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Weddings Can Be Funny Too! Wedding Photographer Fails

Peter Zack — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:38:20 +0000

by Peter Zack

Some days, things are going just right. Some days they aren’t. Especially if your backup camera is over your shoulder and this happens. Not too sure I’d be very happy with the videographer if I was the photographer. It’s funny but I really feel for the guy.

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Some day an author should compile a book of wedding photography nightmares. I have a couple that would make the book!

Just for fun, a few more. not necessarily the photographers fault but they are worth sharing.

Then you’re the best man and the party last night went a little too long…

Never trust a woman in a red dress, Especially when she’s trying to upstage the bride!

Laughter is the best medicine. Remember to always wear suspenders! (this one’s too long, not much new after 45 seconds)

Brings a whole new meaning to the Expression “Taking the Plunge”.
Seems to be a warning here that water and weddings don’t mix well.

Cheers and good shooting – Peter Zack
I hope at least better shooting than this!

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Top Ten Reasons Why You Should Become a Pro Photographer

Peter Zack — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:54:25 +0000

by Peter Zack

All your relatives (except Uncle Fred, who nobody likes but actually owns a camera) say you take great pictures.
You are always asked (just like the friend that has the pick-up truck on moving day) to come to family events and be the “official photographer”.
You just figured out what the term “fill flash” means.
As a guest at a wedding, you took 342 photos and the bride loved one of them and wants a copy.
At your local photo club, you’ve won an honourable mention 3 times at the monthly competition.
You sold your first photo. A friend of a friend bought your photo of his cat.
You got 62 very nice comments on Flickr for the flower shots. See shot above
You’ve studied some professional photo sites and if you just had the same clients, you know you could copy their work.
You’ve read the camera manual twice and understand all the technical stuff and stopped spelling aperature wrong.
Someone noticed how big your camera is and asked if you were a “pro”.

Cheers and good shooting.
–Peter Zack

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For the Canon Shooter Who Has Everything

Miserere — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:54:31 +0000

by Miserere

My friend Eli pointed this out to me, from the blokes at Canon Rumours: A Canon-L 70-200mm f/2.8 lens thermos. Full story at PDN Pulse; apparently they were being handed out at the Winter Olympics. There’s even a Facebook page about it with over 2000 fans on it already.

It looks more like a travel mug than a thermos, now that I look at it more carefully. I wonder if it’s stabilised? In any case, I’m sure whatever liquid you fill it with it will taste sharp and you won’t be able to f-stop drinking it. I woke up so hilarious today!

Canon L 70-200mm f2.8 thermos
©Josh Weisberg

The Ten Commandments of Photography

Miserere — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:47:14 +0000

by Miserere

Thy Hobby is Photography, and thou shall have no other Hobby before it.
Thou shall not speak the name of St Ansel in vain.
Remember World Photography Day and keep thy schedule clear for it.
Honour thy prime lenses.
Thou shall not break anyone’s camera.
Thou shall not take photos with another man’s camera or lens (without his permission).
Thou shall not steal another man’s camera or lens.
Thou shall not bear false Photoshop actions against thy neighbour’s photos.
Thou shall not covet thy neighbour’s lens collection.
Thou shall not covet anything else that belongs to thy neighbour (like his Nikon D3x or unobtanium tripod).

Wedding Planner or Photographer Scams

Peter Zack — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:43:25 +0000

by Peter Zack

A cautionary tale in case you get one of these emails.

From: What the Duck

Scams, if you have an email address (if you’re here you do, of course), you get the emails all the time. If you are like me, with a dedicated web site and a visible email address, you get dozens daily. Spam filters do a good job but just to make sure that something legit isn’t missed, I still check the spam daily for a real client who might be filtered.

I don’t need anything enlarged, I like my job and am not looking for a new one. I’m happy that my wife arranges all my dates. I have enough credit cards and suspect there’s no free money anywhere. I hate survey’s and loved Seinfeld’s solution to that.

So recently I got one I knew was a scam. It sounded similar to many of the rest. I decided I wanted to see how this was going to ‘play out’ and how much they might want to take me for. Really it was a waste of time but possibly worth sharing with others in case you think you are going to land the “big deal”. Plus I kind of liked the idea of getting them all excited, wasting some of their time, that they might have a sucker on the hook to rob from.

In total, there were 12 emails back and forth . First I’m not a full time wedding planner, even if I do help brides with many of the arrangements. So there’s his first mistake, not knowing what I do.

So here’s how it works:

The wording changes from email to email but the common theme is a “logistics manager” or “agent” the scammer will mention in most at some point.

The very first email:
From: Williams Egobia
To: xxxxxxx@yahoo.com
Sent: Sat, January 30, 2010 1:37:09 AM
Subject: I need an experienced wedding planner

Hello,My name is Williams Egobia, I need an experienced wedding planner who will handle my wedding and arrange the reception dinner for a group of people who will be attending the wedding ceremony.The wedding is expected to hold on the 27th of Feb 2010 and 70 to 90 guests are expected to attend. As i do not know what the guests might choose for their meals and drinks, i will make a prepayment as initial deposit for this booking once availability is confirmed by you. All checks and balances will be made with you on 19th of Feb which is the final day of the booking, You are to arrange for a venue for the wedding a place for the reception ,Videography, Music Entertainment, Photography, cake and flowers. Please If there is any these items that is beyond your capability, you let me know so that another company can handle it. Get back to me with your response as i don’t have much time with me so that i can process our accommodation.
Thanks,
Williams.

After a few emails, he finally sent me his Visa card info which I passed on to Visa to alert them of the card number.
Here’s part of a follow up email:

Moreover,we also made an arrangement with a logistics agent who will take care of all the other guests logistics to include.

1) Flights for us
2) International Airport transfer
3) Transportation logistics during our stay

However,because of security reasons and confidentiality reposed on you and because they do not have credit card facility,we have decided that only you will have to handle the credit card information.

He couldn’t trust the “Logistics Agent” with the credit card info, only me! I feel so privileged!

Now when you think about this, the logistics agent is arranging travel visas and transportation for all the guests. So you trust him to get you safely into a country, get everyone to the same place on time etc. But you can’t trust him to see your Visa card? He has all your personal info for a travel visa but not the credit info.

Yeah sure. I’m some internet stranger that you don’t know, that you trust with thousands of dollars. Foolishness.

So at the end, I told him the deal was off and that I would no longer waste any more time with this. He threatens the FBI on me. Humm, since I don’t live in the USA, I guess I don’t have to worry about them much.

Finally I get these 2 emails, the last of which showed up in my spam folder, how ironic.

Hello Peter,
What are you talking about: Do you know that this will attract the law by accusing me being a scam.
Look i will involve FBI if care did not taking. Meanwhile i don’t know what your talking about. By the way who and who is telling you the mess. Please if you have done the charges kindly send my logistic their advance. Do you think every one is into the mess.
Thanks:
Williams

If you read all the emails, you see that the English isn’t bad with a few spelling and grammar mistakes. But in a hurry to salvage this, his email breaks down a lot more.

FBI ALERT
…
From:
FBI
…
Add to Contacts
To: XXXXXXXX@yahoo.com
Attention Mr Peter:
We got a emergency latter from your business partner Mr Williams now: He said that he has on transaction going on with you: Also he said that he gave you his credit card info which he instructed you to charge and make a deposit to his logistic and your having double mind:
Meanwhile You dont have anything to fear because we have all his information: you can go ahead for the transaction! we are monitoring:
DO NOT REPLY THIS MASSAGE.
Regards;
FBI.

Now that looks pretty official doesn’t it! Those FBI guys are so secret that you can’t write them back! No letterhead no signature, nothing.

So just a note to beware if you think you’re getting caught up in one of these. We can normally spot them quickly but they are getting smarter and using better English and details to get your attention.

Watch out for a few things:

1st is that the time is short to make the arrangements.
2nd is this “Logistics agent” stuff.
3rd is that there is no sense of urgency, even though the time is short.
4th is they will ask you to withdraw more than you need. I said $10,000 for deposits. He said take out $11,000 and send $6,000 to the logistics agent. If they offer more, it’s a big red flag.

Finally, they will not question your quote. Say anything you want, I quoted $27,233.52* and he had no problems with the amount. In fact the higher it is, the more they like it so the logistics agent can take a bigger percentage.

Just beware!

Cheers and good shooting – Peter Zack

*nice work if you can get it!

Joe McNally Seeks Confession

Miserere — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:16:29 +0000

by Miserere

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvWnMb5XRp0

Starring Bob Krist and Joe McNally.

Enjoy!

Stages of a Photographer’s Life as a Graph

Miserere — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:05:47 +0000

by Miserere

My friend Doug alerted me to this amusing graph describing the evolution of a photographer’s “life”. As with all good humour, it’s funny because there is some truth in there. Click for full size view.

Found on DataViz.

Do you know what stage you are at? I’m definitely near Death…ha ha ha

PS: If anyone knows who it was that came up with this graph, please let me know.

Photographer Stereotypes LOL

Miserere — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:15:20 +0000

by Miserere

It’s no coincidence that when I started this blog and created the list of blogs on the sidebar, one of the first to be added was Gordon Lewis’s Shutterfinger. The guy is smart, direct, and a great photographer. From a few e-mails I’ve crossed with him, I know he’s also a nice bloke. What I didn’t know is that he’s funny too.

What type of photographer you are can be determined by the lenses you use. Are you a Purist, a Prime Fetishist? Maybe some other type? Find out which one in Gordon’s article.

Slowing Down for a While

Miserere — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:57:50 +0000

by Miserere

My faithful readers (all 3 of you) will have noticed the dearth of posts recently. The reason is I have been busy with a project you can see in the photo above. Paris Hilton released her latest album, Glamorous, last week, and to my surprise, my mug was on the cover! To be fair, the album will be available with 5 different covers, each one the face of an unknown artist, so it’s not just me. I submitted my two photos for the competition as a joke, but it seems Paris liked one of them (it’s the one I use as an avatar on many photo forums) and I got picked. I’ve spent the last couple of weeks signing legal papers and things like that.

To cut a long story short, I will be away for the next few months touring the US in support of the album, even appearing on-stage with the other 4 winners performing as back-up dancers for Paris. It’s all very exciting, especially since I was born with two left feet; but we’re all starting dance lessons next Monday.

I might write a post now and then, so don’t forget me completely, and I do promise to return. You will only experience a temporary lapse of service, which means you shouldn’t delete me from you bookmarks.

In the meantime, why not browse through the EtL archives? There are plenty of articles to be read.

Take care, and take photos!

–Miserere

In the Winner's Words

Enticing the Light » Humour

Weddings Can Be Funny Too! Wedding Photographer Fails

Top 10 Reasons You Read Camera and Lens Reviews

Top Ten Reasons Why You Should Become a Pro Photographer

For the Canon Shooter Who Has Everything

The Ten Commandments of Photography

Wedding Planner or Photographer Scams

Joe McNally Seeks Confession

Stages of a Photographer’s Life as a Graph

Photographer Stereotypes LOL

Slowing Down for a While