Are You A Photographer?
Photodoto.com just posted a fun list of 10 ways to tell if you’re a photographer. Let’s see if I am.
- 1 GB of memory lasts most people a month but barely lasts you the afternoon.
I shoot JPG, so I can get a day from 1 GB.
- You know what aperture-priority means.
That’s all I use!
- You delete more photos in a week than most people make all year.
True.
- You need just one more lens.
Uhh…my list is longer than one.
- You’ve crawled on the ground to get a shot of something rusty.
I’ve dirtied plenty of pants for a shot.
- Your camera equipment is worth more than your car.
Not even close. My wife would make sure I wouldn’t be alive is this was true.
- No one else brings a camera to an event if they know you’re coming.
I have too many photographer friends for this to be true.
- Your family doesn’t recognize you without a camera covering your face.
I wish this was more true.
- You have thousands of pictures and you’re not in any of them.
I’m coming close to 3,000 on flickr and not a lot are tagged with “John”.
- You’ve been up before dawn or out in the freezing cold or even done something semi-dangerous… all for a photograph.
Many times. This past Christmas I was up driving on frozen, unfamiliar roads in Washington before anyone else was awake.
Are you a photographer?


Responses and Conversations
My camera is actually worth more than my car. It’s a 12 year-old Saturn, and I have a Nikon D70s, you do the math…
Comment by Stephanie on April 28th, 2006 at 10:01 am
Congratulations! You’re a photographer.
Comment by John Koontz on April 28th, 2006 at 10:02 am
It sounds like you are addicted like so many of the rest of us.
Does your wife ever ask “Do you love me as much as your cameras?” Mine does. She knows the answer, but I always stop to think and scratch my chin to give a little emphasis.
Keep shooting.
Comment by Michael on May 5th, 2006 at 7:17 am