Reasons I drink.

Herewith, a few things that photographers do that make me want to strangle them. They don’t actually make me drink. Don’t worry.

  1. Calling lenses “glass.”

  2. Calling a photo “tack sharp.”

  3. Talking about “throwing” the aperture “wide open.”

  4. Being both complimentary and chill at once: “Lovely photo, bro!”

  5. Calling equipment “gear.”

  6. Giving the full name of a piece of equipment for no reason. For example, I can say “Here I used my Tamron 100-400mm.” Bob would prefer to say, “I was out at sunrise yesterday with my Tamron 100-400mm F/4.5-6.3 Di VC USD hoping to catch some egrets…” Bob is the worst.

  7. Using a lens hood on a cloudy day.

  8. Invoking Ansel Adams to defend post-processing. (It doesn’t need defending)

  9. Smugly declaring you can get a medium-format quality shot with your phone camera. No you can’t.

  10. Traveling to the Dolomites to get the exact same photo everyone else got.