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the term "Chimping"??
KMPHOTOGRAPHY wrote: They don't pay me for my good looks. Aug 07 06 07:29 pm Link 81 Aug 07 06 07:31 pm Link I tape a mirror over the LCD so when I chimp, the photo is GORGEOUS! hahahahahaha  Aug 07 06 07:37 pm Link UIPHOTOS wrote: Me too. I looked at the title and just assumed it'd be a race-related thread about some asshole calling a Black person a chimp or something, but I'm glad that isn't the case. Anyway, I think it was pretty snobbish for that photographer to talk to you like that. You were just trying to take a look at your shots...should've told him to fuck off. Aug 07 06 08:02 pm Link I make use of my display screen, and I get mocked for it all the time. I also am unashamed to call myself an amateur, and a beginning amateur at that. I'm not interested in claiming to be anything I'm not, and I don't hesitate to ask all sorts of questions, most of them basic and to some people, dumb. Because of these things, photographers look down their noses at me constantly, and often speak to me in outrageously condescending ways. That's okay. While they're busy feeling better about themselves by treating me like I'm developmentally disabled, I'm suckin' up all kinds of learning that they don't think I'm capable of. All that matters to me is learning and getting better. If that means I let some pompous guy underestimate me from time to time, I'm alright with that. Don't let it worry you; photographers are a notoriously egomaniacal group. If you're getting the kinds of shots you want, who cares if you make use of a perfectly valid tool that comes with your camera? Aug 07 06 08:17 pm Link Maybe I'm missing a point, but I am not sure why all the fuss over what other people think of one's art or the manner of capturing/creating it? Aug 07 06 08:25 pm Link PapaVic Photography wrote: ELBOWS IN! Aug 07 06 08:27 pm Link If some assnut ever told me that I was "chimping" I would simply tell them to visit my website and to either do better or fuck off or both. Probably both. I check the histogram from time to time or the composure of a shot and I gotta say, i've never been told that I was chimping. I pity the fool who ever says that to me. As to the OP, I think I would've given the kind gentleman the long finger in the middle and told him to "chimp this". Aug 07 06 08:31 pm Link Joe Holotik wrote: Aug 07 06 08:36 pm Link Joe Holotik wrote: Aug 07 06 08:36 pm Link Pat Johnson Studios wrote: Aug 07 06 08:43 pm Link Seven cameras around his neck?!? And your the hack shmuck??!! BLAAHAAAhahaaha. My god you gotta let me know when your gonna do this again so I can be there. Oh how I would have relished the opportunity!! There's not much that gets me fired up...but I think I would have shoved about 6 outta the 7 up his ass before I was done with him. Aug 07 06 08:45 pm Link studio36uk wrote: It sure saves a lot of time with the model to show her (or him) what they are doing right or wrong without having to put them on the computer to do so. Aug 07 06 09:40 pm Link Michael Kirst wrote: "Assnut" lol! Aug 07 06 09:45 pm Link I would have just directed the idiot over to the sound guys to tell them there is no need for the audio technician to take a sound check before the show, at least if they want to be considered professional. Also no need to monitor the sound levels during the show, because a professional should just set them correctly at the outset. Oh I forgot, light waves are so much simpler than sound waves. (Chimping as oohing and aahhhing over your shots wasn't at issue in the OP.) Aug 07 06 10:33 pm Link Perhaps someone has already pointed this out. It seems like the amount of money these digital cameras cost, pretty much earns it's owner the right to handle it any dang way they see fit. I'm STILL paying for this 1dsMkII and i'd shoot standing on my head if I thought I could get a better shot. (Hey you know that just might help). Aug 08 06 07:43 am Link |
