Complaints against PHOTOGRAPHERS in the streets during Sinulog

[onherblackwings]

nobody wants to shoot a picture of somebody's back or butt, but the sheer number of participants last sunday just made finding a nice angle a wee bit harder.

a guy backed into me while he was taking a shot. no biggie....he apologized. I smiled and flashed him a "PEACE" sign. It may have ruined my shot but it's not the end of the world. I can always recompose. We, as photographers, should be used to things like these by now. It's the hazards of the trade. True enough, a few hours later, it was my turn to step on another guy's foot as I was edging sideways to get a clear shot. Although he didn't flash me a "PEACE" sign,he did smile and nodded his head. I guess that was also his way of saying: "No harm done."

True camaraderie on display.

[dbgg1979]

You mean by Sinulog 2011, pasayawon ni EX mayor ang photographers.. sige lang. makig kape lang sad ko sa next mayor and ask him/her not to have the photogs dance. dali rana, kape raman diay..

nagkape mi ni tomas ganiha, ingon sya pasayawon nyag apil ang mga photographers sunod modaghan pa ang mga photographers sunod kay barato nalang ang DSLR plus credit cards

I mainly use a 50mm prime on the street. I have to be 2 to 3 meters away from the queen to capture a decent portrait. It takes a little bit of patience and waiting for the other photogs to clear away from the queen before I get a decent view of the queen. I switched to kit lens when the rain came because it was the only lens I managed to wrap in plastic and willing to risk, but then I always shoot at the 50 to 55mm end of the kit lens.

Would you like to start the thread you mentioned? That would be better than this current thread which is going nowhere.

Yep, don't say they all are. Generalization is wrong. Photographers are not all equal. They differ in their "hambug" and "yabang". They differ in degrees and sizes. Like Sinulog t-shirts, large, xlarge, xxlarge, xxxlarge, xxxxlarge but nowhere going medium to small. Or like lens, wide to ultra wide, zoom to ultra zoom or tele to hubble tele - but never standard/prime 50mm

For something constructive:

Why don't someone start a thread: Suggestions to improve photography during Sinulog 2011. Keep it going and peg the thread until January 2011. After some comments and opinions awhile back (before Sinulog), a moderator in a way said to keep my mouth shut ... 'cause the Sinulog foundation members are reading istorya's photography column.

LoL. I was down taking a shot of the queen and when I stood back up, I banged my head on someone else lens. We both apologized. I feel sorry for some photographers who expected things to be easier. They obviously didn't know Sinulog up close and personal. Try joining the Solemn procession (Saturday). They call that solemn but when you're there, its almost close to a bloody stampede.

nobody wants to shoot a picture of somebody's back or butt, but the sheer number of participants last sunday just made finding a nice angle a wee bit harder.

a guy backed into me while he was taking a shot. no biggie....he apologized. I smiled and flashed him a "PEACE" sign. It may have ruined my shot but it's not the end of the world. I can always recompose. We, as photographers, should be used to things like these by now. It's the hazards of the trade. True enough, a few hours later, it was my turn to step on another guy's foot as I was edging sideways to get a clear shot. Although he didn't flash me a "PEACE" sign,he did smile and nodded his head. I guess that was also his way of saying: "No harm done."

True camaraderie on display.

[mcduaneski]

What if kaha noh, dili lang kay pisi ang gamiton ug cordon sa route kundi kana gyud portable steel gates, like this http://www.discountcrowdcontrol.com/.../T/P111-01.jpg
http://www.traderscity.com/board/use...ce-panel-1.jpg
http://www.made-in-china.com/image/2...ence-YM-T-.jpg

Basin mas effective ni siya kaysa kanang pisi lang. Although gasto sad gyud nuon ni siya, pero mas lisod gyud i-lusot ani. Nya naa lang kay designated crossing areas.

[miekuh]

naunsa mani inyong photo oi... nag unayay man noon mo.... ang ako lang masulti ninyo sah....

RESPECT RESPECT RESPECT RESPECT RESPECT RESPECT RESPECT RESPECT ra jud ang kailangan...

kung mahuman na ug pic padaplin para sa uban nga wla pa ka click sa camera....

[micaijo]

if whining is just an excuse to point fingers that will up to the person if he feels guilty or not to what was written in the few pages. since it was my first time to join. Now I know how it is done. Next year will be another preparation for me. Simple ra man ta ba, Human mo take ug pictures..padaplon. If You have your subject, click the shutter then padaplin. Hinuon sab contest man sab gud. Sometimes sa ingon aniinga sitwasyon people tend to forget how to give way for others.

[paopaosanchez]

Para nako okey ra man ang photographers naa sa streets pero tagaan lng sd unta og limit sa uban photographers ang distance padung sa festival queen og sa mga contingents.. ang uban kuwang nlng e kiss ilang lens sa festival queen.. di nasad na pwede ingana naa pa gud daghan mo tira lain sa likod. pwede sila maka duol pero ig human og tira padaplin dayun para mka tira pd ang uban nya di na pd au mag huot.. maka wala og gana... respitoay lng pd unta mag lisod na og sayaw ang mga festival queen og mga contingents tungod ky ga huot na tanan. sa usa ka festival queen pila kaha ang mo tira? 30? 40? hahahhahaha makasabot ra mn pd ko sa uban na ga kit lens og ga 50mm or ga wide angle ba cla na kailangan jud cla moduol pero mo madaplin lng jud dayun ig human og tira ky naa pa man daghan.. ang ga telephoto pa jud unsaon pag tira puro ra buko2x ang makita hahaha respitoay lng jud ang mka sulbad ani

[micaijo]

And oh....I don't believe sab nga ang uban dul.it kay dul.it na lng. Take for example an istoryan I was with. Tuod 50mm ang gamit pero he knows to give way. Thank you sir for the tips. You know who are.

[szichri]

next sinulog requirements... must have zoom lens (must reach 200mm)...wide angle lens, kit lens, 50mm's and below 100mm... BANNED!!! .... hehehehehe ... para malikayan ang mga reklamo nga ang buko2x sa photographers nalang ang makit-an...

[micaijo]

ahahahaah....gawas diay mga panghaw ani sunod. toinks!

[dlanyer77]

next sinulog requirements... must have zoom lens (must reach 200mm)...wide angle lens, kit lens, 50mm's and below 100mm... BANNED!!! .... hehehehehe ... para malikayan ang mga reklamo nga ang buko2x sa photographers nalang ang makit-an...

ato pun-an para mosamot ka simang bai dex! e BANNED pud apil ang mga third party nga lens kay dugay maka focus mao dugay makapadaplin. wahahahahaha!


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