Your Dumb iPad Picture Taking Is Keeping Real Photographers From Doing Their Jobs

2WheelPhoto · Sep 12, 2012

2WheelPhoto · Sep 12, 2012

And PocketWizard says:

[h=6]We agree! People with iPad's, Kindles and other tablets should only use the camera function in the event that an alien spacecraft happens to land in front of them and they don't have their DSLR, Point-n-shoot, or phone camera with them. No exceptions.[/h]

JohnTrav · Sep 12, 2012

That's is ridiculous. I would never take my iPad out to take pictures. Amazon has it right. There are soapy options out there to take pictures including phones. I has much more fun using my DSLR than my phone though. Blows my mind why people would actually use their tablets to take pictures.

Sometimes I don't know what people think when they do things. Hopefully this trend does not continue to happen. I will be mad if someone gets in the way of my shots using a tablet to take pictures.

Armature or not you should know that you look like an idiot doing that.

Thanks for sharing the link.

unpopular · Sep 12, 2012

oh yay. Another thing for professionals to whine about.

I know it may not look as awesome as a 300/2.8 - but getting in closer would help. You know. Like the REAL photojournalists from before 300/2.8 wiener extensions.

myko5 · Sep 12, 2012

I attended a wedding a couple of weeks ago. One of the people on the brides side was taking pictures with her iPad. I thought it was rather odd. It didn't bother me any, and she stayed in her seat using it so she obviously wasn't in the way of the photographer. But now that I think about it, it must have really sucked to have been the person sitting behind her.

SCraig · Sep 12, 2012

unpopular said:
oh yay. Another thing for professionals to whine about.

I know it may not look as awesome as a 300/2.8 - but getting in closer would help. You know. Like the REAL photojournalists from before 300/2.8 wiener extensions.

Make that "Self-proclaimed quasi-professionals" and I'll agree with you. True, capable professionals have little to worry about.

unpopular · Sep 12, 2012

Really. Taking pictures with an iPad I think is more of a status thing. I find it hard to believe that these people don't have a phone on them. Using an iPad just says "LOOK AT ME! I HAVE AN iPAD!"

One of my wife's professors actually said about her keyboard case: "Why have an iPad if you're just going to hide it?". WTF?

MLeeK · Sep 12, 2012

Thing is you can take an iPad or iPhone anywhere. They won't let you take a DSLR with a mediocre lens in because it's "professional equipment."
Hmmm, seen some images from those iPads and iPhones? WHOLE LOT BETTER than a lot of DSLR users!
Same thing with the mega zoom point and shoots. YOu can take them in but you can't take a DSLR with an 18-55 lens.

evti · Sep 15, 2012

SCraig said:
unpopular said:

oh yay. Another thing for professionals to whine about.

I know it may not look as awesome as a 300/2.8 - but getting in closer would help. You know. Like the REAL photojournalists from before 300/2.8 wiener extensions.

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Make that "Self-proclaimed quasi-professionals" and I'll agree with you. True, capable professionals have little to worry about.

I think the threat being referred to is the lack of view that photographers will suffer as a result of how massive the tablets are. I suppose getting a picture of someone's screen with the desired image on it could work in a pinch though.

Derrel · Sep 15, 2012

I DUNNO...Ithought the example gizmodo used, of the POTUS being photographed by tablet-holders gave a rather cubist rendering of the scene...Picasso would have loved the photo!

MK3Brent · Sep 15, 2012

Doesn't bother me a bit. People can photo something with anything they want.. hold up a laptop and webcam for all I care. I'll find a shot, because that's what makes me the professional.

IByte · Sep 15, 2012

JohnTrav said:
That's is ridiculous. I would never take my iPad out to take pictures. Amazon has it right. There are soapy options out there to take pictures including phones. I has much more fun using my DSLR than my phone though. Blows my mind why people would actually use their tablets to take pictures.

Sometimes I don't know what people think when they do things. Hopefully this trend does not continue to happen. I will be mad if someone gets in the way of my shots using a tablet to take pictures.

Armature or not you should know that you look like an idiot doing that.

Thanks for sharing the link.

Fauxtografol went generic.

EW1066 · Nov 12, 2012

I watched this person, WATCH an entire airshow on her on her iPAD . Just silliness.

I'm 5'7". It's difficult enough to take pictures while standing behind someone who is 6'2" or kids on dads shoulders, (Kids on dads shoulders can make good pics so I tolerate them and tall people cant help it so no real animosity there) but this iPAD thing is annoying. I'm sure its just a fad and will pass into oblivion soon. But for now its a pain in the a**.

Blue Angels 10-28-2012 3-03-10 PM by EW1066, on Flickr

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fjrabon · Nov 12, 2012

what's more annoying MWAiP or MWAC?

To Unpopular, the problem with that mode of thinking is a lot of the MWAiP crowd doesn't care about getting the whole scene in many situations. For instance I'm paid by schools to photograph their athletic events. Last week I was shooting a cross country event where the school won. In the trophy ceremony, there were 3 different MWAiP and a few MWACs. They only wanted to get "their son" or "their daughter" and thus, even with a wide angle on a full frame camera, they were going to be in the field of view with their gigantic iPads no matter where I stood, if it was where I could get the whole picture.

Finally, i had to play the 'angry photographer' card and get them all kicked out, so that I could do my job. Of course then they get all indignant, and angry at how presumptuous I was being, when they were being incredibly rude, not just to me, but all the spectators behind them trying to watch the ceremony.

Finally the principal had to intervene at one who was irate, and said "10 years from now, when people walk by the trophy case, do you want them to see a picture of you in front of our team holding your iPad up?" That didn't really do anything for her, but at least it redirected her rage at the principal instead of me.

Ballistics · Nov 12, 2012

I think the point that some people are missing, is that the iPad is gigantic, and when multiple people are using them up front to take a picture, it's blocking everyone else behind them. You don't exactly have the freedom to move about in situations like these.