Days out with non-photographers

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Just wondered if anyone else has this problem with their respective other halves.

When Emma and I go out for the day (like we did with Wisley Gardens last week, see my thread in the sharing section), I will take a bag full of camera gear.

Emma, on the other hand, will go to enjoy a day out - which can sometimes get a little boring whilst I'm lying down on the floor with huge 70-200, messing around with camera settings whilst trying to manually focus on a tulip :cuckoo:

I must say this is not a complaint, Emma has the patience of a saint but there's only so far I can push her before she will get the hump and start walking back to the car.

So, what do you all do to get round this tricky issue?

Do you just go out to enjoy a day out and leave the camera at home, or (if you're planning on taking the camera) do you tend to go alone?
 
Mine decided that the "if you can't beat 'em - join 'em" approach was the best bet - he now enjoys his photography almost as much as I do and doesn't get bored hanging around for me. :) I do appreciate that this isn't a solution that will work for everyone though!
 
My camera is never more than 2 paces from me most times. I generally leave the mrs with the mother in law when I go out shooting, saves the grief :lol:
 
Witch said:
Mine decided that the "if you can't beat 'em - join 'em" approach was the best bet - he now enjoys his photography almost as much as I do and doesn't get bored hanging around for me. :) I do appreciate that this isn't a solution that will work for everyone though!
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Yeah Emma doesn't know it yet but she's getting a D70S for her 30th birthday next month. She has expressed an interest but if it doesn't work out then I'll have a backup body lol
 
Just make sure the drive home passes one of the following ....

- expensive clothes shop
- somewhere selling shoes
- somewhere selling bags
- ice cream van
- 'big bar of galaxy shop'

And that's just for the blokes!!!!

Anth.
 
pete wins.

my wife is very patient, i really do go to town when im out and about!
 
I go out alone, then get moaned at by HIM that I am risking myself AND the camera as a lone female, but he doesnt really want to come with. Then get eye rolling and the distinct snapping sound of a closing wallet whenever I mention the need for new equpiment.

...but other than that, he is happy to let me do all the photography I want :lol:
 
suzie has started to enjoy using my little camera to take pictures whcih is good, shes not yet come to a rally or anything with me where i think she would be SUPER bored though!
 
whitewash said:
suzie has started to enjoy using my little camera to take pictures whcih is good, shes not yet come to a rally or anything with me where i think she would be SUPER bored though!
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Ah, thats the one place I can get him to, motor racing events, as he is a bit of a racing know it all anyway :lol:
 
Alison comes to most of my days out with me (unless its an organised meet) and doesnt complain she comes to MAN airport all the time and even logs the registrations for me leaving me to click away
 
Days out? That's how we met..... ! :clap: Watch out Pete! ;)
 
I always seem to be 50 paces behind my wife and two girls when we go out, although they dont seem to mind, however, the bit my wife does object to is the bit where I load all my shots onto the pc and spend what seems like hours sat on my rear end, staring at a screen......."its not good for you you know". and apparently it is not good for your heart,eyes or waistline...I must admit though, it is the bit that I dislike most about photography...normally because I cannot wait to see my results, only to discover that my photos are crap!!...lol
 
I think I am very lucky in this respect. Although my wife Clare doesn't really take photographs, she really takes an interest in it. When we're out and about, she often will notice things that may make a good shot. Sometimes she spots things that I'd never eben look at, and they make amazing shots!
She's kinda turned into my quality control too, I'll always run a picture past her now, before posting it to my blog!
 
Well, as you all know, I got my 350d last July, Sue has always enjoyed taking photos and as soon as I let her have a go at chester zoo and she shot that lioness shot I knew she'd need a set of her own stuff (even if she wasn't willing to admit it at the time). I was going to go and buy her the same kit as me as a suprise but the local currys was out of stock, so I went home and told her what I was going to do and she told me that she did want one but didn't think we could afford it - well we had a skint month or two but she got her own kit.

A lot of people were like "can you not share the camera", I was like...."ummmm, no".

Same with the 100-400L, I had to get her one of her own, mine doesn't leave my 30d if we're out somewhere animally ;)

Its a hobby that we both get a lot out of, she enjoys it just as much as me and we purposefully plan on going places where we can take photos.

Its expensive, but I wouldn't change anything for the world, I love that we've found something we're both passionate about that we can do together :)
 
A friend of mine recently took up photography as a more serous hobby than family snaps. She pursuaded her hubby to get her a D50, which after some persuasion he did. He was working away at the time, and once he returned, the problems started. You see, HE loves the camera as much as she does, so its a case of first up, best kitted out. :lol: Then, to add insult to injury, her teenage son returned from school for the easter holidays,and HE suddenly discovered he loved the Nikon too! Best of all, all 3 have a great eye for a good photo, even if they are still earning technically. She has already baggsied my D70s when MY other half can be persuaded that I cannot live without a D200 and is also looking at a second hand body for one of them too.

You know what, it's her daughter I feel sorry for, imagine traipsing round umpteen days out waiting for THREE snappers to catch up! :eek: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
My wife and I work shifts and often our time/days off don't coincide. If I go on a photographic day out I generally go on my day off and take everything I'm likely to need. If we're on holiday she has previously got fed up with me concentrating on the camera, and now I limit myself to a maximum of three lenses, though often make do with just one as to be honest I get fed up with carting a kit bag around on holiday and a lens change isn't always convenient. I find this makes for a more enjoyable holiday as it's too easy to become totally self-absorbed in photography. I still enjoy the camera and this is especially true when I only take a 30mm prime lens; the limitations of the focal length lead me to enjoy working the camera and concentrating on the best shot it can give me, whereas if I take a zoom I'm always left wishing I had just that wider/longer view. She favours a digital compact and has a good eye for a photo - I'm still hoping she will take to my old EOS 300D and get the bug!
 
I tackle this one of 2 ways....
Either I go out on my own, esp if it's a photography orientated day OR if Dave comes along, I take the film camera and let him be in charge of the D70 - keeps him quiet for the day :lol: He's getting his own 'bridge' camera for his birthday on Friday, so hopefully he'll show a little more interest now :)
 
Witch said:
Mine decided that the "if you can't beat 'em - join 'em" approach was the best bet - he now enjoys his photography almost as much as I do and doesn't get bored hanging around for me. :) I do appreciate that this isn't a solution that will work for everyone though!
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Snap! :thumbs: My wife's interest really started when I was getting ready for a group session at a studio. She'd posed for me on several occasions and was curious to have a go from the other side of the lens. She had been using an old Minolta bridge camera for days out and was going to use that until I pointed out it wouldn't work in the studio properly. We did still have a 350D which was going to be sold to cover the cost of an upgrade to a 20D though.

She decided to use it on the understanding that we definitely weren't going to keep it after, it was just going to be a one off (Absolutely said I! ;) ) Within 1/2hr there was no way that 350D was going to be sold! :D

She now has a Sigma 18-50 f/2.8 to replace the kit lens and loves going out with it. She does also pack a book on one of her OU courses whenever I mention that I'd like to go somewhere to do some macro pics :shrug: :lol:

A lot of the time she's busy with her OU courses so during the week as we've no kids I can go out with the camera as much as I like, leaving the weekends to spend together.

<whispers> Sometimes we even go out without the cameras! :nuts: </whispers>
 
i am sinlge too, doubt theres many women that could put up with, work by day, gym by night, motorsport photograpghy by weekend during the racing season, or wildlife in the close season.
 
paulc said:
I always seem to be 50 paces behind my wife and two girls when we go out,
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Don't know whether this is too much to admit but I think I will.....

This is EXACTLY how the rot set in after a 29 year marriage :thumbsdown: I'd noticed for a number of months that, whenever we went out, I was always left out, traipsing behind the two of them. I even tried it without a camera..... :( We had three kids, two had flown the nest so there was, since 2001, just the three of us at home ....

A long story cut short, the last trip with camera was in fact the last straw. After a few months and a load of unpleasantness later I discovered the third child was not mine! She was then 14..... the end! Been a bit difficult since then but, in 2004, I met a most wonderful lady :love: and soon all this mess will be finished...... :razz:
 
If I'm going out with my partner I will usually use it as a scouting mission and come back with my camera some other time. I don't like to be rushed with my photography and don't enjoy it properly if I'm concious of someone else being bored and the pressure to hurry up.

That said sometimes it does work out as my partner is a botanist so she can often while away my photography time looking at plants and sometimes finds interesting subjects for me to photograph. But, for the most part, photography is a solitary pursuit for me.
 
My missus got fed up of me going out and her staying at home, so she now comes along armed with a stack of books (she's a keen reader) and/or her cross stitch kits. She'll stay in the car most times while I get out and do the camera work.
 
DaveFeeder said:
I think I am very lucky in this respect. Although my wife Clare doesn't really take photographs, she really takes an interest in it. When we're out and about, she often will notice things that may make a good shot. Sometimes she spots things that I'd never eben look at, and they make amazing shots!
She's kinda turned into my quality control too, I'll always run a picture past her now, before posting it to my blog!
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I have a male version of your wife!

AND he carries my bags and tripods etc too :clap:
 
JPS said:
My missus got fed up of me going out and her staying at home, so she now comes along armed with a stack of books (she's a keen reader) and/or her cross stitch kits. She'll stay in the car most times while I get out and do the camera work.
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Hmmm, that's a suspiciously similar MO to my wife. I wondered why she kept coming home smelling of aftershave :p
 
I usually go on my own, less grief for both of us that way.
 
dod said:
I usually go on my own, less grief for both of us that way.
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We just dont go out!! :D Far easier! I get shots within walking distance of home mostly.

OK..which bright spark said "That's why all her shots look the same!" :D :lol:
 
I'm single so I tend to go out and about either on my own or with friends. My mates can get annoyed with me sometimes as I tend to walk behind them and wander off at random if I see something interesting. A lot of the time though I get my friends together and we all go for a photography trip. :)

One of the funniest things I've experience though is taking my D50 to a party to use for quick snapshots. I let a few people use it to take photos of me and every single one of them asked me how to turn the screen on. :lol:
 
My Girlfriend pays for some of my photo trips abroad. :)

AND she carries my largest lens in carry on. :D (it is lighter than all the other kit I have in carry on. I'm not THAT much of a git! ;))

If this was a competition, do I win? :lol:
 
"You can leave that f'ing thing at home"

I've learned not to argue with that.

King.
 
Hmmm I carry my own kit, and Matt carries his.
I must say thanks to matt we both have a hobby we enjoy, can spend time together (well in the car on the way to places) when I get there I sometimes find myself wandering off a bit looking for other different things.
Luckily I dont have a problem. :love:
 
my other half carries the old brdige camera around with her, she doesnt take many pictures with it, but to be honest I wish she would, she has a much better eye for a shot than I do, at least for scenery type things.

who knows maybe we will end up fighting over who gets to use the d50 before too long lol
 
Im single, so no problem there. I often go out with my parents though, who are interested in flowers, animals, nature in general and photography so that works out more than good. My mum uses a little point and shoot, my dad a Olympus E400 and I use my Nikon D40x so there are no arguments over equipment. I think my mum gets a little fed up though when she's left holding the tripod as I head off into the undergrowth chasing some sort of insect.:lol:
 
Best thing that ever happened when Jan finally got interested. Gives a whole new set of reasons for buying new gear. :woot:
 
What's happened if the wife comes from the kitchen into the living room to complain about your beloved hobby?




Her chain has broken......... :D :D

Regards
David.
 
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