a photoshoot's coming up for me! anyway, theses are some things that I found on the Internet (can't exacly remember where, sorry about that)

You know you're a photographer when...
you might be a photo geek if:

When out to eat, you unconsciously complain aloud about lighting with mixed color temperatures

When your boyfriend tells you to focus and you grab your camera

If you say you went on a shooting spree and people look at you funny

You get arrested after going up to a cop and asking him if he knows where you can find a ladder because you want a better angle from which to shoot the governor

You pull out your camera phone at a bar and began to play with angles

Youre sitting in a strip bar and wondering aloud what F stop you would need to catch the dancer as she slides down the brass pole using ambient light

You are getting your credential photo taken at an event, you demand for the staff taken the photo to move in order to obtain a cleaner background.

If you can walk into any room or onto any scene and manually set your exposure within a /- one stop of the actual exposure

You've ever said the words, "Nothin' a little gaffer's tape can't fix."

If you believe that girls (or guys) will be impressed with the size of your flash card

When you slam your jeep into the back of a van and after looking around to see if you're okay your next thought was well, you can forget bout the new mark II.

If you pray for overcast days when you're vacationing in Hawaii because "the light is better".

Your 2-year-old counts by saying..."1.4 2.0 2.8 4 5.6 8 11 16 22"

You read the photo magazines and SI before Playboy

you're shooting a downhill mountain bike race that your kid is in, and he crashes and gets stuck upside down in some fallen logs, but you grab a couple of shots before you help him up

you're shooting a bull riding event and the bull zero's in on you, but instead of turning and running for your life, you run backwards and keep shooting...just in case

You've scared the passengers in your car to death because you slammed on the brakes skidded to a stop, and reversed without warning in the middle of the street because you caught a great shot out of the corner of your eye

You're searching for a house to buy and find yourself frustrated by the awful photos taken by the realtors.

You attend a friend's wedding and you have more equipment in your car than what's being used by the wedding photographer.

You're the official photographer for your own wedding

You are watching a pro sporting event and you are watching the photographers on the sideline more than the actual game

Your friends harass you for giving unsolicited photo tips to fellow tourists while at National Parks and other weekend destinations. "Seriously, your flash will NOT improve your pictures of Mt. Rushmore..."

When you think of your honeymoon you think of the photo ops and ponder more about what camera equipment to take.

When you visit family and someone hands you a wedding book and all you do is complain about the photography.

You set up remote cameras and pocket wizards at a friend's birthday party to get an angle none of your other friends might get when it comes time to blow out the candles

You discourage your boyfriend/ girlfriend from getting a point-and-shoot digital because, according to you, he/she won't be able to keep up with archiving and burning all of it on DVD

You pay attention to the wattage of light bulbs in the light fixture above your table at a restaurant

When you turn a light on in the moring and you cuss your eyes for not stopping down fast enough.

You know you're a photographer when - everything in your life just clicks.

When you lose track of the entire movie by thinking about which lenses were used in each shot...

When you go on a road trip timing everything to get the best light at the places you want to stop...

when your camera is just an extension os you.

when everything is seen in shades of gray.

when you look at a landscape and no longer think how would Ansel Adams frame this, but instead instictively you take a deep breath, point, shoot, and ignore the LCD

You miss a lot of things because your eyes are constantly in a viewfinder

You own tens of thousands in optical glass, all happily paid for (no credit) and yet you live in a dingy downtown apartment, own nothing but jeans and shorts for wardrobe, don't have cable and watch the three local stations on a 16 year old Sears 20" color TV, and drive a POS '86 Corolla with a cracked windsheild and rattling muffler that you paid $850.00 for three years ago...