The writing staff over at Fstoppers share their worst and most embarrassing photography mistakes.
These are photographers that I really admire and look up to – the kind of professionals that I never thought could make even the smallest mistake. I’m so happy they decided to reveal these facts; it makes me realize I’m not the only one and that making a mistake is not the end of the world.
Jason Vinson
“I had all my flashes, stands, and triggers, but forgot the cold shoe, so I couldn’t attach anything to a stand and couldn’t use any of it.”
Isaac Alvarez
“I did a shoot and didn’t realize there was no memory card in the camera.”
Sean Molin
“Giving (significant) discounts to friends and family.”
Burak Erzincanli
“In the first years of my business, I accepted all work, said ‘yes’ to everyone. This was the biggest mistake.”
Ryan Mense
“Not charging enough for extras because you are worried about losing a sale.”
Stephen Kampff
“I booked a job in another country without realizing it and couldn’t make it.”
Jason Hudson
“At my first wedding, I left a lens caps on, and some guy shouted, ‘your lens cap is on, noob!’ I was shooting blind, holding the camera over my head. It still echoes in my head. Also, I no longer own a lens cap, likely for that reason.”
Robert Baggs
“I didn’t pre-scout a shoot location for a band, because it was a bit of a hush-hush elite members club. I arrived, and it was extremely cramped, dark, and cluttered. I had a makeup artist, band manager, the band, and a few others all awaiting some magic to be woven. Then, my lights died.”
Rob Mynard
“I hot-wired a Yongnuo flash to avoid the overheating cutoff so I could get more shots out of it for a first dance, and the plastic on the front of the bulb melted off.”
Lee Morris
“I created a coupon and put it in a magazine ad.”
Peter House
“I wore my camera with a strap around my neck — heavy sucker — full frame with a 70-200mm on it. The model was having a hard time getting up off the floor. Instinct kicked in, and I bent down to help. The camera swung around my neck, and the 70-200mm hit her right in the eye — instant bruise.”
Alex Cooke
“I was still learning, I was shooting in aperture-priority mode. My shutter speeds were hitting the top of the camera: 1/4,000 s, 1/8,000 s, etc. I distinctly remember thinking “these shutter speeds are really fast,” but of course, I didn’t stop to check my settings. I went home that night, left my camera on the shelf without offloading the files or checking the settings, then went back and did it all the next day. It wasn’t until I finally finished all eight sessions and went home to offload the files that I realized that I had still been shooting at ISO 3200. I had very little retouching to do, because no one’s skin had any real texture left.”
Read the full article by Alex Cooke, with even more of these mistakes over at Fstoppers.
Source: Fstoppers
