Film photography is dangerous

[Barney]

Film photography has got be one of the most dangerous hobbies out there.

I was 20 minutes setting up a shot, in my shorts due to the heat, and waded through nettles, bracken and brambles to get to a position in 18" tall heather, where I couldn't see underfoot, so that I could frame the shot as I wanted, the flipping insects were eating me alive, not little midges, huge feckin horse flies, must have been bitten at least 10 times.

Earlier in the week when I had gone out early because my bad back had kept me awake I kept backing up to get the framing and right for a shot and stepped off a high kerb into a one foot deep rain gully going off the road landing right on my back and slamming the camera into the floor, the gully was just wide enough that I landed perfectly back first on the edge of the kerbstone.

Good job I have not found a cliff yet I would fall off it.

I complained to the Mrs and she just laughed her head off praying that someone saw me or did I have a video.

Those shots will defo be rubbish.

 

[Barney]

it is not funny.

I came here for sympathy.

 

[srichards]

I think this might be up there with the incident on the island

 

[Cluster]

Wait until Saturday in Manchester.....competitive photogs in action. I bet they will ruin your composition!

 

[Barney]

Wait until Saturday in Manchester.....competitive photogs in action. I bet they will ruin your composition!

I was planning on being a fashionable 15 minutes behind everyone else Dave.

 

[bumper]

it is not funny.

I came here for sympathy.

I think you know better than to expect that Wayne. You’re just suffering for your art, literally.

Looking forward to seeing the ‘Dutch angle’ shot as you fell over. You shouldn’t have told us, we would’ve thought you were being artistic

 

[angelpaaul]

Film photography has got be one of the most dangerous hobbies out there.

I agree.

I bought an old Olympus OM2n (well worn with lots of lovely brassing) as a carry everywhere camera. Taking a test shot I took a step back to get a better angle and caught my foot on a piece of old fence wire. I promptly fell bottom over breast, banged my head, elbow and dropped the camera. The back flew open and the film dropped out, marvellous!

Elbow needed 4 stitches, head had a massive bump and the film was ruined! Oh, the Olympus survived with nothing more than a bit more brassing.

Not the first time I've done that and with this very camera too. Do you think should sell it?