25 PHOTOGRAPHIC TRUTHS

nikon90s · Sep 4, 2004

I did not write this but it is very funny!!!

25 PHOTOGRAPHIC TRUTHS

1. The best scenic views are clearly designated by highway signs reading NO
STOPPING ANYTIME.

2. Edward Steichen owned a three-legged dog, which he named Tripod.

3. The Post Office folds all parcels containing photographs.

4. Camera straps never fail above soft surfaces.

5. Lens caps and cable releases can become invisible at will.

6. Spotone bottles are designed to tip over when the cap is removed.

7. Financial success in photography is directly related to proper choice of
subject matter. Falling airplanes, exploding volcanoes, and certain
Presidential motorcades work best.

8. No two light meters agree.

9. The work "Daguerreotype" cannot be spelled correctly.

10. A new Hasselblad would take better pictures than your present camera.

11. 1/60 at f/8 is the correct exposure for all photographs.

12. When your friends finally realize that you are a true artist, committed to
making sensitive and meaningful images, they will ask you to photograph their
wedding.

13. Color slide viewing cures insomnia.

14. On any tripod, only two legs work properly.

15. Dust spot are attracted to sky areas.

16. YES, PHOTOGRAPHERS DO IT IN THE DARK... but they have to stop every
thirty seconds to agitate.

17. There's nothing wrong with a 35mm that a 4x5 can't cure.

18. Ansel Adams has three Secret Zones known only to him.

20. Fast films compensate for slow photographers.

21. Mounting a photograph is a misdemeanor in Arkansas.

22. Owning more than one lens assures that you will always have the wrong
lens on the camera for any given picture.

23. A camera store will charge $75 to repair a camera that has been adjusted
with a butter knife.

24. Falling lenses are attracted to rocks.

25. Into every life a little grain must fall.

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Alison · Sep 4, 2004

nikon90s said:
I did not write this but it is very funny!!!

5. Lens caps and cable releases can become invisible at will.

Truer words have never been spoken. It's like the sock/dryer mystery.

16. YES, PHOTOGRAPHERS DO IT IN THE DARK... but they have to stop every
thirty seconds to agitate.

:mrgreen:

21. Mounting a photograph is a misdemeanor in Arkansas.

Sounds like a fun law to break :twisted:

22. Owning more than one lens assures that you will always have the wrong
lens on the camera for any given picture.

Absolutely, positively spot on!

terri · Sep 4, 2004

Some of those are pretty cute...

Thanks for posting this!

Corry · Sep 4, 2004

I like em!

Corry · Sep 4, 2004

I like em! We could probably add some of our own to this... like

The best photo oppurtunites occur seconds after you've shot the last frame on the roll! (or seconds after the memory card fills up!) (this has been my experience)

malachite · Sep 4, 2004

core_17 said:
The best photo oppurtunites occur seconds after you've shot the last frame on the roll! (or seconds after the memory card fills up!) (this has been my experience)

Oh so true. This is why I always bring twice as much film with me than what I expect to shoot.

But that in turn creates another situation that drives me crazy. If you're lucky enough to to get another roll loaded before an encore of fading light, you're then stuck with 2/3rds or more of a roll in your camera until the next time you go out. And it's always those first few frames from the previous outing that stand out in your mind as being the best.

This is especially true for me when doing the moonlight thing when you only shoot one week out of the month. Always seems to be half a roll left in my 'night' camera that has to wait an entire month before it gets to be seen. :roll: