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Hey Mister Cameraman...
Logan Mock-Bunting, Photographer
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Wrightsville Beach | NC | United States | Posted: 6:17 PM on 10.18.07 |
| ->> ...what channel are you with? |
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Michael Brown, Photographer
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Roxburgh Park | Victoria | Australia | Posted: 6:28 PM on 10.18.07 |
->> or....
Can you put me on TV |
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Bastian Ehl, Photographer
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Magdeburg | _ | Germany | Posted: 6:41 PM on 10.18.07 |
| ->> is that a video camera? |
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Martin McNeil, Photographer
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East Kilbride | South Lanarkshi | United Kingdom | Posted: 7:37 PM on 10.18.07 |
->> You're lucky you get called 'Cameraman'... since my main field is entertainment and celebrity work, I often get greeted with "Hey, Mr. Papparazzi!", which is usually follwed by "Hey - take my picture, eh!"
Worse still is when you're tasked to cover arrivals or departures at events on public grounds - there's always someone doing a nosey who'll ask "Who are you waiting for??"
Never mind the "Hey - those cameras must be expensive - how much did they cost?" comments that all and sundry seem to ask. I'd be better off placing a sticker on my kit bag stating '£15,000 of camera gear - please nick me when I'm not looking'
The best comment I heard in a long time was whilst waiting to be ushered in to a gig shoot a few months ago. One female fan approached a freelancer who was toting a 300 f/2.8 perched on a monopod and asked him how much his lens cost
"Three thousand pounds", he says
"What kind of zoom has it got" she asks
"It doesn't zoom", he says
"You paid £3000 for a lens that doesn't zoom? Some fool you, eh!" she says, then walks away into the gig
In light of this woman's worldly wisdom, I reckon we should all switch to superzoom compacts and this save many $K / £K on gear. After all - if it doesn't *zoom*, it must be a bit naff, right? :) |
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Kevin Leas, Photographer
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Rochester | NY | USA | Posted: 8:02 PM on 10.18.07 |
| ->> Every once in a while, I like to play games with people. Someone with a 10x (or roughly 280mm equiv.) P&S comes up and makes one of those "bet you could see a fly's booger from a hundred yards!" comments while I'm sporting the 300 2.8. So, I take a picture with it, then tell him to zoom his camera in all the way and compose the same shot - nearly identical! Boy, it really blows their minds.... |
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Tom Knier, Photographer
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Landisville | PA | USA | Posted: 10:02 PM on 10.18.07 |
->> I actually AM a TV guy.
And I often am asked what paper I shoot for.
Are people really that dumb? |
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Patrick Meredith, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Austin | TX | USA | Posted: 10:09 PM on 10.18.07 |
->> Tom,
Yes. |
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Chuck Liddy, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 10:27 PM on 10.18.07 |
| ->> logan, how in the hell would anyone ask you that? everyone knows you have a face made for radio... boooooyahhhhhh!!! |
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Vincent Johnson, Photographer
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Chicago | IL | USA | Posted: 10:43 PM on 10.18.07 |
->> What channel is this going to be on?
(Hey lady. It's a 35mm SLR) No more retirement community ice cream socials for me please. |
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Chuck Liddy, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 10:52 PM on 10.18.07 |
| ->> tom, no kidding. true story from TODAY. I was at the state fair and a guy asked me about the photos I was shooting and I said I worked for the newspaper...he looked at me and asked "what station would that be on tonight?" yup, people are pretty stupid...that's just the way it is. |
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Crystal LoGiudice, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Rock Island | IL | USA | Posted: 11:02 PM on 10.18.07 |
->> I think I get someone who asks me "what channel are you from?" at least once a week.
Another annoying one for me is the "that camera is bigger than you are" statement I get when I am carrying a 300 2.8 or larger. I know I am short but I didn't think I looked that ridiculous. |
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Michael Brown, Photographer
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Roxburgh Park | Victoria | Australia | Posted: 11:15 PM on 10.18.07 |
| ->> A lot of these comments remind me of that US comedian who's catch phrase for idiotic comments is "Here's your sign" can't think of his name off hand. |
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Paul Stephen, Photographer
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Wilmington | NC | USA | Posted: 11:20 PM on 10.18.07 |
| ->> Can you see the moon with that thing? By the way, nice aerials. |
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John Riddell, Photographer
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Toronto | ON | Canada | Posted: 11:29 PM on 10.18.07 |
->> What time will this be on?
Hey, take my picture!
My what a big camera you have.
Wow, look at that thing!
Can I get a copy of that?
Do you do weddings?
You're lucky, you get the best seats in the house.
How do you know where the fires are?
How many cameras do you need anyway?
Getting some good shots?
I could go on..... |
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Jack Megaw, Student/Intern, Photographer
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West Chester | PA | United States | Posted: 12:15 AM on 10.19.07 |
->> One that happened to me this weekend at a college soccer match;
A woman, carrying a D40 and an off brand 70-300 comes up to me - says
"WOW - that's a mighty big lens you got there" (my 80-200)
To which I (being nice) respond
"Oh - yes- but yours is longer"
To which she says
"yeah- but yours is WIDER"
to which I responded
"yes- I know - thanks."
AHHHH Somebody start credentialing these matches!!! |
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Mark Loundy, Photo Editor
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San Jose | CA | USA | Posted: 12:30 AM on 10.19.07 |
| ->> Excuse me, did you say something? |
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Byron Hetzler, Photographer
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Granby | CO | USA | Posted: 12:33 AM on 10.19.07 |
->> Michael,
You're thinking of Bill Engvall. He says that stupid people should have to wear a sign that says "I'm stupid" so we know who they are. |
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Jesse Smith, Photographer
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Chehalis | WA | United States | Posted: 12:47 AM on 10.19.07 |
| ->> OOO I get this all the time from rednecks, elderly, middle age, and kids alike..."Can I look through that!" or if I'm doing a group shot with a Fisheye, people on the outside of the group want to know why I didn't take their picture, which is understandable, but still funny when you try and explain why their in the photo and finally tell them to look through the view finder and reactions are always the same.. WOW. |
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Karl Anderson, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Lubbock | TX | USA | Posted: 12:54 AM on 10.19.07 |
| ->> at an OSU football game: wow you got the wiiiiiide angle lens (talking about the 300 2.8 on my shoulder, the 16-35 was in my backpack) |
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Aaron Rhoads, Photographer
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McComb | MS | USA | Posted: 1:18 AM on 10.19.07 |
->> " Take me a picture!"
I hear that alot. |
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Ric Tapia, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Santa Barbara | CA | USA | Posted: 1:41 AM on 10.19.07 |
->> "I would be a good photographer if I had the gear you have."
"Did you get that? Can I see?" |
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Chip Oglesby, Photographer
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Columbia | SC | USA | Posted: 1:43 AM on 10.19.07 |
| ->> Can you see the moon with that thing? Naw I can see it without it, see it's right there! |
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Michael Myers, Photographer, Student/Intern
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Miami Beach | FL | USA | Posted: 1:51 AM on 10.19.07 |
->> If people are as dumb as they act, who is it we're shooting these images for? Them? Ourselves? A paycheck?
I liked it when I used to wander around New York City with a Contax II or IIa, and nobody knew or cared what it was, not to mention I got pretty good at taking people-pix without having to even look through the viewfinder... |
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Ted S. Warren, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Seattle | WA | USA | Posted: 1:54 AM on 10.19.07 |
->> My usual answer: "The Newspaper Channel." It usually gets a knowing nod.
I also have a lot of fun when someone who seems to be in a good mood asks "Who are you waiting for?" when we're standing on the sidewalk outside the courthouse or something.
I try to quickly respond with as close of a detailed description of the person asking as possible. Last week, a good-natured guy with his (very large) family in tow posed that question to me in Tacoma, and without missing a beat, I replied "Some guy to show up with a whole bunch of kids!" He thought that was great and gave me a good laugh.
I also had a guy in his 70s ask me the usual "Are you using digital yet?" He then told me, "Son, I've been digital for over 45 years!" I looked at him sideways, waved his hands in front of my face and replied, "yeah, I've been sticking my _digits_ in front of my lens since I first picked up a camera!!"
= Ted Warren / AP Seattle |
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Dianna Russell, Photographer
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Springfield | MO | USA | Posted: 5:59 AM on 10.19.07 |
->> During a golf tournament this week I had a parent say, "Wow, now that's a camera. It probably costs more than I would make in a lifetime." I just laughed and told him I hope not. I was using a 300/2.8 on a Nikon D200.
I get, "Now there's a camera" all the time. And "Did you get that?"
It doesn't really bother me. They are just trying to be friendly.
~Dianna |
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Michael L. Palmieri, Photographer
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Barnegat | NJ | USA | Posted: 6:08 AM on 10.19.07 |
->> "Now that's a lens!"
Me: "I know." |
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Fredrik Naumann, Photographer
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Oslo | Oslo | Norway | Posted: 7:11 AM on 10.19.07 |
->> "How far away can you shoot with that"
My standard reply to that and other questions: "Seven" . |
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Gary Mills, Photographer
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Culver | IN | USA | Posted: 9:29 AM on 10.19.07 |
->> "Did you get any good shots?"
My response usually depends on my mood at the time. |
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Christopher Anderson, Photographer
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Machesney Park | IL | U.S.A. | Posted: 10:13 AM on 10.19.07 |
| ->> I get a lot of "are you shooting film or digital" to which I reply - "filmital, it's a new combo camera," to which I get a perplexed look. |
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Tom Knier, Photographer
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Landisville | PA | USA | Posted: 10:32 AM on 10.19.07 |
->> The one that I love to use, particularly at fires, is:
GUY: Can I be on TV?
ME: Did you start the fire?
GUY: No.
ME: Well, if you know who did, maybe. |
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Jim Colburn, Photo Editor, Photographer
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McAllen | TX | USA | Posted: 12:34 PM on 10.19.07 |
->> "...what channel are you with?"
"Channel 7 (or whatever channel you dislike). Now go to hell... Oh yeh? Go ahead, call the station manager to complain about my attitude, see if I care!" |
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Sam Santilli, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Philippi | WV | USA | Posted: 2:17 PM on 10.19.07 |
->> Hey, e-mail me that shot!!!
Will these be online by the end of the game.
"Did you go to school for photographin'"
Can you repost the game from 5 years ago, I need to order a photo for my son's wedding rehearsal. I never bought any then, and you are not shooting their wedding now, and I want to pay the price for the one 3x5 I need that my friends paid five years ago when they bought their kids' pictures.
Hey photo guy, get me a picture of that blonde in the third row and e-mail it to me at work so my wife does not see it.
All funny, all true |
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Brad Penner, Photographer
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Neptune | NJ | USA | Posted: 2:42 PM on 10.19.07 |
->> Tom Knier,
Dumb? With most newspapers venturing into the video business these days, asking a video guy what paper he shoots for isn't as dumb as it once might have been.
As far as my favorite comment, that's easily, "I bet you can see the moon with that thing." (Usually at Friday night high school football games in reference to my 300mm/400mm f2.8)
If the moon is out, I reply, "Well, I don't need the lens to see the moon, I can see it with my eyes just fine."
If the moon isn't out, I reply, "Take a look, if you can see the moon with this thing please let me know, we'll be rich."
-b. |
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David M. Russell, Photographer
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New York | NY | USA | Posted: 2:43 PM on 10.19.07 |
->> Shooting stills for a reality show in production on the streets of NYC. Twelve contestants running around, like 5 2-person camera crews. Producers. Director. Camera assistants. Production assistants.
Pure.
Utter.
Mayhem.
Somebody starts asking what we're doing. What show is it? When will it air? Who are these people anyway? Blah blah blah.
This kind of thing happens all the time, but this time a PA gives the best answer ever.
"We're shooting a mayonaisse commercial."
"Really? Wow."
Maybe you had to be there, but I thought it was funny as hell at the time. |
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Brian Westerholt, Photographer
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Kannapolis | NC | USA | Posted: 2:49 PM on 10.19.07 |
| ->> My best comeback happened this year at a minor league baseball game. I had my 400/2.8 and a fan in the stands says "Can you see Pluto with that thing?". I answered without missing a beat "only if I am at Disney World!" |
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Monty Rand, Photographer
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Bangor | ME | USA | Posted: 8:12 PM on 10.19.07 |
->> Soccer Mom: Boy that things big. (looking at the 400 F2.8)
Me: Second biggest white thing I carry.
15 second pause........then they start laughing. If they get it ;) |
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Tom Davenport, Photographer
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Hayden | ID | USA | Posted: 8:56 PM on 10.19.07 |
->> Just this afternoon:
As we were walking to a soccer game, a lady said to me "THAT'S a BIG one."
Her husband as I looked at him and began to chuckle "Yeah, she's looking for something bigger."
I just nodded, kept laughing, and walked away.
I LOVE this job. |
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Jeff Gritchen, Photographer
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Long Beach | CA | USA | Posted: 9:42 PM on 10.19.07 |
| ->> "That's a nice camera, it must take good pictures" |
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Steve Violette, Photographer
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Gulf Breeze | FL | USA | Posted: 8:09 AM on 10.20.07 |
->> Shoting a U10 softball game and little girl comes up to my wife shooting a 300/2.8 and asks
"Is that a pitching machine?"
She laid on the shutter button, shook the camera and said NoooOOooooOOOO!
Therre are the occasional comments about the Moon and Uranus........ |
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Eric Seals, Photographer
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Detroit | MI | United States | Posted: 8:16 AM on 10.20.07 |
->> Whoever did the post "Take me a picture," your sooooooo right about that!! and that bad grammer drives me nuts.
"Excuse me, what time with this be on??"
If I'm in a bad mood I'll say, "Whenever you decided to pick up the paper and read it"
Or a great one (which I've never said but wanted to) is
"Wow that's a big lens, I bet you can see Mars with that thing" I'd love to say, "No I can't see Mars but I can see Uranus" Yuck-Yuck.... :) |
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Chip Litherland, Photographer
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Sarasota | FL | USA | Posted: 9:56 AM on 10.20.07 |
->> I got this once...in a prison.
"Hey man, how much would those cameras sell for?"
I laughed, then ran.
Chip |
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Greg Ferguson, Photographer
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Scottsdale | Az | USA | Posted: 2:24 PM on 10.20.07 |
->> "That's a nice camera, it must take good pictures"
I get that. My response is "When I tell it to." |
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Tyler Kaufman, Student/Intern, Photographer
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New Orleans | LA | USA | Posted: 3:08 PM on 10.20.07 |
->> "I've seen a camera like that before."
"My friend is into photography." |
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Gerry Pieper, Photographer
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Schoengeising | BY | Germany | Posted: 4:11 PM on 10.20.07 |
->> ...I know this big white lens (my 300 f2.8). It's especially for shooting sports!"
My response: "Yeah, you're right! Shooting anything else produces just black pictures!" |
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Joshua Brown, Photographer
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Waynesville | NC | USA | Posted: 4:43 PM on 10.20.07 |
| ->> Usually said by subjects and not bystanders but "I'll break the camera" or "Can that camera take off 20 years and 30 pounds?" followed by laughter as if they have said the most original thing in the world. |
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Eileen Blass, Photographer
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xxxxx | xx | USA | Posted: 8:41 PM on 10.20.07 |
->> Every time I walk around a golf course with long glass, I get....
"Hey, is that camera heavy?"
"Yes, I used to be really tall."
;) |
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Eugene P. Tanner, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Santa Ana | CA | USA | Posted: 9:06 PM on 10.20.07 |
->> Spectator: That's a mighty big lens... How much does it weight?
Photographer: About 15 pounds... It's killing my shoulder...
Spectator:Is that a wide angle?
Photographer: No it's a telephoto...
Spectator: Does it zoom?
Photographer: No it's fixed focus...
Spectator: Wow!!! What's the magnification?
Photographer: It can focus on the pimple on your forehead...
Spectator: How much does it cost?
Photographer: Judging by the way you dress, way more then the car you drive... :) |
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Kenneth Jacobson, Photographer, Assistant
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Merrimack | NH | USA | Posted: 9:20 PM on 10.20.07 |
| ->> "Here's Your Sign" is from Jeff Foxworthy's act, no? |
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Ben Winters, Photographer
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Cookeville | TN | USA | Posted: 4:36 AM on 10.21.07 |
->> The question I get more than any other is "how much did that thing cost?" No matter what I'm using I always reply with "about a hundred dollars."
I did overhear one lady at a Babe Ruth baseball game tell another lady that I had a telescope. |
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Drew Broadley, Photographer
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Wellington | NZ | New Zealand | Posted: 5:46 AM on 10.21.07 |
| ->> I once asked a cameraman what news station he was with, and I found my reply in this thread... I'm stupidly famous! |
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