My hate is equipment reviews in the magazines - for example a macro lens test where they have the usual suspects but no Pentax D-FA/DA Macro. Naturally the winner is always the Nikon or Canon, but that is no good to me whatsoever as neither come in PK-AF fit.
People that talk about kit all the bloody time and spend hours talking about the finer details of absolutely nothing important rather than taking and sharing photos.
I think its one of the trap we all fall into at sometime or the other
You should get a better camera then
1. People with cheaper, more entry-level kit than me. Clear wannabes who dilute the photography pool and should stick to camera phones.
2. People with more expensive, better kit than me. Spoilt rich kids making up for their lack of photography skill by flashing their wallets.
Basically everyone then?
Short people that get in front of me, then precede to hold their camera up above their head and in my frame, so annoying.
I think your missing the whole point of the threadIf other non photographers are happy to take pictures with there Ipads then what is the problem with that? (refering to all here not just the above post) I'm sure they are quite content with what they are doing and if they read this thread most would think its a bit pathetic and I'd agree with them.
I take pictures with my iphone all the time, because surprisingly enough I don't walk a round with a DSLR over my shoulder everytime I leave for work in the morning..
I think stuff like that is really pretentious tbh
Ok maybe I did not understand the spirit in which it was meant
Yeah pretty well
On a serious note, I was on a safari a fortnight ago and that really brought them out. The guy shooting a family of elephants two hundred yards away in bright sunlight using his flash (DSLR which makes it worse). People using ipads, just looks daft. A couple taking turns taking photos of each other in the foreground with the elephants in the background - and then sitting together while taking a joint photo with outstretched arms. As if this wonderful site of nature is improved by sticking a couple of grinning idiots in the foreground. Ugh.
Above all, people who think a photo is about showing that you are somewhere and making it all about you, rather than trying to create a nice image and make something of what's in front of you.
Rant over
People who have a huge ego and think they can do no wrong, every shot being pure gold because their friends and family (and probably facebook) tell them how amazing they are.
People who have a huge ego and think they can do no wrong, every shot being pure gold because their friends and family (and probably facebook) tell them how amazing they are.
I find this often gets worse throughout the years as well.
How many times have we heard the "I've been doing ____ photography for 200 years so my advice is better than everyone here"
People.
Oh, wait ... is it only photography pet hates then?
Photographers who can't just let other people enjoy taking pictures without criticising them as if everyone gave a monkeys about photography.
Most people just want to grab a snap of their friends/family/holiday. Who gives a damn if it's on an ipad, a phone or a disposable goddamn camera? If they stick it up on Facebook and the focus is all to cock and the exposure is bad...honestly, who cares?
Photography, to most people, serves a purpose beyond taking a technically good photograph.