Pet peeve: people buying a camera, immediately create a business, don’t invest effort in practicing and acquiring a minimal skill set needed and then overreach in taking on clients with important events, because it’s big bucks. Wedding photography especially.
I’m in no way a pro, a gear elitist, and will never shit on novice photographers. But I so often see posts in Facebook photography groups asking how they can fix their pictures, that are often unsalvageable - extreme ISO due to never having shot indoors, or cutting off limbs at the wrong places, … they buy a novice camera, usually a crop sensor DSLR with the kit lens (Not saying you can’t get nice photos with that, but you need to know the limitations and how to work with it by practicing), that theyve used a few times, immediately start a business and take on big contracts that can’t be re-shot.
I’ve been doing this for five years as a hobbyist, have 5Tb of files stored, have booked 1on1 workshops, read up on it, and I still don’t feel like taking on the responsibility of a wedding shoot. Maybe that’s the other end of the spectrum, but my pet peeve really is people who don’t make an effort to practice and learn, and have no issues with ruining someone’s special occasion, getting paid a significant fee.
Pet peeve: people buying a camera, immediately create a business, don’t invest effort in practicing and acquiring a minimal skill set needed and then overreach in taking on clients with important events, because it’s big bucks. Wedding photography especially.
I’m in no way a pro, a gear elitist, and will never shit on novice photographers. But I so often see posts in Facebook photography groups asking how they can fix their pictures, that are often unsalvageable - extreme ISO due to never having shot indoors, or cutting off limbs at the wrong places, … they buy a novice camera, usually a crop sensor DSLR with the kit lens (Not saying you can’t get nice photos with that, but you need to know the limitations and how to work with it by practicing), that theyve used a few times, immediately start a business and take on big contracts that can’t be re-shot.
I’ve been doing this for five years as a hobbyist, have 5Tb of files stored, have booked 1on1 workshops, read up on it, and I still don’t feel like taking on the responsibility of a wedding shoot. Maybe that’s the other end of the spectrum, but my pet peeve really is people who don’t make an effort to practice and learn, and have no issues with ruining someone’s special occasion, getting paid a significant fee.