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10/10/2003 09:06:56 PM · #1 |
...to get a good shot?
I've been looking at a number of the photographs here (and especially in the recent urban landscape challenge) and many of them seem to be from interesting vantage points. So I was wondering if any of you had some good stories about trials and tribulations you went through to get a particular shot. Do you find yourself stopping along the freeway? Climbing up sheer cliffs? Crawling underneath bridges? Let's hear it!
There's one in the urban landscape challenge that I am VERY curious about where it was taken from.. I guess I'll have to wait for it to be over to find out!
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10/10/2003 09:22:29 PM · #2 |
| yup-- i recently crawled under a bridge and came out screaming shortly thereafter when I saw a rat run passed!! (not for a shot entered mind you). And I have climbed up on statues. I have lain down on very busy sidewalks she says sheepishly.... |
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10/10/2003 09:29:00 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by ellamay:
I have lain down on very busy sidewalks she says sheepishly.... |
Be careful, ella, some go over dead bodies to...
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10/10/2003 11:16:30 PM · #4 |
| ok come on now folks who else has done something wacky for a shot?? |
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10/10/2003 11:20:51 PM · #5 |
| Well, I got my feet wet once to get a heron in high heels... |
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10/10/2003 11:27:13 PM · #6 |
A heron in high heels? I'd get wet for that one too...lol ;-)
Originally posted by zeuszen:
Well, I got my feet wet once to get a heron in high heels... |
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10/10/2003 11:45:46 PM · #7 |
I drove all night 345 miles one tome to get this picture...
//www.pbase.com/image/14609073
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10/10/2003 11:53:32 PM · #8 |
| well it is a very good shot : ) |
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10/11/2003 02:23:36 AM · #9 |
| I've had several encounters with security guards, both federal and private, including being photographed (polaroid), and getting my person & car searched. Also been asked to leave a railroad station for taking a picture of a tourist couple at their request using their camera, LOL. |
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10/11/2003 02:37:02 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by coolhar:
I've had several encounters with security guards, both federal and private, including being photographed (polaroid), and getting my person & car searched. Also been asked to leave a railroad station for taking a picture of a tourist couple at their request using their camera, LOL. |
You should read (and download and carry with you) The Photographer's Rights. |
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10/11/2003 08:04:03 AM · #11 |
I don't think anything I've done is extraordinary, but by-standers certainly seem to.
I take a lot of photos on Fort Bragg, so I get a lot of weird looks from soldiers (though I've found that a smile and a confident manner, as well as a good understanding of what I can and cannot photograph on a military post has stood me in good stead. Unlike one of the members of the local camera club, I have NEVER been told I cannot take the photographs I wanted to take. He, on the other hand, was once escorted off post.).
I'm not shy about laying down or climbing up to get the shot I want, though I'm more apt to lay down than climb because I'm afraid of heights.
The more time I spend out photographing things, the less shy I get about doing it. I am careful to find out the rules of the place and abide by them...I went to a historical place in VA where the rule was no photos inside the buildings. I put the camera away, enjoyed the tour, then photographed the grounds and gardens.
Shari
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10/11/2003 09:11:34 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by coolhar:
I've had several encounters with security guards, both federal and private, including being photographed (polaroid), and getting my person & car searched. Also been asked to leave a railroad station for taking a picture of a tourist couple at their request using their camera, LOL. |
You should read (and download and carry with you) The Photographer's Rights. |
Is there anyway you could email me this? I'm having problems getting pdf files to come up.. something funky w/my versions of acrobat.
Or post this file somewhere here?
Thanks. |
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10/11/2003 09:19:45 AM · #13 |
Nevermind,, I got it..
so far the "furthest" I've gone is to make repeated purchases at a local garden center so they would let me shoot in their presentation garden. again and again and again..... |
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10/11/2003 09:36:10 AM · #14 |
I've laid down on the ground more often than you can imagine for photos. I've stood on chairs and tables at receptions.
Best one though is when my little boy was doing pageants I would assist with photos between times when he had to be on stage and the best extreme I went to was after his formal competition I was dressed in a cocktail dress cause I had to go on stage with him, and this little girl was practicing for swimwear I tried and tried to get a good photo of her and finally I ended up just getting in the pool cocktail dress and all and photographed her sitting poolside. And no going and changing wasn't really an option as the little girl didn't have the freetime she had to go change right away for her formal competition and they had been waiting for me to get off stage to photograph the little girl.
Oh what was I thinking? LOL the dress survived, I got quite a few stares between the pool and my room and would I do it again? Yes especially when the photo is being used for modeling agencies as that one was. Oh pageant photography is a great money maker but gesh those pageant mom's want it and want it now. Oh why did I put a bid in to do 3 state pageants next spring? Why? |
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10/11/2003 09:37:20 AM · #15 |
I went to a place called Beach Rock Point last winter after a snow storm to get a winter shot. It's a short hike through the woods and you end up on top of a huge boulder overlooking a lake. It's about a 40+ foot drop at the edge of the boulder. It was covered with snow and slippery. I slipped. Luckly I was able to grab onto a little tree growing out of the boulder to stop my fall. I was forever forbiden to go there again in the winter by my girlfriend. When I got back home I did have to change my underwear. 8)
Message edited by author 2003-10-11 22:09:14.
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10/11/2003 10:02:47 AM · #16 |
| yeah, i had a hard time taking shots coz it was forbidden to take photos on the buildings(which i really dont understand why), so all the shots ive taken were stolen ones, as much as possible making sure that the security guards weren't looking on my way... |
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10/11/2003 09:51:54 PM · #17 |
For the Urban challenge, I hopped on my motorbike at lunchtime (not the best time for photos, I know, but I was excited!) and went looking for a good spot to take a shot of the River City, Brisbane. Found myself a parking spot, started walking, realized I was quite a way from the best position. Continued on, found that the path I was on led UNDER the bridge I wanted shoot from. Got off the path, tried circling back, found I had to cross the (busy) Expressway, nearly got hit by a car (missed my by THAT much), jogged back to the bridge, rested for about 5 minutes (NOT a good idea to go jogging in a leather jacket), took some shots, walked slooowly back to the bike (thank God I didnt have to cross the Expressway again), and back to work. All done in 45 mins, felt like I had run a marathon.
And after all, that, didnt get a good pic anyway. Best was:
Needless to say, my subsequent attempts were less dangerous, less exhausting!
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10/11/2003 10:19:05 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by coolhar:
I've had several encounters with security guards, both federal and private, including being photographed (polaroid), and getting my person & car searched. Also been asked to leave a railroad station for taking a picture of a tourist couple at their request using their camera, LOL. |
You should read (and download and carry with you) The Photographer's Rights. |
Wish I'd had a copy of that on hand several times. Like when the idiot security guard tried to confiscate my film when I was shooting an oil refinery for an environmental group. I did give him a roll of film, it was a very expired roll I had on hand just for that very purpose.
On the other hand, I have done some pretty sketchy things to take photos. Like climbing a water tower in Hollywood hills to shoot the lights of LA or scaling a few 2 and 3 story buildings so I could shoot from the roof. |
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10/11/2003 11:11:33 PM · #19 |
| Yep I too have done some crazy photographing, even though I am amatuer. I once snuck my camera in to a Billy Joel concert and to Chers, shoot everyone had flashes going, but have any of you ever take a roll a film to be developed and get only 1 picture out of 24 exposure? the negatives all blank not even a splash of light when the one picture came out pretty good and you just know your camera is reliable. I honestly believe that the people that worked for CVS pharmacy confiscated my pictures for their own, cause theres no other way or their little machines really dont work that great! Anyways I now will just sneak my digital than I know for sure I got the picture, until I get my own dark room. |
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10/12/2003 01:11:47 AM · #20 |
Yap, know how you all feel. I got escorted out of quite a few buildings downtwon Toronto by polite but firm security guards. I think by now they remember me and start heading toward me as soon as they see me. Especially in the BCE place that is my absolute favourite to shoot (will be in my portfolio after the challenge is over). But I am very persistent when I am trying to get that perfect shot. No arrests made yet :-)))
As for laying on the ground - yaah, that I can identify with as well. At the beginning, I felt quite silly about all the strange looks I was geting from passerbys or people asking me if I was OK, but now, I don't really care. I can lay down in puddle of water if neccessary.
When it comes to photographing strangers, I usually ask for permission. You would be surprised how many people will let you take shot, if you OK it with them first.
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10/12/2003 01:14:53 AM · #21 |
Oh, I also find it helpful to call places before you go in there photographing. Like in the mall in an aquarium store, I called the manager, and explained to him that I am a student learning to take animal shots, and that I would not use a flash, but rather a tripod. They let me come in before they opened to take few shots of the fishtanks. Persistance pays off.
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10/12/2003 01:18:54 AM · #22 |
I'm the Pizza Man for a franchise of one of the bigger pizza places in the USA. I had a couple of hours to kill before work Sat afternoon. No family, just me. I gotta work at 4. To save time I go shooting pictures in my work uniform. (this is where you close your eyes and imagine taking pictures on busier semi rural roads with a giant pizza on your back!)
So I go through corn fields and ditches to get better angles and get all these burrs and prickers and seed pods all over my socks, shoes, pants, etc. Needless to say I hadda go home anyways and change cause I wasn't acceptable at work. (Hey I'm the Mananger...Gotta keep up a little image...)
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10/12/2003 10:13:47 PM · #23 |
Originally posted by toocool:
I'm the Pizza Man for a franchise of one of the bigger pizza places in the USA. I had a couple of hours to kill before work Sat afternoon. No family, just me. I gotta work at 4. To save time I go shooting pictures in my work uniform. (this is where you close your eyes and imagine taking pictures on busier semi rural roads with a giant pizza on your back!)
So I go through corn fields and ditches to get better angles and get all these burrs and prickers and seed pods all over my socks, shoes, pants, etc. Needless to say I hadda go home anyways and change cause I wasn't acceptable at work. (Hey I'm the Mananger...Gotta keep up a little image...) |
That reminded me of working as a delivery driver for a local pizza place one summer in So. California. One day it was so hot, and I had no AC in the car, (over 100F) that when one guy asked me how much a good tip would be, I told him I'd really rather jump in his pool. So in I go. Best tip I had all week. |
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10/13/2003 10:47:29 PM · #24 |
I climbed up this waterfall to get this one. Almost died on the way down though.
here
Message edited by author 2003-10-13 22:48:13. |
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10/14/2003 12:30:22 AM · #25 |
I talked my way up onto the roof of a tractor once.
If you look carefully you can see the driver having a smoke in the cab. |
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