Do you have a supportive partner??

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Good evening all....

I mentioned on another thread about supportive partners and had some very funny responses. I therefore thought I would ask you all the same question.

Do you have a partner that understands your photography passion? Has your equipment started to take over the house? I do and we both have such fun.

Let us see, I would love to hear your views.

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I wouldn't say SWMBO is actively supportive but she does understand that I enjoy this hobby and sometimes feel the need to get out and click the shutter. She also appreciates the effort I put into improving my skills and techniques and isn't shy in volunteering me to take family pictures :love:

My gear is kept in a cupboard at home, so doesn't get in the way or spread out around the house. If it did it would soon "disappear" until I learned my lesson :D
 
Bristolian said:
I wouldn't say SWMBO is actively supportive but she does understand that I enjoy this hobby and sometimes feel the need to get out and click the shutter. She also appreciates the effort I put into improving my skills and techniques and isn't shy in volunteering me to take family pictures :love:

My gear is kept in a cupboard at home, so doesn't get in the way or spread out around the house. If it did it would soon "disappear" until I learned my lesson :D
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That sounds like the perfect partner to me. :) And you have a place for all your kit.

I am sure not all the responses will be so positive. :bonk:
 
Yup, my wife is very supportive and has even been known to carry some extra kit for me when I'm feeling weak and feeble. It is a 2 way strett though and I support her fully in her Yoga endeavours - both helping her physically get her own studio up and running and financially until it starts pulling in more money. I also let her indulge her desire for footwear - both of us believe that as long as we can afford to indulge ourselves and it makes us happy, we should enjoy what we have - shrouds have no pockets, we have and will have no children and our nephew and niece will look after us in our dotage in expectation of inheritting what we haven't managed to spend by then!
 
Oh definitely. I can safely say that I could say to her "I'm going out on xxx day with my camera, do you mind?" And she won't. Because she knows I wouldn't stop her doing anything. Mutual respect I suppose...that and I'm bloody lucky :D
 
The idea of you Jo with Davs equipement all over the house is a picture I didn't want in my head........
Supportive?? hope so when she was made redundant she took over sales. Is now building a sales team and we no longer have kit and gear in the house. We had to get offices.

Still can't shake that image out of my head....
 
Nod said:
Yup, my wife is very supportive and has even been known to carry some extra kit for me when I'm feeling weak and feeble. It is a 2 way strett though and I support her fully in her Yoga endeavours - both helping her physically get her own studio up and running and financially until it starts pulling in more money. I also let her indulge her desire for footwear - both of us believe that as long as we can afford to indulge ourselves and it makes us happy, we should enjoy what we have - shrouds have no pockets, we have and will have no children and our nephew and niece will look after us in our dotage in expectation of inheritting what we haven't managed to spend by then!
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Sounds a similar situation to us, however our inheritence is already ear-marked!!! :). FlyTvr supports me in SO many ways and I him. It is a two way street, however we are lucky that are street is filled with fun, similar interests, different interests and our children. :thumbs:
 
Marcel said:
Oh definitely. I can safely say that I could say to her "I'm going out on xxx day with my camera, do you mind?" And she won't. Because she knows I wouldn't stop her doing anything. Mutual respect I suppose...that and I'm bloody lucky :D
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same here

got 4 football matches in a row to cover

2 wed nights and 2 sats nights didnt even blink when i asked her

and she wants to be out she goes out
 
Daryl said:
The idea of you Jo with Davs equipement all over the house is a picture I didn't want in my head........
Supportive?? hope so when she was made redundant she took over sales. Is now building a sales team and we no longer have kit and gear in the house. We had to get offices.

Still can't shake that image out of my head....
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Thanks Daryl, it is tough as I am a naturally tidy person who likes things in their place, however it is fun and we enjoy it!! :) You should see my surroundings as I type this:help:

Make sure your apprentice makes the tea on Friday. :lol:
 
When I tell the wife I am going to nip out with the camera for a bit, and she replies well F... off! then. Is that called being supportive? :shrug: She says it all the time now so I suppose it must be.
 
I left the bitch because she wasn't supportive :lol:
Being serious, my next girlfriend will have to also be interested in photography otherwise I'll happily stay single.
Never again will I be in a relationship were she lacks the patience for me to compose and set up a potential shot.

Erk...Just remembered I have spy on here who has previously told her something I once posted in a thread.
I don't know his username but if you do read this post, **** off, it's in the past and nothing to do with you.
 
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u8myufo said:
When I tell the wife I am going to nip out with the camera for a bit, and she replies well F... off! then. Is that called being supportive? :shrug: She says it all the time now so I suppose it must be.
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Mmmmm - What did you say when your wife wanted to go out??? :help:
 
hashcake said:
I left the bitch because she wasn't supportive :lol:
Being serious, my next girlfriend will have to also be interested in photography otherwise I'll happily stay single.
Never again will I be in a relationship were she lacks the patience for me to compose and set up a potential shot.

Erk...Just remembered I have spy on here who has previously told her something I once posted in a thread.
I don't know his username but if you do read this post, **** off, it's in the past and nothing to do with you.
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Don't worry it's not me - you have made us laugh - sorry we are laughing at your relationship expense :wave:
 
it's just a case of knowing when i'm about to step over the line for me. I play footy on Monday nights, work mon-friday and sunday... my golf will start in april once every couple of weeks.. and then throw the photography into the equation as well.. doesn't leave much time to spend with her or the kids.

good job i'm red hot in the sack or she'd be long gone :lol:
 
MsPeep said:
Don't worry it's not me - you have made us laugh - sorry we are laughing at your relationship expense :wave:
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Well it's a he for starters and not in your part of the world :p
If I make people laugh then I have done good but as far as my relationship status is concerned, believe me, I am more than happy it's just me and the dog :D
 
Yes my Wife is supportive however not at this moment in time, our son Ben is 5months old and he is like clock work at mo, and on weekends when iam home he is up around 7, half hour before sunrise for this time of year :shake: therefore i cant get OUT and ABOUT early doors with my camera at moment :'(:baby:
 
hashcake said:
Well it's a he for starters and not in your part of the world :p
If I make people laugh then I have done good but as far as my relationship status is concerned, believe me, I am more than happy it's just me and the dog :D
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blimey... have some respect for the women in your life :D
 
Being a Saudi, I have the pleasure of being able to have 8 wives and enjoy each one on her own merit. Are they supportive, no way! But I just run from one house to the next, and somewhere in the middle find my time to enjoy the shootings.


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OK, that was silly sense of humour on my part, as we're only allowed 4 wives, not 8 :(.

The one I do have is very supportive, allows me time to myself and thinks that my time in photography keeps me from galavanting around the planet. She's also a very keen photographer herself. The one thing I am not permitted to shoot is nude / erotic, but that's for me to know and for her to find out :p
 
Wail said:
Being a Saudi, I have the pleasure of being able to have 8 wives and enjoy each one on her own merit.
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OK, that was silly sense of humour on my part, as we're only allowed 4 wives, not 8 :p
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The first time I got married I was promised 16
4 better
4 worse
4 richer
4 poorer
The last one must have been one of the worse
 
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Mrs. P seems to be cool with the camera thing. I'm trying to get her to use it too, even if it's just for snaps of our wee boy in the house.

She's less than impressed at times though as I have a lot of interests to pack into my spare time. I am pretty sure that I can include photography in most of them though, well at least combine it with my bike which is my main hobby.

Andy
 
My wife supports the hobby but not the money I spend on it
 
My wife is very supportive, just as well really as I'm nuts about nature and photographing it:D:)
Its a 2 way thing tho when she said she wanted to go to India to to see Tigers I made sure that we can go by working loads of overtime and saving like mad
Taking the cameras of course tho :D and my gear takes up both of our hand luggage allowance :D
Pete
 
For those who have young kids, does that not cause any problems to spend your saturdays with your toy rather than with them?
 
My young kid tends to be the subject of most of my pics, so I get to combine the two activities.

As for my partner, luckily she is very supportive of all my interests, particularly if they are artistic in nature. She is a graphic designer by trade and so gets really enthusiastic about anything to do with imagery.

We both have expensive 'hobbies', she buys clothes and shoes and I buy original art (actually if I admit how geeky I am, I buy original comic book art), but as long as we can pay the mortgage and cover the bills, we never feel resentment towards one another for splashing some cash.
 
Supportive partner? Yes and no.

If I had the sort of partner who felt I should 'ask' him if I can go and take pictures (despite doing this for a living) then he'd soon be history! The person I have has his own life and I have mine. He's not financially involved in my business but he eventually confessed to having done some photography in the past and he's quite good - infuriatingly so at times. Of course that was his undoing, so he now gets to 'help' on weekend shoots which to give him credit he does without moaning too much. He's a top notch assistant - very cooperative, carries heavy stuff etc. All in all I'm pretty pleased with this one. However he recently developed some expectation of payment - it's not what you think (unfortunately) instead he actually wants normal monetary reward. Hmm.
 
Daryl said:
Freak accident boy? Bet you get invited to a lot of dinner parties? What a nick name :)
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Luckily for the guests, accidents just happen to me. In fact one of my best friends said he would quite happily walk through a war zone with me since any random gunfire would undoubtedly miss him and hit me.

I acquired the nickname after a series of unexpected and usually painful events
 
MsPeep said:
Good evening all....

I mentioned on another thread about supportive partners and had some very funny responses. I therefore thought I would ask you all the same question.

Do you have a partner that understands your photography passion? Has your equipment started to take over the house? I do and we both have such fun.

Let us see, I would love to hear your views.

:)
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no she just thinks it was an excuse to see boobs which is kinda was lol
 
Daryl said:
....you can't stop there Jason... enquiring minds will want to know.......
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Well, there was the steam valve explosion that threw me up in the air (stopped when I hit the warehouse wall), another explosion that I managed to run mostly clear of, that threw boiling glycerol into my boots (both of these when I was an engineer, I now work in film visual effects so I am expecting to be electrocuted by my computer any day now).....


....having to have my scalp sewn back down with no anaesthetic after a doberman attacked me in Sardinia...

.... a large lady in high heels falling back onto my foot on the tube and managing to dislocate my toe with one of the aforementioned heels...

There are more but you get the picture I'm sure
 
makes a few notes in case there is a future TP meet where Jason is attending :thinking:
 
FreakAccidentBoy said:
Yep, probably wise to stand back a little:)
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Forget standing back.

I'd be following you and watching like a hawk with the camera set to AI Servo + continuous H.
 
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