things which have caused problems while taking photographs recently

magicbastarder

jittery horses
firehoses (well, more the water that comes out of them)
GODDAMN ****ING HORSEFLIES
chocolatey fingerprints on lenses

AnCatDubh

weather (damn, but my 24/7 morning sunrise was ruined by that..... very inconsiderate if you ask me)

Fajitas!

Humidity.


:-/

Slidinginfinity

ME and well, ME

pullandbang

Broken ankle....:o

Kintarō Hattori

Work....... for fecks sake.

magicbastarder

pullandbang wrote: »

Broken ankle....:o

whose?

pullandbang

magicbastarder wrote: »

whose?

Mine......:mad:

dave66

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Work....... for fecks sake.

I second that sentiment and AF dying on my 70-300 :mad:

Thecageyone

My back + sciatic pain. Really off putting when anywhere decent to photograph around here requires a car - I don't drive - or at least a bike, which I have but it hurts to cycle sometimes.

And the weather. And 2 demanding children who always want to come with me when I go to leave the house!

AnimalRights

My 85 1.8's usm AF takes a while to kick in lol

My panning or lack of expertise comes back to haunt me when I do attempt it.

elven

Lack of polaroid 600 film

GristlyEnd

enthusiasm

Promac

dave66 wrote: »

I second that sentiment and AF dying on my 70-300 :mad:

The canon one? I've hardly used mine and it sounds geriatric.

dave66

Promac wrote: »

The canon one? I've hardly used mine and it sounds geriatric.

No it's a Sigma 70-300 APO Macro with minolta mount, but used on my Sony A550, turns out the plastic gears used by Sigma in that lens are not up to handling the torque of the Sony motor.

elven

DarrenG wrote: »

enthusiasm

You should seek out more pretty food, in that case.

Calina

I haven't got time.

DougL

A crappy tripod.

stcstc

family, work, only 24 hrs in the day

bongi69

Canon "Error 99" when using my telephoto, and I havent been arsed finding out why

daycent

Eye surgery.

smelltheglove

daycent wrote: »

Eye surgery.

oooh, did you get laser by any chance? I am afraid to get it incase my eyes dont focus well.

I find from time to time a heavy photography workload kills off my inspiration to go out and do something for the sake of it. Its been quite a while since I went out to take a picture just because I wanted to!

daycent

smelltheglove wrote: »

oooh, did you get laser by any chance? I am afraid to get it incase my eyes dont focus well.

No, it wasn't laser surgery, technically it wasn't even surgery! I have an eye disease called Keratoconus. There is no cure, but I got a procedure done which stops it from progressing (hopefully). It's not that big of a problem really (for me anyway, got diagnosed fairly early on). I got it done on Friday, my vision is fairly blurry now, I've been told it might take a few months to get back to "normal", which is worrying, but it could be worse...

As for laser surgery, I'd be tempted if I wore glasses/contacts. As far as I know, it's generally not painful and the recovery is quick. Would recommend doing a good bit of research first and going with someone reputable though...

John

bongi69 wrote: »

Canon "Error 99" when using my telephoto, and I havent been arsed finding out why

I've been getting that a lot lately too.

smash

Restraining order*


*may not be true

smelltheglove

daycent wrote: »

No, it wasn't laser surgery, technically it wasn't even surgery! I have an eye disease called Keratoconus. There is no cure, but I got a procedure done which stops it from progressing (hopefully). It's not that big of a problem really (for me anyway, got diagnosed fairly early on). I got it done on Friday, my vision is fairly blurry now, I've been told it might take a few months to get back to "normal", which is worrying, but it could be worse...

As for laser surgery, I'd be tempted if I wore glasses/contacts. As far as I know, it's generally not painful and the recovery is quick. Would recommend doing a good bit of research first and going with someone reputable though...

Thats terrible news Brian. I hope you are feeling ok. No I have a sister and a sister in law who have had it done but I have very strange eyes myself, in the last year the shape of my eyes has changed dramatically enough so its just one thing I would be very nervous of doing, I think I would need to hear from someone in the photography game as to whether or not it was worth it, I know when you are focussing on minute details as you do in photography you would be more inclined to notice if it is ok or not.

I hope your recovery time isnt too long now. Best wishes.

daycent

smelltheglove wrote: »

Thats terrible news Brian. I hope you are feeling ok. No I have a sister and a sister in law who have had it done but I have very strange eyes myself, in the last year the shape of my eyes has changed dramatically enough so its just one thing I would be very nervous of doing, I think I would need to hear from someone in the photography game as to whether or not it was worth it, I know when you are focussing on minute details as you do in photography you would be more inclined to notice if it is ok or not.

I hope your recovery time isnt too long now. Best wishes.

Thanks for the kind comments Rachel, appreciate it. It was because of photography that I noticed something was wrong in the first place, strange how things happen. It's weird not being able to take photos, hopefully will improve in a few days. My sight wasn't that bad to begin with. Although if I'd left it go it would have got worse and worse. In the past a lot of people would have ended up getting a corneal transplant eventually which is kinda scary. The treatment I got is fairly new, I'm very lucky really. (Although not covered by insurance :mad:)

I think you're right to be nervous of laser surgery. It's not suitable for everyone anyway apparently and there are some risks. I suppose if you're comfortable enough wearing glasses then you might be better off sticking with them, for the moment anyway. I'm just glad that autofocus exists, would be screwed otherwise!

Chorcai

DarrenG wrote: »

enthusiasm

wana make a club ?

ThOnda

Low level of skills masked as technical limits of my gear.

squareballoon

bleedin' school bleedin' holidays

jpb1974

All you can eat buffet... ruined my lunchtime plans for a few photos.

melekalikimaka

lack of time. travelling to festivals every week in beautiful places, and litrally can take out the camera for 5 mins...it sucks

aidan18

suncream and sand

dazftw

Taking a photo if its either black&white or slide film. I will not see these photos for weeks/months cause I have to send them off to get down and its just too expensive doing one at a time.

Does make it all worth it though when you get loads back and forgot some of what you took.

jpb1974

Taking a photo if its either black&white

Why not dev the b&w yourself? It's a pile of pizz.

dazftw

jpb1974 wrote: »

Why not dev the b&w yourself? It's a pile of pizz.

Yeah I was doing it while I was in college.. Iv'e just been lazy to pick up chemicals and stuff. I tried awhile back and had trouble finding decent developing tanks.

My birthday is next week so maybe I might make a list :rolleyes:

JayEnnis

Lack of money for petrol and have shot the area around me to death.

bongi69

John wrote: »

I've been getting that a lot lately too.

Dirty lens contacts in my case. Cleaned them off and working ok now. Now I just need something interesting to shoot

stcstc

forgeting to bring my F*****g battery charger for cameras on holidays with me grrrrrrr

AnCatDubh

the idiot behind the viewfinder

Ettna

stcstc wrote: »

forgeting to bring my F*****g battery charger for cameras on holidays with me grrrrrrr

Me too.

DougL

Ettna wrote: »

Me too.

Being given the wrong battery charger by Conns and having the battery die halfway through a wedding...grrrrr.

monkeypants

Dog thinking the camera was a snack. For him.