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Michael Puff and I were out shooting Hearts in SF on Saturday. What started as an overcast day turned into a bright sunny day. I haven't finished with the hearts yet, but I was amused by a lot of the tourists hanging about. It was a pretty happening day with lots of people.

Here is one of the hearts, a pretty mosaic heart by the Marina. These two men saw us, saw our cameras but proceeded to examine their maps. I waited, and waited, Looked over at Michael and rolled my eyes, he shrugged his shoulders, and I waited and waited. Finally I decided this gentleman deserved to have this shot publicized -- for making me wait and wait and wait.



We saw some fog hiding the bridge, and tired of heart shooting, headed over the Golden Gate. I managed to get a few fog shots when the fog suddenly, while I was taking pictures of it, disappeared!

This scene just tickled my photographer's weird sense of humor. Here on the right is one man intent on getting some telephoto shots, while on the left is a family group posing for a point and shoot camera. They will be little dots in the photo because the photographer was too far away from them. Their faces will be shadowed because flash wasn't used. We saw this over and over and over again.



And finally, this was the oddest thing. One of these men proceeded to set up his camera on his tripod, and then he and his friend sat down to look at the camera looking at the bridge... huh?



I hope some of you see some humor in these photos too... While we were waiting for the fog to return I was watching the tourists, many of them standing in the same spot, at the same distance, no flash... I think hanging around STF and having the rule of thirds, watch the light, etc., brought up over and over again, it's a bit of a shock to me to see that so many people aren't aware of these really simple tips to make their family memories look better in their photographs.

And no, surprisingly, the fog did not return! As soon as we got south of Ocean Beach, though, there it was, and there was no sunset for me to see when I got home.

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Dee

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I know what you mean. We just got back from a trip to Alaska. I saw people taking shots at a mountain side 1/4 mile away in low light with their flash still on (auto mode P&S camera). Another time, there was a couple who wanted me to take their pic with their camera. They handed it to me, I stepped back and noticed it was on macro mode. Wonder how long it had been set on macro? lol
Dee Golden said:
Michael Puff and I were out shooting Hearts in SF on Saturday. What
started as an overcast day turned into a bright sunny day. I
haven't finished with the hearts yet, but I was amused by a lot of
the tourists hanging about. It was a pretty happening day with lots
of people.

Here is one of the hearts, a pretty mosaic heart by the Marina.
These two men saw us, saw our cameras but proceeded to examine
their maps. I waited, and waited, Looked over at Michael and rolled
my eyes, he shrugged his shoulders, and I waited and waited.
Finally I decided this gentleman deserved to have this shot
publicized -- for making me wait and wait and wait.



We saw some fog hiding the bridge, and tired of heart shooting,
headed over the Golden Gate. I managed to get a few fog shots when
the fog suddenly, while I was taking pictures of it, disappeared!

This scene just tickled my photographer's weird sense of humor.
Here on the right is one man intent on getting some telephoto
shots, while on the left is a family group posing for a point and
shoot camera. They will be little dots in the photo because the
photographer was too far away from them. Their faces will be
shadowed because flash wasn't used. We saw this over and over and
over again.



And finally, this was the oddest thing. One of these men proceeded
to set up his camera on his tripod, and then he and his friend sat
down to look at the camera looking at the bridge... huh?



I hope some of you see some humor in these photos too... While we
were waiting for the fog to return I was watching the tourists,
many of them standing in the same spot, at the same distance, no
flash... I think hanging around STF and having the rule of thirds,
watch the light, etc., brought up over and over again, it's a bit
of a shock to me to see that so many people aren't aware of these
really simple tips to make their family memories look better in
their photographs.

And no, surprisingly, the fog did not return! As soon as we got
south of Ocean Beach, though, there it was, and there was no sunset
for me to see when I got home.

--
Dee

http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=344983
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kenrippy said:
Dee Golden said:
Michael Puff and I were out shooting Hearts in SF on Saturday. What
started as an overcast day turned into a bright sunny day. I
haven't finished with the hearts yet, but I was amused by a lot of
the tourists hanging about. It was a pretty happening day with lots
of people.

Here is one of the hearts, a pretty mosaic heart by the Marina.
These two men saw us, saw our cameras but proceeded to examine
their maps. I waited, and waited, Looked over at Michael and rolled
my eyes, he shrugged his shoulders, and I waited and waited.
Finally I decided this gentleman deserved to have this shot
publicized -- for making me wait and wait and wait.



We saw some fog hiding the bridge, and tired of heart shooting,
headed over the Golden Gate. I managed to get a few fog shots when
the fog suddenly, while I was taking pictures of it, disappeared!

This scene just tickled my photographer's weird sense of humor.
Here on the right is one man intent on getting some telephoto
shots, while on the left is a family group posing for a point and
shoot camera. They will be little dots in the photo because the
photographer was too far away from them. Their faces will be
shadowed because flash wasn't used. We saw this over and over and
over again.



And finally, this was the oddest thing. One of these men proceeded
to set up his camera on his tripod, and then he and his friend sat
down to look at the camera looking at the bridge... huh?



I hope some of you see some humor in these photos too... While we
were waiting for the fog to return I was watching the tourists,
many of them standing in the same spot, at the same distance, no
flash... I think hanging around STF and having the rule of thirds,
watch the light, etc., brought up over and over again, it's a bit
of a shock to me to see that so many people aren't aware of these
really simple tips to make their family memories look better in
their photographs.

And no, surprisingly, the fog did not return! As soon as we got
south of Ocean Beach, though, there it was, and there was no sunset
for me to see when I got home.

--
Dee

http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=344983
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Maple leaf: To Dee and Kenrippy...you both made me laugh, and just now I needed something to laugh at. It is nice to see photogs enjoying their shoot and taking humorous pix as they see them.

Nice set of photos, Dee. Wife and I enjoyed them very much. We've had similary things happen to us, but this is your story and we like it.

Bob and Barbie
 
I was at the car races yesterday, and while trying to take pictures of cars on display people would just walk in front of the camera, quite aware I was trying to take a picture! And how often have you seen people taking pictures in the grandstand at a football game with flash? From about 500 yards away? Always makes me laugh, especially back in the days of use-once flashbulbs.

I like your pictures, and the humour in the bridge ones. As for the heart, you could crop it vertical and clone out the gentleman's bag and bum.
JJF
Dee Golden said:
Michael Puff and I were out shooting Hearts in SF on Saturday. What
started as an overcast day turned into a bright sunny day. I
haven't finished with the hearts yet, but I was amused by a lot of
the tourists hanging about. It was a pretty happening day with lots
of people.

Here is one of the hearts, a pretty mosaic heart by the Marina.
These two men saw us, saw our cameras but proceeded to examine
their maps. I waited, and waited, Looked over at Michael and rolled
my eyes, he shrugged his shoulders, and I waited and waited.
Finally I decided this gentleman deserved to have this shot
publicized -- for making me wait and wait and wait.



We saw some fog hiding the bridge, and tired of heart shooting,
headed over the Golden Gate. I managed to get a few fog shots when
the fog suddenly, while I was taking pictures of it, disappeared!

This scene just tickled my photographer's weird sense of humor.
Here on the right is one man intent on getting some telephoto
shots, while on the left is a family group posing for a point and
shoot camera. They will be little dots in the photo because the
photographer was too far away from them. Their faces will be
shadowed because flash wasn't used. We saw this over and over and
over again.



And finally, this was the oddest thing. One of these men proceeded
to set up his camera on his tripod, and then he and his friend sat
down to look at the camera looking at the bridge... huh?



I hope some of you see some humor in these photos too... While we
were waiting for the fog to return I was watching the tourists,
many of them standing in the same spot, at the same distance, no
flash... I think hanging around STF and having the rule of thirds,
watch the light, etc., brought up over and over again, it's a bit
of a shock to me to see that so many people aren't aware of these
really simple tips to make their family memories look better in
their photographs.

And no, surprisingly, the fog did not return! As soon as we got
south of Ocean Beach, though, there it was, and there was no sunset
for me to see when I got home.

--
Dee

http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=344983
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Indeed, we did have an enjoyable afternoon of heart hunting, shooting, and chit chat while driving from spot to spot.

Dee forgot to mention that after the extremely long consultation with their maps, these two gents walked away looking totally confused. I don't think they ever figured out where they were or where they were going!

Nice shots, Dee!

Michael
Dee Golden said:
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Hi Dee,

People are weird! LOL...I like your sense of humor! Good captures.
Trish
 
While we were standing and taking photos of the hearts we'd hear sorry and a bike rider would race in front of us... at least they said sorry, although it would have been too late, LOL

I like the people taking pictures of the sunset and the flash goes off, but it's probably so automatic they can't turn it off.

I think you need to hold your camera two feet in front of you at arms length, and that might stop then from walking in front of you... either there are just too many people taking pictures these days that everyone's totally oblivious, or they are getting to be just thoughtless...
Jumping Jack Flash said:
I like your pictures, and the humour in the bridge ones. As for the
heart, you could crop it vertical and clone out the gentleman's bag
and bum.
JJF
Dee Golden said:
Michael Puff and I were out shooting Hearts in SF on Saturday. What
started as an overcast day turned into a bright sunny day. I
haven't finished with the hearts yet, but I was amused by a lot of
the tourists hanging about. It was a pretty happening day with lots
of people.

Here is one of the hearts, a pretty mosaic heart by the Marina.
These two men saw us, saw our cameras but proceeded to examine
their maps. I waited, and waited, Looked over at Michael and rolled
my eyes, he shrugged his shoulders, and I waited and waited.
Finally I decided this gentleman deserved to have this shot
publicized -- for making me wait and wait and wait.



We saw some fog hiding the bridge, and tired of heart shooting,
headed over the Golden Gate. I managed to get a few fog shots when
the fog suddenly, while I was taking pictures of it, disappeared!

This scene just tickled my photographer's weird sense of humor.
Here on the right is one man intent on getting some telephoto
shots, while on the left is a family group posing for a point and
shoot camera. They will be little dots in the photo because the
photographer was too far away from them. Their faces will be
shadowed because flash wasn't used. We saw this over and over and
over again.



And finally, this was the oddest thing. One of these men proceeded
to set up his camera on his tripod, and then he and his friend sat
down to look at the camera looking at the bridge... huh?



I hope some of you see some humor in these photos too... While we
were waiting for the fog to return I was watching the tourists,
many of them standing in the same spot, at the same distance, no
flash... I think hanging around STF and having the rule of thirds,
watch the light, etc., brought up over and over again, it's a bit
of a shock to me to see that so many people aren't aware of these
really simple tips to make their family memories look better in
their photographs.

And no, surprisingly, the fog did not return! As soon as we got
south of Ocean Beach, though, there it was, and there was no sunset
for me to see when I got home.

--
Dee

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Dee

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I'm very glad you could see the humor in these! :-)

I just kept seeing the same thing happening over and over again, walk to the edge of the cliff, the photographer walks back away from them, then takes the photo.

We actually saw one gentlemen hop on top of a thin metal fence post, only to lose his balance and fortunately fall on the "right" side of the fence instead of tumbling downhill toward the ocean.

And, he was way old enough to know better too! Wasn't some 20 something trying to show off, but some 50 something trying to show off, LOL.
Meem said:
Hi Dee,

People are weird! LOL...I like your sense of humor! Good captures.
Trish
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Dee

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Glad you and Barbie enjoyed the story and the photos. I told Michael I was taking the picture of the bent over man with a "panty" line too! LOL and that I was going to post it on the forum. He and his friend took forever to move while we were dodging bike riders and pedestrians.
Maple Leaf said:
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Maple leaf: To Dee and Kenrippy...you both made me laugh, and just
now I needed something to laugh at. It is nice to see photogs
enjoying their shoot and taking humorous pix as they see them.

Nice set of photos, Dee. Wife and I enjoyed them very much. We've
had similary things happen to us, but this is your story and we
like it.

Bob and Barbie
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Dee

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Nice sense of humour and pictures, but hey...

I think I myself did some of those things (ie, shooting in backlight without flash) back when I couldn't get a single decent picture.

It's even somewhat nice to remember those times! :-)

Thanks so much for sharing!

Take care!

-- thiago
 
Hi Bev,

Glad you enjoyed them. When I used to ride the subway to school in NYC I used to people watch all the time, but since getting a car that art has languished.

It was nice to sit in the sun and enjoy a beautiful day, and while waiting for the fog to maybe return, watch the tourists.

Dee
Beverly Brink said:
Nice pics, Dee - & story to go with them. Especially like the
first one:-) Bev

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Dee

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I just found it sad that no one thought to take a head and shoulders photo of the person with the bridge in the background. I see the same thing happening at our local beach. A lot of tourists come to watch the sun go down and they take pictures of the person getting the full body standing in front of the ocean. A nicer more natural shot would be of them sitting on the rocks with the sunset behind them, and close enough for the flash to fill the face.

I actually volunteered to take a photo of a tourist at the beach and after he received the photo via e-mail he was very pleased.

Dee
sigriston said:
Nice sense of humour and pictures, but hey...

I think I myself did some of those things (ie, shooting in
backlight without flash) back when I couldn't get a single decent
picture.

It's even somewhat nice to remember those times! :-)

Thanks so much for sharing!

Take care!

-- thiago
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Dee

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Dee,

Please share your basic rules (especially the one you mentioned about thirds). Although I have been taking photos for quite a while, they are only good, not great.
Dee Golden said:
I actually volunteered to take a photo of a tourist at the beach
and after he received the photo via e-mail he was very pleased.

Dee
sigriston said:
Nice sense of humour and pictures, but hey...

I think I myself did some of those things (ie, shooting in
backlight without flash) back when I couldn't get a single decent
picture.

It's even somewhat nice to remember those times! :-)

Thanks so much for sharing!

Take care!

-- thiago
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Dee

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Maybe they are waiting for some kewl night shots ;-) Or maybe they have confused shooting photos with catching fish.....lol

All of your pics were very nice. Sort of typical of what you get around SF. Lots of tourists who have no clue on how to pose for a pic....lol Although I have to admit, last time I was up there shooting many people stopped, and needed to be waved on, before they proceeded in front of my camera. That's classy IMO :-)

OK, we've read the story and seen the pics, but where and what did you guys eat? Shooting with Andy has convinced me that we take better pics on a full stomach....lol

J/K thanks for sharing these Dee :-)

Steve

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