What was your most embarrassing photography moment?

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Just curious, if theres any real stinkers I might reveal some more of mine :lol:

One quite embarrasing thing that springs to mind was when I was showing my portfolio to someone and had a brainfart. I kept referring to a pigeon as a penguin. I done this about 20 times in a row :bang:
 
Chris Primadona said:
Just curious, if theres any real stinkers I might reveal some more of mine :lol:

One quite embarrasing thing that springs to mind was when I was showing my portfolio to someone and had a brainfart. I kept referring to a pigeon as a penguin. I done this about 20 times in a row :bang:
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Pmsl, I walked out on my balcony in a towl so my Mrs decided to pull it off me and lock me on the balcony only to grab my camera take some pics and post them on Facebook. I got quite a few beeps from cars going past.
 
Forgetting the battery in my Fuji S5. That was one of the reasons I started using mechanical film cameras.
 
theres been quite a few, but three that spring to mind are

rolling over a floating hide and killing my pentax MZS and 170-500

being asked to shoot some publicity shots of my then CEO meeting the prime minister and shooting the whole lot in jpeg with the white balance set to tungsten when the shots were in full daylight.

and inadvertently including a shot of the brides step mum snogging the grooms best mate in a set of wedding candids (what made that worse was that I knew both the B&G and the 'best mate' involved personally)
 
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and inadvertently including a shot of the brides step mum snogging the grooms best mate in a set of wedding candids (what made that worse was that I knew both the B&G and the 'best mate' involved personally)
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an what happened lol


I've forgot memory cards quite a few times and forgot to put the lens back on AF
 
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and what happened lol
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Serious rows in the bridal parental household - the step mum concerned is only about 5 years older than the bride , and about 20 years younger than the brides father , and the Bride hasnt spoken to the best mate concerned since (which puts the groom in a very awkward position).

Fortunately they didnt blame me and ben for photographing the bad behaviour, and the brides actual mother was delighted - she wanted us to provide her with extra prints of the offending shot, but in the name of tact and diplomacy we declined :lol:
 
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paitence grasshopper ... I had to go find it, but its on the post above - but unfortunately some of the best ones arent showing anymore
 
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Mine was whilst I was shooting a lingerie set with two girls, I was showing them some of the shots on the laptop afterwards and one of the shots clearly showed one of the girls underwear was totally transparent at the rear when she was bending over. Needless to say I didnt mind, but it was quite embarrassing and funny all round!

A good shoot as well... :nuts:
 
God said:
Mine was whilst I was shooting a lingerie set with two girls, I was showing them some of the shots on the laptop afterwards and one of the shots clearly showed one of the girls underwear was totally transparent at the rear when she was bending over. Needless to say I didnt mind, but it was quite embarrassing and funny all round!

A good shoot as well... :nuts:
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Could have been worse, could have been you in your see through yfronts
 
I've never forgotten to charge the battery, but I've forgotten to take the battery out of the charger....!
 
Years ago HRH Fergie was visiting the office where I worked and I took my wee compact point & shoot along. Got some cracking shots of her looking bored to tears and one excellent shot of her picking her nose! Surely fame, fortune or a £5 gift voucher from the local paper would soon be mine.

Then the film wound on to shot 37, 38, 39 ... I opened the camera to find I hadn't loaded the film properly. My work colleagues, who I'd told all about my brilliant shots, were terribly understanding about it :(
 
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Mine was whilst I was shooting a lingerie set with two girls, I was showing them some of the shots on the laptop afterwards and one of the shots clearly showed one of the girls underwear was totally transparent at the rear when she was bending over. Needless to say I didnt mind, but it was quite embarrassing and funny all round!

A good shoot as well... :nuts:
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I have also shot through a few wardrobe malfunctions without noticing till the images went on the pc. Trying to photoshop clothes back over certain "bits" can be quite time consuming and can lead to some awkward moments when you are zoomed 400% to correct it and the missus walks in :lol:
 
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I have also shot through a few wardrobe malfunctions without noticing till the images went on the pc. Trying to photoshop clothes back over certain "bits" can be quite time consuming and can lead to some awkward moments when you are zoomed 400% to correct it and the missus walks in :lol:
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Lol
 
Chris Primadona said:
I have also shot through a few wardrobe malfunctions without noticing till the images went on the pc. Trying to photoshop clothes back over certain "bits" can be quite time consuming and can lead to some awkward moments when you are zoomed 400% to correct it and the missus walks in :lol:
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LOL! I can picture how that conversation went... :bang:
 
No one's yet mentioned the obligatory portrait shot and forgetting to take the lens cap off.. or is that just me? :)
 
I once, for about 5 seconds, considered 'colour popping' something.
 
A lot of years ago, when political correctness hadn't taken over, I was asked to photograph a young woman who had been badly beaten up.

Anyway, she turned up with her best friend and it soon became obvious that the cuts and bruises covered her whole body. I explained that to get proper evidential photos for her solicitor she really needed to take all her clothes off, which she did - but this was clearly something she was uncomfortable with so I said something I shouldn't, hoping it would help her to relax...

"Don't worry about me, I'm queer"

Anyway, when the shots were done and she'd got dressed I noticed a huge badge on her coat...

"Lesbians ignite"
Don't know how I missed seeing that:)
 
jamesoliverstone said:
I have driven to a clients ready to do a job, only to suddenly realise that the 24-70 in my bag was my Nikon cup, and not the real lens :D

Had to turn round quick sharp and go get the lens :lol:
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ha thats brilliant, you've just put me off getting a lens cup!
 
Gomas said:
ha thats brilliant, you've just put me off getting a lens cup!
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Just get one in the opposite brand to your preferred brand, then you won't take it by mistake - as a plus, when your neighbourhood canon/nikon loving freak-friend comes by, you can ******** him/her that it was a genuine canon/nikon lens that you had converted into a cup 'because it's all their lenses are useful for' :D
 
Went with my friend a couple of weeks ago when he took his camera in to get it serviced.

We walked in, the man in the store said "can i help you" friend replied "yes i have booked my camera in for a service" the man says "give me the camera ill book it in" my friend replied "AH! i will go back home and get it" :bang:
 
akcron said:
Went with my friend a couple of weeks ago when he took his camera in to get it serviced.

We walked in, the man in the store said "can i help you" friend replied "yes i have booked my camera in for a service" the man says "give me the camera ill book it in" my friend replied "AH! i will go back home and get it" :bang:
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lmao!

Another one of mine was doing a shoot in Contrast studio in Glasgow a couple of years ago, I moved the little fan to get some hair movement in a shot, tripped up and farted while trying to stop myself from faceplanting. The model and mua laughed for the rest of the shoot. (It was a moody goth/emo look we went for and she was smiling or grinning in 99% of the photos) :thumbsdown:
 
ROFL....Hope the fan was not blowing in her direction:gag:
 
It was, and it totally stunk the room out. I'm kinda glad they laughed it off though!

I was crimson! I'm glad I knew them a little though!

I actually got a fright from both almost falling on my camera, and the sound that came from my trousers! It was like a dog bark apparently :lol:
 
I shot a gig a few weeks ago, large outdoor event (daytime), massive stage, spent a while on the stage and then after realised my flies were undone!
 
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