Weird things you have done to get a shot

nikon90s · Jun 8, 2004

I know I am not the only one who gets into weird positions to take a picture. I have gotten down on the sidewalk with people walking by, stood in the street with cars coming to get a better shot, walked up to all sorts of wild critters, leaned out car windows and for that matter any window around would do... the people walking past must think I am just crazy.

BUT I know I am not the only one. What weird situation have you gotten into trying to get a shot?

MDowdey · Jun 8, 2004

does walking into a womens bathroom count?

md

nikon90s · Jun 8, 2004

Yep!! got any pics :eyebrows:

MDowdey · Jun 8, 2004

nikon90s said:
Yep!! got any pics

nope. but i got a black eye!!

md

Luminosity · Jun 8, 2004

MDowdey said:
does walking into a womens bathroom count?

md

Ever the perve :lol:

I can see I'm gonna get into lots of weird positions in future sessions ....last Saturday night was my first 'shoot' of the city and I got down on the pavement amongst city shoppers feet ( they're a dangerous mob when they're in hunt of BARGAINS :roll: ) , stood on tramtracks in the middle of the street with approaching , dinging tram and just garden variety , 'lying on city benches and shootin churches upside down and having passers-by think you're just a sleeping , drunk bum ' ( it was dark so they're forgiven )

.....

photong · Jun 8, 2004

I heard a lot of photographers get killed due to those weid positions to get their shot. They don't realize when they're about to step off a cliff or something

photogoddess · Jun 9, 2004

I've spent a lot of time laying in front of buildings, in the middle of streets and sidewalks. I try not to do it in places that will get me hurt or killed. I finally got one of those angle finders for my 10D so I don't have to have my face in the dirt. Once, I stood up to my thighs in a slimey lake to get an engagement shot once. Really gross!!!

GilTphoto · Jun 9, 2004

nikon90s said:
the people walking past must think I am just crazy.

I can relate. When I was in New Hampshire during fall foliage season, I was at Lower Falls on the Kancangamus Pass. There were about 100 people walking all over the falls, and I knew there was never going to be a time that day that the falls would be free of people, so I looked for something else to photograph.

I found a puddle that reflected the foliage, but you couldn't see the reflection unless you were inches from the ground. Everyone walking by gave me a funny look since a great waterfall was there, but I was taking a picture of a puddle.

ksmattfish · Jun 9, 2004

photogoddess said:
I finally got one of those angle finders...

That's why I love waist level finders; I can shoot from my knees and hardly have to bend over.

graigdavis · Jun 9, 2004

I have been seen laying down on my stomach with my face planted on the ground in the city. I got some weird looks with my camera an inch away from a park bench in the middle of the night. Im always climbing up on something or laying down on something.

nikon90s · Jun 9, 2004

GilTphoto said:
I found a puddle that reflected the foliage, but you couldn't see the reflection unless you were inches from the ground. Everyone walking by gave me a funny look since a great waterfall was there, but I was taking a picture of a puddle.

That is great and you know all of those people, if they saw your photos would ask "how did you get that great shot?"

Anyone can take a photo but it takes a photographer to find a picture!!

cindavphoto · Jun 9, 2004

I did some classy nudes (not porn) at a public access to the river one time. My friend/model was game for it. We did it on a Wednesday morning about 9 am the first week of April. The water was freezing, but we were pretty sure nobody else would be out there.

I also had to crawl out and lay on a half sunken boat dock one time and then manage to crawl back. I'm a very larg woman so it was quite funny.

I'm sure I've done other odd things, but those are the ones that strike me right now.

ormia · Jun 9, 2004

This has happend to me many times, like laying on my stomach on a pathway in a park to take a picture of a mouse, or nearly falling into a lake when I tried to sneak up on some ducks (I slipped on goose poo. yeeeck).

While on vacation in North Carolina, I was walking on a windy dirt road on the side of a mountain. I knelt down on the edge to take a picture of some moss, when some locals in a pick-up came racing around the corner. I have never moved so fast in my life. Not only did I almost get runover, the photo didn't turn out.

StvShoop · Jun 10, 2004

i applaud all of you
i've never seen other people doing this stuff and its good to know i'm not alone.

i live in WV, and people tend to be pretty conformist and unopen to "wierd" stuff, so i really have to watch out when i'm going photo hunting.
i got thrown out of walmart! for taking way-closeup pictures of sandals for crying out loud.
it makes me feel like a spy though, so it's kind of ok