Painfully Obvious Rules of Photography

1. SenorMysterioso
   June 17th, 2009 at 8:22 pm

   I think it was #14 that says remember to take the lens cap off. I didnt read them all but I would add remember to put film in your camera.

2. Asmodeus
   June 17th, 2009 at 8:37 pm

   ROFLMAO @ link source. Did you know that it means "shit" in Russian?
   Thanks for the article, though

3. Zo
   June 17th, 2009 at 9:55 pm

   #18 When you photograph a still life try not to overexpose.
   #28..the same
   -The first photograph is actually underexposed... if that was the actual film then it would be overexposed.

   The rest are just silly!

4. Zo
   June 17th, 2009 at 9:58 pm

   Wait...nevermind. I always get film and paper confused. Ignore that last comment!

5. jeshamina
   June 17th, 2009 at 10:09 pm

   the guy at #78 didn't really have eyebags and pimples. also, he actually wrote rules specific to an onion and a sausage.

6. Skipweasel
   June 18th, 2009 at 2:32 am

   The hardest thing to do with photography is not to put the subject dead in the middle. Most people look into the eyes of someone in the viewfinder and that ends up centre-frame. Which makes for very ugly pictures.

7. lanbridge
   June 18th, 2009 at 10:02 am

   pretty funny but,

   the problem i have with this is that almost all of the "wrong" photos in this series ended up being much more interesting in composition and portrayal of subject matter than the "right" photos.

8. Camilla
   June 18th, 2009 at 10:36 am

   Fun, but some of the advice go against good composition.

   I mean, who cares for photographs with the subject matter dead center, with the camera straight and everything like a family album?

9. Ambitious
   June 18th, 2009 at 2:22 pm

   I loved them all. So funny!!

   But they don't give you any tips regarding ISO speed.

10. mikerbaker
    June 18th, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    John Baldessari, "Wrong," 1967
    http://artscenecal.com/ArtistsFiles/BaldessariJ/BaldessariJFile/Baldes sariJPics/JBaldessari8.html

11. KG
    June 19th, 2009 at 7:46 am

    Is it weird that I have a sudden urge to photograph sausages and onions?

12. Anon
    June 19th, 2009 at 10:49 am

    They were nice for the most part. However, I didn't like the ones about things like "centered subjects", etc. since that often makes for bland, run of the mill type photos.

13. gtron
    June 20th, 2009 at 10:40 am

    free t-shirt to whomever knows what 2 buildings are covered by the tree in the foto above

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