When you are frustrated that you've found several perfect photo sites to watch several woods, bogs, streams, & forests from a nice elevated point with the sun in the perfect position for lighting and not an obstruction in view....
But you keep seeing these signs "Stopping for non-emergencies on state highways STRICTLY FORBIDDEN"
...when you're out for a family walk and you discover after putting the camera down you're alone, or you have to break into a full run to catch up to them. They never wait for you to get that shot...
...when, on your way to work, you've pulled over on the freeway, climbed over the fence and waded through a bog all to get a shot of the sun rising through the mist.
when you are looking down at your camera's lcd to see if you got the picture while you are being chased by three guard dogs and have to climb back over the fence.....
(yep I'll never do that again)
...I think the biggest change for me was that previously when I saw a beautifull woman - I imagined her naked and trying to figure out how she will be in bed. Now I imagine her in a square, trying to figure out what kind of lighting I will use to get a perfect close-up
...when your friends send you shots from school to share, and you edit them
...when the same friends post pics on facebook and you save them to your disk, edit them, and send them back with comments ;D
Hey - I actualy do the editing of friends photos - Scary. They send me babypics and I edit them, sending the edited version back, telling her what kind of photo she must send me next.
...When my two year old daughter sees Daddy with the camera in hand - she poses immediately - smiling. :-0
... when your significant other leaves you for calling out Nikon in bed.
... when you look in the mirror to try and determine how long you could go without eating to get that new lens.
... when you start buying scientific journals to see when you will be able to have a digital camera implanted directly into your retina.
... when your house if burning down and you can't decide whether you save the kid or the camera first (just think of the shots you could take saving the kid!)
... when the vet says your dog has gone blind from repeated exposure to a very bright light.
...when the Freeman Patterson book suggests taking your camera to bed to take ten photos before you even sit up in the morning and you think "Great idea".
...when you walk into a public bathroom lit with flourescents and think "white balance is off in here"
When you start watching football with your husband just so you can catch a glimpse of the enormous lenses and point them out to your husband as a future possible gift.
