my first trip to Alaska I spotted a real sharp Studebaker dump truck at Tok Junction. Got a few good pictures then 20 miles down the road I had to stop for a cow moose standing in the road. More pictures and advanced the film and it stopped just amm shy of the last click, using a Petri FT, little more and the film broke. Saida few bad words and continued on to Ankarage.
Still smarting from the broken film, I made a second trip the following march. The Studebarer was gone but the moose was still there. More pictures and no broken film this time. Sadly the slides have deterioated over time and not much good anymore.
Ken
Still smarting from the broken film, I made a second trip the following march. The Studebarer was gone but the moose was still there. More pictures and no broken film this time. Sadly the slides have deterioated over time and not much good anymore.
Ken
Jan 18, 2017 06:53:48 #
Snapperjdj wrote:
We all experience them at some time, it's just tha... (show quote)
One more reason why I don't shoot film.
Jan 18, 2017 08:03:20 #
I had just gotten my first SLR, (Sears!) and thought if the counter was advancing numbers, that there must be film in the camera. I double checked, as I had forgotten if the camera was loaded or not. Got a great shot of my brother, holding his first (and only) fox kill by the tail. My brother, at the time, had a red beard that matched the fox's pelt. It was over a month before the counter got to 36. You guessed it, no film! After that, I made it a habit to always be back-turning the rewind lever to be sure there was resistance...
Jan 18, 2017 08:04:36 #
I a snowstorm, I left my wife in the warmth of the car to take a photo of an eagle, appearing to brave the storm overlooking a field. I waded through about 100 yards in thigh-high snow, in visibility that was questionable, but would have made a great shot...except that it dawned on me that the eagle had not even blinked, the whole time I was stalking him. Come to find out, he was a wooden prop - a scarecrow, of sorts - stuck there to potentially keep unwanted birds and rodents out of the field... Overeager photographers seem to have not been on that list of pests. My wife has never let me forget that incident. Every time I go out to take photos of eagles, she reminds me of the "one that got away"!
Jan 18, 2017 08:11:42 #
Its was with 2 Film Cameras..
The 1st was with my Pentax K1000 my 1st 35mm I Received in October 1980, After 3 Months I started to get Double Exposure on my Photos Cause the Film Advance Lever was Loose, & I Didn't Realize this Until the Fall of 81, One Year After I got the Camera, I was a Rookie with my 1st 35mm & I Didn't Deal with the Problem Right Away.
I Took it to the Pentax Service Center Which Was in L.A's San Fernando Valley Community of Northridge at the Time!
...& I had no Problem with my K1000 After that! & I Ruined At Least Over 10 Rolls of Film for not Detecting the Problem with the Loose Lever.
The 2nd was with my Olympus OM 1 it was with a Switch Next to the Lens Mount & when I Used my Flash, & Got my Film Developed a Lot of Indoor Flash Photos were Dark! I was Mad as Hell! It wasnt the Flash, it Worked Well, I took my OM 1 to a Camera store & told my Problem to a Salesman & Also a Veteran Photographer, & he Looked at my OM 1, Saw the Switch & told me the Reason Why?
I had the Switch Set for a Strobe Mode, & when Set on that Mode the Flash Won't Work on that Model, so I Had to Make Damn Sure the Switch Next to the Lens Mount is Set to the Flash Mode so the Flash Will Function.
The 1st was with my Pentax K1000 my 1st 35mm I Received in October 1980, After 3 Months I started to get Double Exposure on my Photos Cause the Film Advance Lever was Loose, & I Didn't Realize this Until the Fall of 81, One Year After I got the Camera, I was a Rookie with my 1st 35mm & I Didn't Deal with the Problem Right Away.
I Took it to the Pentax Service Center Which Was in L.A's San Fernando Valley Community of Northridge at the Time!
...& I had no Problem with my K1000 After that! & I Ruined At Least Over 10 Rolls of Film for not Detecting the Problem with the Loose Lever.
The 2nd was with my Olympus OM 1 it was with a Switch Next to the Lens Mount & when I Used my Flash, & Got my Film Developed a Lot of Indoor Flash Photos were Dark! I was Mad as Hell! It wasnt the Flash, it Worked Well, I took my OM 1 to a Camera store & told my Problem to a Salesman & Also a Veteran Photographer, & he Looked at my OM 1, Saw the Switch & told me the Reason Why?
I had the Switch Set for a Strobe Mode, & when Set on that Mode the Flash Won't Work on that Model, so I Had to Make Damn Sure the Switch Next to the Lens Mount is Set to the Flash Mode so the Flash Will Function.
Jan 18, 2017 09:27:12 #
Ah, such memories of taking 40+ pics on a 36 roll. Like everybody else had to learn the hard way.
Jan 18, 2017 09:36:51 #
peterg
Loc: Santa Rosa, CA
I was assigned to shoot a football game for a local paper. Borrowed a Leica. Didn't attach the film properly to the take-up reel. Got some great "imaginary" shots. Sports department wasn't happy.
Jan 18, 2017 09:58:47 #
Having persuaded my daughter I was the one to take my granddaughters wedding photos I pressed the wrong button and deleted the lot.I had to purchase expensive software to try and get them back and thank goodness I did.
Jan 18, 2017 10:14:01 #
vicksart wrote:
I was the only one with a camera (film) to capture the first expression at a surprise party. When the shutter count got up past 36 and kept going, it dawned on me that there was no film in the camera. The subject was my mother-in-law - her 65th birthday! We have no record of the event or the look of surprise. Hooray for digital and instant feedback.
Yuck, bummer. But you did not notice that the rewind knob was not rotating as you advanced the film? Though possibly not all 35mm cameras are set up that way.
Jan 18, 2017 10:21:14 #
74images wrote:
Its was with 2 Film Cameras.. br br The 1st was w... (show quote)
Wow, you must have gotten the only ever defective K1000, or someone had been really rough with it.
Jan 18, 2017 10:29:09 #
I was shooting a race, and as always, I shot the gate, the chute, the gap, then starting with the poles. Suddenly my finger sort of "stuck" and the shutter went crazy. I ran out of film well before the redline to the finish. Oops! I reloaded while running and at least had film for a gallop back shot and the winner's circle.
Jan 18, 2017 11:12:55 #
paulrph1
Loc: Washington, Utah
We went to my 50th high school reunion on the 4th of July which was held on the 3rd of July with a stint in the parade the next day. Thank goodness they had prepared a float of us all. I gave my camera to my wife to take pictures of the parade which she readily complied. When I went to retrieve the photos there was no memory card. So no pictures. I forgot to load the memory card in the camera. Luckily I had my D750 which as a two memory card slot and had a memory card in the second slot. When the first card is full it will auto roll over to the next card, so I lucked out on that one. I never use the second card but it is there just in case.
Jan 18, 2017 11:15:09 #
How about when I was shooting film and a friend asked if I was shooting color or B&W. My response was that I was shooting in color because, "I didn't bring my B&W camera!"
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