How do you feel about photographers?

[Calle Roo]

I've had dozens of people ask me how divers get left behind by a dive boat.
Thank you for explaining it.

Whats even funnier is she was bossy to her husband the whole trip. Told him what to wear, what to eat, how to assemble his gear, and we saw them the next day in town, and she had a giant booger hanging from her nostril.

Guess it was 1 battle he was winning by not letting her know.

 

[scubajcf]

Whats even funnier is she was bossy to her husband the whole trip. Told him what to wear, what to eat, how to assemble his gear, and we saw them the next day in town, and she had a giant booger hanging from her nostril.

Guess it was 1 battle he was winning by not letting her know.

Spent the morning in divorce court.
Thank you for reminding me why I was there.

 

[ScubaBob92651]

Whenever it detracts from the footage that I really want to use otherwise, I've cut out the frame or two with the flash (which hasn't been noticeable to any of the people viewing my video).

That being said - I love diving with other photogs and generally there is mutual respect (and patience!) between us all.

 

[kkgodiving]

Than when we'd swim off, they thought we were seeing something they were missing and would follow up over and do it all over again.

This is funny.

 

[JoyfulNoise]

I guess I've been lucky or just dive with great people, but never had any problems with fellow photographers or those taking video on any of my dives. Well, I take that back, when we were diving in the BVIs, one fellow taking video used to run me down, I mean just kick the crap out of me. I don't know if he wasn't paying attention or was just being rude. But I've had divers do the same thing and they didn't have any type of camera in their hands.

I try to be patient and polite when around those with cameras since I want the same when I'm taking photos or video.

 

[robint]

Most photographers underwater are great and help each other find things. I have had complete strangers swim up to me and signal me to follow them - then show me something completely amazing that I would never have found. Seriously, my experiences have been great! Except for the two times, once in Hawaii and once on Town Pier in Bonaire with complete novice photographers who were so rude that I thought Ron was going to punch them out underwater because of their behavior. :shocked2: Both situations I had shots ruined, as did Ron, by these bozos. But they are the exception, not the rule.

Oh, I forgot about the idiot (non-photographer) in Palau with a another dive op that showed up at Mandarinfish lake. Ron was kneeling there in the dark, waiting for them to come out and mate, camera focused and this b## came up and grabbed his shoulders and leaned over him to see what he was looking at! Yes, really!!! Ron had to grab ahold of her and push her off, then she proceeded to do the same thing to me! I yelled "Get Off of me" through my reg. The DM from their boat (Aggressor) came over and grabbed her and took her over to a spot by him. That was the rudest thing I have ever seen underwater!!!

robin

 

[smw]

Oh, I forgot about the idiot (non-photographer) in Palau with a another dive op that showed up at Mandarinfish lake. Ron was kneeling there in the dark, waiting for them to come out and mate, camera focused and this b## came up and grabbed his shoulders and leaned over him to see what he was looking at! Yes, really!!! Ron had to grab ahold of her and push her off, then she proceeded to do the same thing to me! I yelled "Get Off of me" through my reg. The DM from their boat (Aggressor) came over and grabbed her and took her over to a spot by him. That was the rudest thing I have ever seen underwater!!!

robin

Exactly. 999 times out of 1,000 - divers are the coolest people you'll ever meet who want you to enjoy what they enjoy. There are the few who are clueless and don't realize that they are out of line. Then there are the very, very few who are rude.

I've not tried the taking the few frames out with the flash. Daaah - my stupidity. Great idea.

I like, too, folks explaining about the night lights. Sometimes people misinterpret and think that a photographer would like more light - when actually they are just fine with what they have.

But of all - I think it is cool when someone gets excited about seeing something new and pointing it out to me. It may be something I've seen a zillion times before - in that case I enjoy the joy the other person is experiencing. If I've not had the opportunity to find or appreciate the thing being pointed out - of course that is wonderful!

SMW

 

[Rusty_CCR]

Exactly. 999 times out of 1,000 - divers are the coolest people you'll ever meet who want you to enjoy what they enjoy. There are the few who are clueless and don't realize that they are out of line. Then there are the very, very few who are rude.

I've not tried the taking the few frames out with the flash. Daaah - my stupidity. Great idea.

I like, too, folks explaining about the night lights. Sometimes people misinterpret and think that a photographer would like more light - when actually they are just fine with what they have.

But of all - I think it is cool when someone gets excited about seeing something new and pointing it out to me. It may be something I've seen a zillion times before - in that case I enjoy the joy the other person is experiencing. If I've not had the opportunity to find or appreciate the thing being pointed out - of course that is wonderful!

SMW

Your right on, the majority of divers are some of the coolest people on the planet and many times someone who seems to be doing something that is rude or on purpose has no idea they are being a problem. I think a pre dive briefing goes a long way especially on a boat full of video/photo people.

Many times we assume that another photographer understands that after they have their shots with a subject they should move away from the animal and let someone else in, as we all know thats often not the case.

I think you made a good point, many times someone will show me a nudibranch or some other critter I have seen a hundred times but when they are almost jumping out of their skin it makes me think how special this sport really is and how unique of an experience it is to not only photograph animals but sharing them with other people while your diving.

 

[ScubaSteve]

I am here visiting and want to come to the defense of still shooters. I am a still photographer, and with the exception of my strobe light travelling through the water (not too much I can do about this), I do not believe I have ever interfered with another photographer or videographer's shot. I have waited for upwards of 5 minutes on a dive waiting for my video shooting buddy to finish up before I took over. Some fo us are "professional" people and not the rude "fin-tugging" divers you have encountered. in fact, the only really rude diver I have come accross was actually just a diver that would swin right in front of someone who was filming or photographing. We got more stills of his fins and more video footage of him that I wanted to tie him to a big rock.

So I think it not safe to judge a full group of divers based on a couple of occurrances. Lest we ever dive together and I have to prove you wrong .

 

[mjh]

As others have said Rude is Rude regardless if people are just diving and want to touch everything or have a camera in hand and think it gives them special rights.

My wife shoots video and I shoot stills and we often shoot the same subject. But typically one takes there time with the subject while the other looks around then we swap. We go so slooooowwwwww that most operators eventually leave us to our own devices. If there is something really great only they can find than we typically wait to be last and hope the creature is still there and the area not silted up, if not so be it. I find it interesting how annoyed people get about these things for photos they are going to post on the web and bludgeon dinner guest with.

My main issue is if a photog is manipulating the animals or abusing the reef to get their shot.