Photography annoyances!

Rojin · 25 Jan 2011 at 21:31

At the moment... the weather! I'm sat at my desk working and the sun comes out, I finally get time to get out.... and it's just dismal and grey

adamau5 · 25 Jan 2011 at 21:32

fake it! thats what i do (depending on subject). flashes and CTO are your friend.

Mud · 25 Jan 2011 at 21:49

Lookie loos. Especially ones that see you taking a long exposure and want to see the results. It never looks impressive in-camera anyway.

Filters. They are all cumbersome and fiddly. ND/IR viewfinder blackout.

D.P. · 26 Jan 2011 at 07:35

ElDude said:
Wind has got a few of my shots ruined. On a tripod up in the mountains taking photos of the football stadium in town. It vibrated the tripod which ruined the photo. I dunno what to do, if anything, that can stop that

What tripod are you using?

A good tripod will stand a fair amount of wind and are fairly dampened to reduce vibrations.

Cheap tripod vibrate if someone sneezes 10ft away..

Try a heavy rucksack suspended underneath, make sure you don't raise the top column just use the legs, if you have a 4 section tripod try to avoid using the thinnest bottom section.

Make sure VR is switched off ( a few of the exotic telephotos (600mm etc9, have an intelligent system to detect tripods and go into a different mode).

D.P. · 26 Jan 2011 at 07:36

Global_Inferno said:
Only problem being that you have to carry them UP the mountain first!

carbon fiber tripods for the win.

bigredshark · 26 Jan 2011 at 15:22

D.P. said:
carbon fiber tripods for the win.

Need more weighing down though - that said, a bag and some handy rocks has always done the trick for me...

If I had to add one...the necessity of being on location before sunrise to get the best light for landscapes...I'm not so much a morning person, particularly this time of year...

VirtualAdept · 26 Jan 2011 at 15:44

Phate said:
"Do you photoshop?"

"Yes love, but to get rid of that double chin I'd recommend you stop shovelling it down your throat and do more exercise"

Cheers man, I've just nigh on choked to death on some refreshers because of that

Phate · 26 Jan 2011 at 16:15

VirtualAdept said:
Cheers man, I've just nigh on choked to death on some refreshers because of that

hehe glad I could help. It's all I wanna say to this podgy lot though!

Andy90 · 26 Jan 2011 at 16:58

Having to wipe the blood off my monopod head after I've beaten someones dog into a pulpy mess.

Only kidding

How about when the village idiot walks up to you and says "wot you doing?"

Erm I'm baking a cake. (I mean what do you think I'm doing?)

Neil79 · 26 Jan 2011 at 17:05

Andy90 said:
Having to wipe the blood off my monopod head after I've beaten someones dog into a pulpy mess.

Only kidding

How about when the village idiot walks up to you and says "wot you doing?"

Erm I'm baking a cake. (I mean what do you think I'm doing?)

Lmao i get that a lot