>walk around with a larger than average lens
>like the 100-400
>get weird looks or wide eyes
>Have had people ask if I'm with National Geographic
>Bird people go up to me and ramble off names of birds and I nod and pretend to be intrigued and know what he's talking about
I didn't know it would be like this.. although I am in kind of a redneck area so that might just be it.
>your friend is beginning in surf leagues
>'can you take some pics of me surfing?"
>nikon D7000 + teleconverter 2x + 80-200 af-s f2.8
>people start to get around me and looking to the water searching for who I'm taking pictures
>'from which magazine / brand do you work for?'
>'who are in the water?'
feels nice
>>2799266
>go to uni, realize a few owls are regularly perching on a nearby tree
>interesting
>pack my camera bag, including the 400mm handcannon
>very small room left for actual lecture stuff
>get to campus, slight drizzle
>notice two owls, calculate best angle
>get inside, get the camera out, put on handcannon
>notice a bit of stirring from the corner of my eyes
>don't care, go out, take the shot
>get in, pack away my gear, hurry to lecture
>now notice everyone is staring at me wide eyed and slightly frightened
I still have no idea why a camera and a big lens is such a frightening sight.
>Go into Belfast City Centre for St. Patrick's Day
>Always a bit of unrest after the parade between Loyalists and Republicans
>Start snapping shots
>Shithead teenagers think they're going to be on the news and start acting up
>Go to Holylands area that evening where there's often rioting by drunken students
>They all want their photo taken and strike exaggerated poses
Nobody listens to me when I say I'm not Press. They just see a big lens and start to hunger for fame.
>Staff Photog at Convention
>Small beauty dish for on camera light mod
>People think imma firin muh laser
>Get disapointed when soft, low-key light doesn't give them flashburns
>>2799266
Better they think you're from national geographic than a pervert.
>taking photos of some friends in gothic lolita outfits in an old graveyard, but sticking to paths and not disturbing anything
>huge older Goth just seems to materialise from behind a gravestone
>guy starts asking me what magazine I work for
>tell him it's just for my friends since I'm around and all of us want some nice photos to show off
>asks if I have fucked either of the models yet
>stare blankly for a moment in awe
>he leaves and we continue
Everything in this comment makes me happy.
>taking second IR-converted camera body with it own lens.
>"Oh. this view could be awesome in IR", taking my 2nd camera from the bag while other is hanging on my neck
>Get people looks
>Feel like a witcher with 2 swords.
I love how all you beta fucktards are so naive/stupid you actually believe all those people subtly mocking you by asking if you're a pro. They're asking you if you're a pro in the same way that retarded kids get special medals for taking part in sports.
>>2799555
Are you butthurt because nobody has ever asked you?
>>2799543
>go to event with 2 bodies
>d5100 and d40 kek
>other photog gets out of the way so I can get the shot
>????
>profit
>>2799555
And all attractive girls are sluts, right?
>tfw I get around with small minolta slr and 50mm or Canonet and no one cares or bothers me ever.
>one time a girl looked at my camera and smiled
>>2799567
Did you ask her out?
>>2799571
No, I'm a chickenshit. I'm scarred like fuck every time I take a photo publicly. I treat it as kind of a shock therapy
>>2799558
yes
>>2799496
I get a fair amount of odd looks as well - I've seen people take quick looks at me after I walked passed them, guessing to make sure I'm pointing it at them or something.
>>2799266
I attract other bird people all the time when I shoot with my telephone which is good because I mainly photograph wildlife like birds. They'll tell me where the saw what and talk about other animals. Haven't gotten any weird or bad looks yet.
>>2799606
Birds with phone.
>>2799615
>imblying
>>2799615
>not fully utilising your Nokia 6320i's whopping 1.3 Megapixel camera with the x6 telephoto back attachment
It's like you're not even trying.
>Be out with with my refurb d5100 I got over 3 years ago.
>omg your camera is so pro was it expensive?
>>2799572
social anxiety is a bitch
>on the subway with my k-5 with da 21mm on it
>guy says 'nice camera'
>nod and ask him what he shoots
>'its too bad you couldnt afford the k-3II'
>think about comebacks in the shower when I get home
I like to think it was someone that frequents this board
>>2800009
hahaha
>>2799454
>I still have no idea why a camera and a big lens is such a frightening sight.
You fucking pervert. I bet you take photos of girls and masturbate to them. You fucking creeper.
The internet and movies have made people worry about shit like this way too much. I've seen way creepier people taking pictures with phones than I have with a camera body. Usually creepers just use phones when they take "candid" photos/videos of girls. So far I've seen 3 people taking upskirts with selfie sticks.
>>2799572
>I'm scarred like fuck every time I take a photo publicly. I treat it as kind of a shock therapy
Living the dream d e s u
>>2799630
Your kidding right?
>>2800506
MY kidding what alignment?
>>2800009
Someone with shittier gear than me outside of kit lens people
>Fuck this guy has shitty gear
>Probably makes up for it with superior techniques
>I shouldn't even have this lens
>This guy would be taking stunning pictures with it
>Nobody even responds to my /p/ pictures
Somone with better gear
>Fuck this guy has good gear
>Probably takes amazing shots with it and knows so much more than me
>He's gonna laugh at my inferior shit
>Probably evne makes money off this shit
>out and about
>see all these people with their dinky bridge cameras and tiny rebels with the kit
>march by with my glorious massive FF body with grip
>>2800517
I feel you senpai
>>2800506
>the illiterate smartphone-using millenial never heard of cellphone accessories
