![]() Physical bullying involves hurting a person's body or possessions.Telling other children not to be friends with someone.Social bullying, sometimes referred to as relational bullying, involves hurting someone's reputation or relationships.Verbal bullying is saying or writing mean things.Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. ![]() Needless to say, I hoofed it back to the boat and luckily saved my camera.Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. “As time went on, I started to think it was coming from me, and it was then I noticed a little red light blinking on my camera housing in time with the beeps – it was the moisture alarm! My housing had leaked and I’d ignored it because I’d never heard that noise before. It kept going off and seemed to follow us as we moved around the wreck, which was strange but again, I assumed it was one of our dive computers – so we kept shooting. ![]() We’d been shooting for a while when I started to notice a beeping noise, but I ignored it because I assumed it was a dive alert from one of the other scuba divers nearby. “I was shooting in the Bahamas years ago, with a couple of models on a shipwreck at around 20ft deep. He admitted his story might not be the most cringeworthy, but it certainly makes him wince whenever it comes to mind. Just thankful to get through it.”Īnother photographer I spoke to was Brett Stanley, the photographer behind one of the most popular stories on The Phoblographer. On another occasion, I got food poisoning the night I got to Vegas and had to give an all-day lecture while trying not to hurl! It was awful, and I have no idea what I said. I couldn’t breathe and felt so weak, but somehow I powered through traveling and giving workshops to three different countries in a week! It was an amazing experience and yet at the same time, crazy tough. “I don’t know if you’ve ever had to give workshops with a blazing sinus infection and head cold, but it was brutal. But he didn’t have the kind of steroid meds I would normally get in the US to knock it out quickly, and didn’t even work. ![]() In a panic, I remember calling a mobile doctor who came to my room at 10 pm so I could get some meds. “I was traveling to Europe to give workshops at the London, Berlin, and Amsterdam Apple Stores about photography and storage for G-Technology (now Sandisk Professional.) I got on the plane, ready to rock, and as more time went by on the long flight, the sicker I started getting- my sinuses closed up, my head throbbed, and I could barely get off of the plane because I felt so weak. I left that shoot embarrassed, in a state of cringe, and needing a shower to wash away the shame. We got through the shoot, and although everything felt uncomfortable, both of them were very friendly, made me a cup of tea, and gave me a box of chocolates. Sex work, for all that it is, is legal in London. In hindsight, I should have left right away, but I was naive and, honestly, needed the money. Those “standard shots” quickly became soft-core adult material, images filled with nudity and adult toys. It became clear that the “manager” was a pimp and the “model” was an escort. There, on the side, was a big bottle of lubricant and some condoms. And then I saw the bedside table, “oh no,” I thought. On the bed were bedsheets that had faded in color over time. The bedroom had tired wallpaper and a very clinical smell to it. During our conversations, there had been no previous mention of this being a boudoir shoot. Upon my arrival at the location–a one-bed apartment– I quickly realized although in an affluent area, this wasn’t an affluent home. We agreed on a fee and finalized the date. “Just some standard shots is all we need,” the manager told me over a phone call. The location was in Pimlico, a very affluent part of London, so I accepted the offer. One day I received an email from a man telling me he was the manager of a model and would like me to make some photos for her portfolio. ![]() Many years ago, before finding my photography niche, I would take any opportunity that came my way. Download our app for iOS, iPad, and Android and get no banner ads for $24.99/year. As I turn to two pro photographers and ask them to open up about a moment in photography they’d rather forget, while also sharing my own cringe-worthy story. And that’s what we’re going to cover in this article. A photography career isn’t an exception to the rule, and any photographer who has been around long enough will have some embarrassing or challenging stories to share. That’s part of becoming competent in your field. In anything we do, we will always make mistakes. ![]()
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