Your photography pet hates

OK enough of this, it's confession time. Who here has facebook page entitled "1st name""surname"photography, uses a large watermark bearing the same moniker, preaches the use of their nifty-fifty whilst professing to be a tog?
 
Ricardodaforce said:
OK enough of this, it's confession time. Who here has facebook page entitled "1st name""surname"photography, uses a large watermark bearing the same moniker, preaches the use of their nifty-fifty whilst professing to be a tog?
Click to expand...

That could be a long list of confessees:)
 
Ricardodaforce said:
OK enough of this, it's confession time. Who here has facebook page entitled "1st name""surname"photography, uses a large watermark bearing the same moniker, preaches the use of their nifty-fifty whilst professing to be a tog?
Click to expand...

Haven't got a facebook page of any sort, ain't no tog but I do own a nifty fifty and a nifty two-fifty, sorry.
Oh and milk belongs in a fridge not a waterfall.
 
Last edited:
DemiLion said:
A rather wise head told me that images are what the camera takes (Frac! :p ), and photographer then converts them to photographs.
Click to expand...

Too tired to argue, pit time...............:D
 
Tog, nifty, glass, snaps, capturing images, HDR, people that say film is dead, people who insist their cameras are 'gripped', insisiting that film is dead, weddings, dull bird 'portraits' with everything cloned out but the bird and one single twig.

My list could go on but its Friday and I need to go and buy some film! ;)
 
"I only shoot with primes". "primes will teach proper photography". "zooms were invented by zombies". Lol.
 
Contrived bokeh shots, milky waterfalls, random street shots, most sport action shots, pictures of trees, macro of bugs, people who want a DSLR and lenses 'to shoot a bit of everything' for under £200.
 
"primes will teach proper photography".
Click to expand...

'strue though. ;)

My only real pet hate is all the rubbish 'arty' instagram/hipstamatic shots people post on facebook constantly.

The 'you must have a good camera' thing is funny.
 
Ricardodaforce said:
OK enough of this, it's confession time. Who here has facebook page entitled "1st name""surname"photography, uses a large watermark bearing the same moniker, preaches the use of their nifty-fifty whilst professing to be a tog?
Click to expand...

Not me, although i do have my own webpage with my name photography lol.
I do feel a lot of people will be treading very carefully with what they say on here since this thread lol
 
Alan Clogwyn said:
HDR made from one shot/rawfile. It's NOT HDR, It's the same crummy Low dynamic range with blown out highlights but now with added noise and cartoon colour.
Click to expand...

I have to disagree here.... HDR was a term coined back in the 1930s and an image containing more than the 7 or so stops of latitude that your camera can see. ;) up to about the 11 stops or so you can see with your naked eye. So could be an image that`s had extra exposure latitude in levels for instance.

By the way, I hate people who argue the toss. :lol::lol:
 
Last edited:
Daryl said:
Still don't think Iron lady was as good as Ironman.....
Click to expand...

Very good.

Nothing really gets on my nerve, photography for me is about what I like and enjoy, if other people like it all the better, having said that I am also up for c & c as this also helps me improve.
 
people who eat all the jaffa cakes then put the empty tube back in the cupboard
 
Tonight all my hates involve other people - please don't think that I generally hate other people :D

If I'm using my tripod - strangers (usually with a P&S or a bridge camera - nothing wrong with that in itself - it just seems to be the case in this scenario) who pester me to take the photo that they think I should take - especially if they think it important enough that I should stop setting up the photo that I'm working on.

Folk who think that all the light-leaking and distortions caused by Holgas make the photo artistic and give it merit.

'Arrises who think that any decent photo I take is only decent because I "photoshop" it - when all I do is the usual stuff that a P&S does in-camera.

Pretentious essay or poetry style captions that 'justify' or substantiate the artistic worth of a picture (this goes for paintings too).

Not only when people credit my equipment (and not me) for a photo that I take - but also when they expect a photo to be good because of the equipment I use ;)!

People who tell me that I've wasted money on my DSLR because their phone/P&S is brilliant (and then later ask me how did I manage to blur the background etc.) - often the same people who go on to credit my equipment for my pictures and not me!
 
Last edited:
People who post grainy dark photos you can barley make out on Facebook and for everyone to comment saying its amazing grrrr lol
 
I can resist no longer...........:)

Those who lurk in the background waiting for someone to post a thread about UV filters so they can reply with *puffs chest out* "why would you need a UV filter, the sensor already has one" *feels smug*

The phrase "I've told my friend / cousin / aunt that you have a nice camera and they wondered if you could take some pictures for them". Have they actually looked at any of my photographs? As the camera is SO good perhaps I could hire it to them to take pictures with?

For sale threads that start with "no offers".... Takes all the fun out of it :lol:

Security staff who now seem to believe that all would be terrorists carry around bags of photography kit and a tripod. But also those who then feel the need to provoke the situation further and go looking for the argument rather than the photograph.

Replying to forum threads on my wifes IPhone and constantly fighting the auto correct / guess the word function:thinking:
 
clicking on NSFW threads hoping to find "something"

only to find its a trait of some smartphones (i think) to put the tags on
 
Ricardodaforce said:
OK enough of this, it's confession time. Who here has facebook page entitled "1st name""surname"photography, uses a large watermark bearing the same moniker, preaches the use of their nifty-fifty whilst professing to be a tog?
Click to expand...

Erm.... I'm halfway there lmao... There's no photography in my page name... My smallish watermark is my name (web name) still (for now).... And I looooove my 50mil (although it's not the cheap 1.8 one) :lol:
 
scottishguy said:
The gf moaning about me taking my camera with me everywhere and when I dont have it with me, she always says at one point, shoud have had your camera with you, that would make a great picture :bonk::bonk::bonk:
Click to expand...

This, 1000x this.

As for the rest of the complaints, not much bothers me.

I'm an amateur, I don't make money from my shots but I'm always trying to improve. People here complaining about being asked for advice is disappointing. Using terms like "nifty fifty" and glass go with the territory an I hear them all the time, and use them. Will admit "tog" had thrown me for all the months ive been in these forums so now I know what the hell you're on about!

Tog I don't like. There we go I found one.
 
mortimerhill said:
People who think that a lens hood is to protect your lens

People who think lens is spelled lens

People who talk about "bokeh"
Click to expand...

Er, they do.
 
Simian said:
This, 1000x this.

People here complaining about being asked for advice is disappointing.
Click to expand...

unless i missed it but i dont think anyone has complained about being asked for advice.

Being asked for advice and then getting the arse when its not what they wanted to hear is a big problem but not advice.
 
mortimerhill said:
People who think that a lens hood is to protect your lens
Click to expand...

Well it also quite useful for that, but I know what you mean :)


Edit: too slow...Jim.
 
People who get all steamed up about other people using UV filters for lens protection. :D
 
Ed Sutton said:
People who get all steamed up about other people using UV filters for lens protection. :D
Click to expand...

People using UV filters for protection...
 
Metal God said:
Oh, I forgot one.

Mac users, who think they are sooo superior to everyone else.
Click to expand...

We are :lol:

Acutely i can't take any of this seriously, life is far to short to worry about incidentals, hey if it works for you and you enjoy your photography does it really matter.........
 
Last edited:
Ed Sutton said:
People who get all steamed up about other people using UV filters for lens protection. :D
Click to expand...

Funny how many of them will gladly stick a bit of welding glass on the front of their lens as soon as the sun comes out.
 
Johnd2000 said:
Funny how many of them will gladly stick a bit of welding glass on the front of their lens as soon as the sun comes out.
Click to expand...

Another thing that annoys me is people who try and counter the uv / protection argument with the welding glass / polariser argument! Don't these people realise that proper filters are used for effect not "protection"??? :)
 
Ed Sutton said:
People who get all steamed up about other people using UV filters for lens protection. :D
Click to expand...

odd jim said:
People using UV filters for protection...
Click to expand...

odd jim said:
Another thing that annoys me is people who try and counter the uv / protection argument with the welding glass / polariser argument! Don't these people realise that proper filters are used for effect not "protection"??? :)
Click to expand...

I rest my case m'lud. :lol:
 
Ed Sutton said:
I rest my case m'lud. :lol:
Click to expand...

I fear my tongue in cheek irony may have been missed, lol!
 
I've had a think and can add a few more....

*People who comment on photographs of cars in the transport section and try to turn them into a chat about flangturbogasketthingymajigs. This NOT Pistonheads....

*Shooting in manual and bragging about it - it is not a badge of honour, just some settings in a camera.

*Wonky horizons that should be corrected. It's okay to shoot skewed but when it's 0.5˚ out the chances are you didn't get it straight because you weren't paying attention at the time.

*Using a 10-stop filter to make anything that moves look blurred (or milky in the case of water) because you can't help yourself. Not everything has to be shot this way......
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top