Murphy's Laws of Photography

[casil403]

OMG...LOL...so many of these have happened to me...especially the last one!
Enjoy!


Murphy's Laws of Photography by Darwin Wigget


When it comes to photography, there isn’t just one Murphy’s Law, there are dozens. Following, a sampling of some perverse natural laws that explain why everything that can go wrong, will go wrong.

Law of Telephotos: The slower the shutter speed, the stronger the wind.

Law of Gardening: Trees always grow best out of human heads.

Law of Lepidopteran Behaviour: Butterflies that sit still for hours can be made mobile by attempting photographic exposure.

Law of Flash Portraits: Preflash systems help eliminate redeye by stopping down the eyelids.

Law of Available Time: The less time available for a shot, the more time you need to setup equipment.

Law of Sunsets: The sunset is always most spectacular on your wedding anniversary. (In other words, forget it!)

Law of Acquisitiveness: The perceived usefulness of any piece of equipment is inversely proportional to its actual usefulness once bought.

Law of Expectations: Negative expectations yield negative results; positive expectations yield negative results.

Law of Injustice: Low-dispersion glass attracts flying projectiles. Franklin Mint products, however, last forever.

Law of Replacement: You never find a lost accessory . . . until you’ve replaced it.

____ Darwin Wiggett

[Greg_Nuspel]

ND filters always slip out of your hand so they roll off the path into the river. Happened this afternoon that's how I know that one.

[casil403]

ND filters always slip out of your hand so they roll off the path into the river. Happened this afternoon that's how I know that one.

So do lens hoods...I've lost 3...got one back, one is sitting at the bottom of the Calgary Weir, and the other one...who knows...probalby eloped with the $150 Ray Bans I lost this year as well.

[casil403]

How about:
The likelyhood of anything slipping out of one's hands is directly proportional to the type of environment they land on/in.

[Greg_Nuspel]

Yes I think Elbow Falls has a mass collection of camera stuff wouldn't surprize me to find out a lens or two is down there.