While we may hate to admit it, we all have things that really annoy us when it comes to other people or groups of people. Landscape photographers aren’t immune to our petty grumbles, but what’s the most annoying thing about them?
I’ve been surfing for almost 40 years now and have long surpassed Malcolm Gladwell’s supposed 10,000-hour mastery measure. I’ve never surfed professionally or been interested in competitions, so it’s a meaningless metric, but it means I’ve reached a level of proficiency whereby I enjoy going out to sea alone. , away from the crowd and the concept of safety in life. numbers. Where I live in the south of Japan, my local beach is over five kilometers long, so nothing annoys me more than when I’m sailing to a spot alone, minutes after another surfer will join me. “You’ve got a whole beach,” I thought. Why row out here?
And that annoyance brings us to this great video by Henry Turner in which he discusses the most frustrating thing for landscape photographers. As you can imagine, it involves photographers moving to a beautiful location and placing their tripods a few feet away from the photographer next to them. Turner lives in the north of England, where he has the stunning Lakes County and Yorkshire Dales National Park to shoot, among other stunning areas. But he gets really annoyed when he sees landscape photographers lining up next to each other or next to him to get a certain shot. He thinks the originality and spirit of adventure is lost in such moments. Watch the video and let me know what you think on the matter.
