Author Topic: You know you are a Microstocker when... (Read 4806 times)

sturmwarnung · « **on:** May 01, 2015, 07:45 »

...you find a huge hairy spider in your bathroom and your first thought is: "Hm, if I move it to the white part of the wall, I will get a better shot!"

What are your "Maybe I'm a bit strange"-Moments?

(I hope a little humor is welcome in here)

Asthebelltolls · « **Reply #1 on:** May 01, 2015, 09:09 »

You talk yourself into taking a shot of an industrial "Sluice Valve" on a construction site because, well....how many industrial sluice valves can you be compeating against?

ArenaCreative · « **Reply #2 on:** May 01, 2015, 09:13 »

When you get a strange rash, cut, sunburn etc, and your first thought is, "This will sell like hotcakes on Shutterstock."

When you are so sick of keywording that you just keep editing and piling up images into a folder on your hard drive instead... like doing all of your laundry, but never folding it or putting it away.

When your grocery shopping list coincides with your shoot list.

SLStudios · « **Reply #3 on:** May 01, 2015, 10:00 »

When you plan the weeks menu around the foods you want to shoot so you can use and profit from your groceries.

When everyone is at the table waiting to eat while you get "just one more shot".

When you consider how to photoshop the brand off just about every item in your home because it could become a useable prop.

Sebastian Radu · « **Reply #4 on:** May 01, 2015, 10:06 »

When you just wake up and check your balance on SS

lewis larkin · « **Reply #5 on:** May 01, 2015, 10:54 »

.... when you make less money this month than last ...

Hobostocker · « **Reply #6 on:** May 01, 2015, 13:41 »

photographers see the world from such a wider and different perspective than civilians, that's a big plus and i wouldn't worry too much about what the average Joe thinks.

Mrblues101 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 01, 2015, 14:36 »

You know you are a Microstocker when the huge hairy spider in your bathroom earn more money that you...

(just kidding)

lucato · « **Reply #8 on:** May 01, 2015, 15:09 »

The both posts of the "huge hairy spider" were the best until now. I laughed a lot with them:

- you find a huge hairy spider in your bathroom and your first thought is: "Hm, if I move it to the white part of the wall, I will get a better shot!"
- You know you are a Microstocker when the huge hairy spider in your bathroom earn more money that you...

Congratulations!

lucato · « **Reply #9 on:** May 01, 2015, 15:11 »

...when you start to take self portraits to don't have to pay models or ask friends and family members for signing MRs. :0)

Holmes · « **Reply #10 on:** May 01, 2015, 15:36 »

when a crew is coming over to remodel your kitchen... the first thing you do is set up lights..

etudiante_rapide · « **Reply #11 on:** May 01, 2015, 15:38 »

...
when your family calls to congratulate you because they saw your photos on
the subway, xxx website, book cover,etc...
and then asked how much you were paid for each...
(then the phone suddenly got disconnected when you told them how much)

sturmwarnung · « **Reply #12 on:** May 01, 2015, 15:55 »

Quote from: ArenaCreative on May 01, 2015, 09:13

When you are so sick of keywording that you just keep editing and piling up images into a folder on your hard drive instead... like doing all of your laundry, but never folding it or putting it away.

Guilty as charged

Quote from: lewis larkin on May 01, 2015, 10:54

.... when you make less money this month than last ...

...there's always next month...

Quote from: etudiante_rapide on May 01, 2015, 15:38

when your family calls to congratulate you because they saw your photos on
the subway, xxx website, book cover,etc...

Still waiting for that moment!

...one more thing: When you get more excited about a 30 cent download on a new site than about the real-life paycheck that brings considerably more money...

lucato · « **Reply #13 on:** May 01, 2015, 17:34 »

...when your wife ask you to find a new job. :0)

OM · « **Reply #14 on:** May 01, 2015, 19:37 »

Quote from: lewis larkin on May 01, 2015, 10:54

.... when you make less money this month than last ...

.....because you know, that no matter how many more images you added, some other 'b****r' added ten times as many and buried all of yours.

LesPalenik · « **Reply #15 on:** May 01, 2015, 22:30 »

Quote from: lucato on May 01, 2015, 15:09

The both posts of the "huge hairy spider" were the best until now. I laughed a lot with them:

- you find a huge hairy spider in your bathroom and your first thought is: "Hm, if I move it to the white part of the wall, I will get a better shot!"
- You know you are a Microstocker when the huge hairy spider in your bathroom earn more money that you...

Congratulations!

In this scenario, both get worked up and suffer equally - the spider and the shooter.
The difference between the photographer and spider is that the spider gets into the pictures without developing a rejection complex.
The other difference is that even if that picture sells only once, he didn't live in vain (the spider, of course).

PixelBytes · « **Reply #16 on:** May 01, 2015, 23:25 »

When you are up editing and checking your stats after your wife and kids went to bed hours ago.

ShadySue · « **Reply #17 on:** May 03, 2015, 07:15 »

Thanks for this thread.
It seems I'm further on the road to recovery than I'd realised. So many of the posts above I'm thinking, "Yeah, that was me".
However, now that I'm spending a lot of time on Zooniverse, currently doing PenguinWatch, I have to admit that even though I know full well that the cameras are field cameras (Reconyx), set to fire at timed intervals, and that the vast majority of the photos will only be used for the purpose of counting penguins, I still cringe when I see colour fringing.

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Author Topic: You know you are a Microstocker when... (Read 4806 times)

sturmwarnung

Asthebelltolls

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SLStudios

Sebastian Radu

lewis larkin

Hobostocker

Mrblues101

lucato

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Holmes

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sturmwarnung

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OM

LesPalenik

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