The Oddest Question You Have Been Asked, While Taking Photos?
Sep 19, 2017 11:41:05 #
Tomcat5133
Loc: Gladwyne PA
Well I think my answer might be about how people think today.
And because we are all so alert to the constant shooting of photograph's and video.
When I was shooting a lot of triathlon and running events with a medium size camcorder
I would get "what news station are you with." With a mirrorless, dslr style camera
"Who are you" "What are you doing" "You can't take pictures here" etc.
And because we are all so alert to the constant shooting of photograph's and video.
When I was shooting a lot of triathlon and running events with a medium size camcorder
I would get "what news station are you with." With a mirrorless, dslr style camera
"Who are you" "What are you doing" "You can't take pictures here" etc.
Sep 19, 2017 11:53:54 #
In 1990 I interviewed with the NYC DEA. Was early, so my 35mm with a 200mm lens and I took a few shots of the surroundings... one being the DEA building that had no markings. One cop, two cops... finally total of 6!!! Who are you with? was the question. I wiped out the card that was given to me in DC by the guy I was to interview with. I offered them the film if they would send me those not having the DEA building in it. I looked at my watch , time for my interview... and asked them to escort me to the building... one did... as soon as I entered he disappeared.
Sep 19, 2017 11:54:07 #
Great answer!
Feiertag wrote:
One more. I would show some of my shots on my phone, like most people do. The question would be, "Did you take those shots with your phone? I always say, "No, I would sell all my camera equipment, if I could get the same results."
Sep 19, 2017 12:05:40 #
I was at my nephew's wedding yesterday, which took place in a public garden. The garden has a policy against professionals taking pictures there. On their sign, they indicate this means using a tripod or a professional camera. (I didn't know cameras had professions. I learn something new every day.)
Anyway, I brought my camera, which is far from top-of-the-line and old to boot. I was taking pictures, not of the gardens but of the people at the reception, and someone from the garden asked me to stop, citing their policy. I pushed back and he asked if I was planning to publish the pictures. "Only for the family," I said. He left me alone after that, but kept an eye on me to be sure I wasn't taking a picture of anything else.
Sheesh.
Anyway, I brought my camera, which is far from top-of-the-line and old to boot. I was taking pictures, not of the gardens but of the people at the reception, and someone from the garden asked me to stop, citing their policy. I pushed back and he asked if I was planning to publish the pictures. "Only for the family," I said. He left me alone after that, but kept an eye on me to be sure I wasn't taking a picture of anything else.
Sheesh.
Sep 19, 2017 12:06:57 #
OneShot1
Loc: Wichita, KS, USA
I was in a local Botanical Garden, on my belly, scooted under a bush to take close-ups of some mushrooms. I got the feeling I was being watched, so I rolled over to look and a couple jumped out of their skin. They had thought I was a dead body.
Sep 19, 2017 12:22:19 #
Coupla days ago, I was (unsuccessfully) trying to find birds to shoot in city parks. I gave and went to my neighborhood bar. Driving a convertible so I took the camera with me and set it on the bar. One table was decorated for a birthday celebration and the bartender asked, "Are you here to take pictures of the birthday party?" My response, "Yes I am, but you'll have to move that table back another 100 feet." 
Sep 19, 2017 12:25:35 #
Slightly off topic but similar: When I worked in the field as a land surveyor we often worked on school grounds. As I would be setting up the surveying instrument (total station or theodolite) on its tripod I would inevitably be asked by the kids to take their picture. Or someone would come along and ask if today was picture day, someone not always being a child by the way. And it wasn't always in schools. It's amazing how many people have never seen a total station up and when they see it on a tripod with its telescope and lenses they think camera.
Sep 19, 2017 12:29:42 #
Many are using guidelines such as 6" and longer lenses and a tripod designate you as a professional. Fight back with a mirror lens and high ISO.
htbrown wrote:
I was at my nephew's wedding yesterday, which took... (show quote)
Sep 19, 2017 12:33:14 #
I had some of my photos put on large canvasses which I hung in my home. A visitor was admiring them and commented "Wow, you must have a REALLY BIG camera!"
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Sep 19, 2017 12:53:49 #
Working with a wooden 8x10 view camera, I used to be asked " is that a TV camera?" My standard answers were either " yes we are from channel one." Or, "no we're surveying for a new highway".
Sep 19, 2017 13:39:12 #
Feiertag wrote:
I know many of us have had a Microsoft Moment!I thought it was hilarious. It was a Kodak moment.
Sep 19, 2017 13:39:57 #
[quote=Feiertag]Here is mine. While vacationing last year, in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, I was taking shots from the Government Wharf. The passenger in a beat up pickup truck leaned out his window and yells, "Hey buddy, how many watts is your lens?" With a straight face, I told him it was a Nikon 200-400 watts. B
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Sep 19, 2017 13:55:26 #
After asking a teenager if I could take her photo, she said "Will it hurt?"
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