- The day you decide not to bring an extra memory card is the day you’ll wish you’d brought five.
- The best “sweet light” you’ve ever seen will happen when you don’t have your camera.
- A mongoose and a sleeping bag make for a bad combination.
- A day is never long enough when you’re having fun with a camera.
- If you’re on deadline, and you’re working on a cover image, you will inevitably receive the Blue Screen of Death from your computer.
- It’s not advisable to pound down three Red Bulls and try to shoot hand-held in low light, unless you really want your subject to look abstract.
- When you’re late for a flight at LAX, your camera bag will always alarm at the security check point and promote you to the “secondary screening” area.
- Bungee cords, a Swiss Army Knife and gaffer’s tape can make any photographer look like MacGyver.
- The apple never falls far from the tree. Neither do coconuts, but they hurt more.
- Usually the third or fourth wave in a set is the best to shoot, but sometimes it’s the second or fifth that soaks your camera.
- If you ever see a photographer with an overloaded camera bag climb a fence or a tree to get a shot, there’s a good chance paramedics will become involved.
- Live for the moment. Photograph it to always remember it.
- It makes no difference if you’re shooting film or digital, or if you’ve spent $100 or $1,000 on your camera. Having fun while you’re shooting is all that matters.
- Visiting the USS Arizona Memorial will change your life.
- Never share a room with someone who snores louder than you.
- Lava flowing into the ocean looks really cool, but it’s hotter than he#%!
- When it’s time to upgrade your digital camera, donate it to someone who isn’t as fortunate as you so they can perpetuate their memories.
- A $7.00 beach umbrella from Walmart has an SPF value of 0. Ask my dermatologist how he knows.
- Having a humpback whale spy hop next to your boat is exhilarating. Being exhaled upon and covered in whale snot… not so much.
- The difference between “ooh” and “aah” is usually ½ stop of underexposure.
