I know a photographer/teacher who got a call one time asking for the best settings. “Well, sounds like you should come take a class!” “No, no, no, I don’t have time for that, just tell me your favorite settings.”

Guy actually said “OK, ISO 100, f/8, and 1/640th, with daylight WB”. 😁🤪

How much “bokeh” is misunderstood. It can be good or bad, not more or less.

“How much zoom does that have?” when I’m using a (rented) 600 f/4. It doesn’t zoom…

Photographers who look at others work and say “that’s great!” when there are so many things wrong with it, and firstly the person’s facial expression is garbage.

People who used Godox lights before and have switched to Profoto, and assume they can see the power of every light in the trigger. The new trigger can do it but only with the newest lights, and the number of people who think Profoto can fix the old trigger is astonishing, or that “it should work that way because of the price”. Listen idiot, if you’ve been using their gear since before TTL you’d understand.

Those who think the front diffusion of a softbox is all-powerful and can reset the inverse square law to restart there. Um, no; get out your light meter, measure it, and do the math.

I shot some stuff with a classic Canon 5D in a hotel driveway. It was raining outside but I was under cover. Camera started doing weird stuff and took a day or so to settle down.

Years ago I got my start in photography doing fire scene photography. Fire departments have a concept of “first alarm response” which means if someone calls and says “I see flames”, they send the list of units on the first alarm. Likewise, the 24-105/4 is a great first-alarm lens to have on your camera when you out the bag away so when you grab your bag next time, you know what’ll be on the camera to start.

Are you good at tethering?