The Most Boring Photography Job?

That would be the Ironman event then :lol:

I chatted to them before the swim, and they only had 6 of them to cover the whole 17 hour event. I did see the guy taking cycling in Adlington and thought I don't want that job.

Again speaking to them it was fairly obvious it was just a JOB not a hobby or passion, just get a shot of each competitor and get it sold. I'm also not too sure if they all work for ASI full time or were just hired for the event, as I got the impression some of them had not done a lot of sport ( asking what settings to use for the finish line shots ??)


I know what Tony and I charge for photos and must say looking at the images on the ASI site we both under charge by a long way . Theirs cost 5x7 at 14,95 EUR and 10x8 at 25,00 EUR .
 
richpips said:
I recently covered a triathlon event and saw that the official event photographers basically sat in the same place all day, and took the same shot again and again albeit with a different competitor in each shot.
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If they sold each shot to every individual competitor, bread and butter comes to mind.

Landscapes are a personal desire to me, pretty pointless IMHO if you want to eat, maybe I'm wrong, don't know the market...........
 
adsayer said:
depends how the photographer views their line of work, I suppose.

most boring photography job I would imagine is landscape,
stick it on a tripod,
take three pics at different exposures
spend the rest of the day on a computer creating an image with nuclear greens and armageddon clouds i.e. post process it until the image is total garbage.
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landscape is the best type actually, what type allows you to view stunning scenery and produce amazing pics. The processing can be very minimal depending on the photographers taste. I think that it is 100 times better than simple still life.
 
whiteflyer said:
That would be the Ironman event then :lol:

I chatted to them before the swim, and they only had 6 of them to cover the whole 17 hour event. I did see the guy taking cycling in Adlington and thought I don't want that job.

Again speaking to them it was fairly obvious it was just a JOB not a hobby or passion, just get a shot of each competitor and get it sold. I'm also not too sure if they all work for ASI full time or were just hired for the event, as I got the impression some of them had not done a lot of sport ( asking what settings to use for the finish line shots ??)


I know what Tony and I charge for photos and must say looking at the images on the ASI site we both under charge by a long way . Theirs cost 5x7 at 14,95 EUR and 10x8 at 25,00 EUR .
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You're right your prices are below par. No criticism, but I've just covered an event where the prices are even higher than theirs, the quality even lower.
 
fastworldimages said:
Taking pics of the tour de france, only difference is you cant faff about all day staring at the trees and hills as theres something exciting going through them :D
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TDF has come through my village, it's a crap opportunity, 4 hours of waiting, 20 seconds to pass, have done a few finish straights but unless you are on a bike or the big boy finish line section it's not that great.
 
PerfectSpeed said:
TDF has come through my village, it's a crap opportunity, 4 hours of waiting, 20 seconds to pass, have done a few finish straights but unless you are on a bike or the big boy finish line section it's not that great.
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TDF - I've been before as a spectator.

I'm off next year to take some great pics.
 
PerfectSpeed said:
TDF has come through my village, it's a crap opportunity, 4 hours of waiting, 20 seconds to pass, have done a few finish straights but unless you are on a bike or the big boy finish line section it's not that great.
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Get on one of the bikes and i cant think of anything better to brighten up the lack of life in the land :D

Thats what makes it fun if on foot, you HAVE to get it right when they come through, none of this take pic, check, move 1mm up, take another, still wrong, move 1mm to right tripod stuff :D :suspect:
 
fastworldimages said:
Thats what makes it fun if on foot, you HAVE to get it right when they come through, none of this take pic, check, move 1mm up, take another, still wrong, move 1mm to right tripod stuff :D :suspect:
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Don't forget your tripod. I'll be taking mine.
 
Home Town Stories - a mug shot of a soldier/sailor/airman - used to be a head-and-shoulders, but now we try to make it an 'environmental-portrait' i.e. showing them doing their job to make it more interesting, but when you have 60 or 70 REME mechanics to get through, it gets a bit tiresome...

Also: air-to-ground recce photos - it's the only time I ever use auto settings on the camera, which should tell you how mundane it it...
 
I recently did a product shoot for an engineering firm that supplies to the nuclear fuel industry, oddly, I found it quite interesting..........:suspect:

Phase two is really interesting,it is onsite stuff........:eek:

Landscape is great if you like being in the country getting wet,cold and stumbling around in the dark.You either love it or hate it.....:lol:

Street photography? I just don`t get that at all,but each to thier own and all that.
 
I think we have to be clear if we mean the act of photography (ie sitting there all day) or the actual outcome (the photograph).

If the former, I think nothing is boring if you like what you are doing. If the latter, anything wildlife/zoo/safari but that's only personal taste.

I really like skateboard photography, architecture, landscape (not the cheesy ones), and I'm really into street, war and journalistic photography.
 
adsayer said:
depends how the photographer views their line of work, I suppose.

most boring photography job I would imagine is landscape,
stick it on a tripod,
take three pics at different exposures
spend the rest of the day on a computer creating an image with nuclear greens and armageddon clouds i.e. post process it until the image is total garbage.
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:lol:

Part of me disagrees totally with this suggestion......and yet, there's more than a grain of truth in it.

Me, I'm going out to do some more really boring photography....
 
Larkspur said:
I once spent about two years photographing over 10,000 tiles for a museum, seen one seen them all.
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I think we have a winner!

Also, I would much rather sit outside all day and take pictures than sit inside and never see the sun! Count yourself lucky that you are doing your hobby for a living.
 
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I once spent about two years photographing over 10,000 tiles for a museum, seen one seen them all.

I think we have a winner!

Also, I would much rather sit outside all day and take pictures than sit inside and never see the sun! Count yourself lucky that you are doing your hobby for a living.
Thank you jamiestone. Your message is particularly appropriate since I was photographing them in a cellar.
 
adsayer said:
depends how the photographer views their line of work, I suppose.

most boring photography job I would imagine is landscape,
stick it on a tripod,
take three pics at different exposures
spend the rest of the day on a computer creating an image with nuclear greens and armageddon clouds i.e. post process it until the image is total garbage.
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Then call it HDR.:D
 
Grip and grin award ceremony photos are pretty tedious... popping 3 frames per person as 300 drunk people collect a certificate and shake someone's hand...yawn.

And THEN you have the pleasure of going through the whole lot to select the 'best' photo of each person...
 
How about the most interesting... who said product photography was boring?? :shrug:
 
As soon as your hobby becomes a job, there will always be times that it's boring - that's why you need to find something else to spend doing in your spare time...

Although a change of subject can also help, hence my recent foray back into the world of photographing nekkid gurlz...

But I usually find that driving round twisty roads, very fast does it for me...
 
It has to be low end product photography. About 30 years ago a mate of mine had a job taking the shots for an electrical supplies company. single socket, double socket, single switch, twin switch..... ad infinitum. it very nearly drove him to drink :D
 
adsayer said:
arghhhhh ok ok landscape photography is exciting.









down with HDR though.
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No you are right - its never Exciting!!! ( especially at 4am on a freezing morning) but for some reason I like taking landscapes.....I find it challenging and relaxing.

I do as little post processeing as possible - and even that amount is boring. Especially as I end up ditching about 95% of my shots!!

Working behind the camera in those little booths with a curtain must be boring - murder on your back as well if you are over 5 foot tall.:nuts:
 
Every week my local rag has pages of pics of primary school kids all lined up in classes.
I could not suffer taking pics of that for a living.
 
purpleclouds said:
Product photography - if you are thinking for Littlewoods, then yes....but what about for say...Mercedes, or even....Ann Summers? :p

I think I'd find crime scene interesting, but then again I like to watch Diagnosis Murder :D
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I shot one of the first Anne summers catalogue in the sixties (one shop at marble arch) I've also shot for littlewoods, done plenty of still life and cars but I'm very very glad i'm not doing what a friend is doing shooting nothing but African masks for the last 15 years. Although where there's masks there's brass, he has made a fortune from selling books.
 
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