Dark Roasted Blend: Anything for the Perfect Shot!

Anything for the Perfect Shot!

"QUANTUM SHOT" #235
Link

Photography ABOUT Photographers

The following is a series of funny and unusual situations in which photographers (and their gear) find themselves, in search for that all-around perfect shot. Heavy equipment, crazy set-ups, impossible positions, hostile public, cars and elements - and the list goes on. I remember going on some extreme photo hunts myself, the satisfaction of obtaining the best possible picture - we're sure you had similar experiences. Send us your most interesting photography adventure... like some of the hilarious ones in this gallery:

No zoom is too big

(images via Zerkalo, Reuters, some originals unknown)

(image credit: Vadim Onishchenko)

No location is too strange:

(original unknown)

The following 3 photos are fake (an advertising campaign for Kodak):

Interesting Gear:

(found via)

(image credit: vintagephoto)

Interesting fake gear:

(image credit: Stas Perov)

(image credit: Chris, Worth1000)

(original unknown)

Gear logistics:

(originals unknown)

Hunting for a good angle:

(image credit: Helmut Newton)

(image credit: BoxsterBob)

(image credit: ifun)

(image credit: Stephen Paine of Poultney, VT in Petris, Romania)

(image credit: Nina Krogh)

(image credit: Sergei Vasiliev)

(original unknown)

Not an easy load:

What is he carrying? The answer is here

(originals unknown)

Tricks of the Trade:

(image credit: Paul Roeder)

Lots of Character:

This photo is staged (photoshopped) but it's too funny:

(image via)

Animals want to help, too:

(image credit: vintagephoto)

Illustration to one of the "blonde" jokes?

Most of the images came from Russian & Chinese Photography forums, such as Alexey Trunov's compilation on Penta-Club.ru and from CameraUnion (China). Other were hunted down from the web or through emails, without definite attribution info. For such pictures we ask the viewers to let us know who the original photographers are, so that we could include this information.

CONTINUE TO PART TWO!

Read all three parts!: Part 3, Part 2 and Part 1

"StumbleUpon" this page

Permanent Link...

Category: Photography,Funny Pics

RECENT ARTICLES:

	DRB Pic-of-the-Day: Thunder Robot Army Plus a bunch of Freddie-Ford auto robots
	DRB Feel-Good DRB Feel-Good Issue #19 Loads of cool and rare imagery
	Adorable Bubble-Cars Great Things Come in Small Packages

"Dark Roasted Blend" - All Kinds of Weird and Wonderful Things, Discovered Daily!"

DRB is a top-ranked and respected source for the best in art, travel and fascinating technology, with a highly visual presentation. Our in-depth articles in many categories make DRB a highly visual online magazine, bringing you quality entertainment every time you open your "feed" reader or visit our site - About DRB

Connect with us and become part of DRB on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google Plus; make sure to subscribe to our updates.

Our mobile site: http://mobile.darkroastedblend.com. You can also read us on iPad, as part of the Flipboard popular free app.

YOUR COMMENTS::

9 Comments:

Anonymous said...: Thanks for pics!

>> I think the following 3 photos are fake. What do you think?

I think so. Looks like an advertisment of a camera with powerful zoom.; ___
LadyBanana said...: Some amazingly funny pics there..great fun!; ___
Anonymous said...: This photo is staged (photoshopped) but too funny
-----------------------------
the guy who bumbs a vase is not photoshopped, it was a dutch commercial....; ___
Anonymous said...: nilbaedThe last one must be true: when the 110 film size was introduced, around 1981, we received in our lab a lot of films to process with the same kind of pictures: an ear (blurred because too close) and a nice landscape, the one located behind the photographer...; ___
Fanatic said...: Photographers often are rude people.Just for their good shot they can do silly things.I have a bad experience about that.; ___
Gray Lensman said...: Sports photogs are pack mules first and artists second, and Canon (big white lenses) owns the market.; ___
Galli said...: The guy with the glasses and the printer hanging on his neck actually works at the Fontana di Trevi in Rome, Italy.
I've been there several times and I used to talk a lot with the guy who said me he's been working there for the last 8 years and this is how (through all these years) he is living.
He uses to work there with his wife.; ___
the analyzer said...: >> I think the following 3 photos are fake. What do you think?

my guess is they're fake. the guy with the camera seems to be wearing the same shoes in all 3 shots; ___
Johnson said...: Very good!; ___

Post a Comment

<< Home

SF ART & BOOK REVIEWS:
Don't miss: The Ultimate Guide to NEW SF&F Writers!
Fiction Reviews: Classic Cyberpunk: Extreme Fiction
Short Fiction Reviews: Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness" (with pics)
New Fiction Reviews: The Surreal Office

READ OTHER RECENT ARTICLES:

	These Glorious Three-Wheeled Microcars Jellybean Three-Wheelers! (Who Needs an Extra Wheel?)
	Japan Robot Restaurant: Totally Over-the-Top! Probably the craziest restaurant in the entire world
	Nightmare Playgrounds, Part 2 Nightmare Playgrounds, Part 1 Seriously disturbing sculptures, meant for kids
	Nightmare Playgrounds, Part 3 When trapped in a nightmare, enjoy a kiddie-slide!
	Cars with Propellers, Part 2 Futuristic "Pillbug", built in 1936 in Germany
	DRB Pic-of-the-Day: Shire on Earth Found! The secret hideout of hobbits
	Cars with Propellers, Part 1 Essential steampunk transportation
	Super-Colorful Rivers Rivers full of heavenly colour
	Let's "Go!": Ancient Chinese Game Boards A long, passionate duel... with less victory
	Surprised Astronauts (Funny Pics) "My God, it's full of stars!"
	Antique Digital Calculators & Other Steampunk Gear You know you want these retro masterpieces
	Spectacular & Mysterious Lightning, Part 1 Wild heavenly unrest and hair-raising electrical storms
	Toy Robots to Have and to Hold Share your life with a bunch of cute Japanese toy robots!
	Imperial Dreams: Art Deco Update Soviet Unique Glass Holders, and more
	Flying Colors! Creative Paint on Airliners "Art planes" to pretty up the skies
	Gorgeous Espresso Machines Awesome steam: retro & modern examples
	DRB History Issue: World War Two Soviet Female Fighter Pilots of the WW2
	Thrilling Vintage Movie Posters Spewed from Intergalactic Space!..
	Cosmonaut's Bling! Under the banner of Lenin - to the stars!
	Crazy (and Dangerous) Railroads Landslide on an Old Harrowing Railroad
	Enchanting Waterfall Island Like the Nagrand region in World of Warcraft
	DRB Feel-Good DRB Feel-Good Issue #16 Loads of cool and rare imagery
	Auto Oops! Bizarre Car Accidents, Part 7 New batch of maddeningly mysterious wrecks
	Mind-Blowing Optical Illusions, Part 6 "The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them"
	Exceptional British 1950s Scifi Artwork Quintessential Space Pulp Art by Ron Turner and others

FULL ARCHIVES (with previews, fast loading):

June 2014 --
May 2014 -- April 2014 -- Feb-March 2014 -- January 2014 -- Oct-Dec 2013 --
September 2013 -- August 2013 -- July 2013 -- May-June 2013 -- April 2013 --
March 2013 -- February 2013 -- Dec-Jan 2013 --
November 2012 -- October 2012 -- September 2012 --
August 2012 -- July 2012 -- June 2012 -- May 2012 -- April 2012 --
March 2012 -- February 2012 -- Dec-Jan 2012 --
November 2011 -- October 2011 -- September 2011 --
August 2011 -- July 2011 -- June 2011 --
May 2011 -- April 2011 -- March 2011 --
February 2011 -- January 2011 -- December 2010 --
November 2010 -- October 2010 -- September 2010 --
August 2010 - July 2010 -- June 2010 --
May 2010 -- April 2010 -- March 2010 --
Winter 2009-2010 -- Oct-Nov 2009 -- September 2009 --
August 2009 -- June-July 2009 -- May 2009 --
April 2009 -- March 2009 -- February 2009 --
January 2009 -- December 2008 -- November 2008 --
October 2008 -- September 2008 -- August 2008 --
July 2008 -- June 2008 -- May 2008 --
April 2008 -- March 2008 -- February 2008 --
January 2008 -- Dec, 2007 -- November 2007 --
October 2007 -- September 2007 -- August 2007 --
July 2007 -- June 2007 -- May 2007 --
April 2007 -- March 2007 -- February 2007 --
January 2007 -- December 2006 -- November 2006 --
October 2006 -- Link Latte Issues -- Biscotti Issues