You might be a photographer if...
- You go through 5000 photos from your last vacation and you're not seen in a single image.
- People come up to you and ask "what are you shooting?" instead of "how are you?"
- Your camera bag is heavier than your normal luggage.
- Abandoned factories, warehouses and barns fascinate you when you pass them by.
- You walk in to a new room and start checking out how tall the ceiling is and if it is white enough.
- You hear a story involving wizards and you instantly think "Pocket Wizard!"
- At every family event, people hand you, and only you, their camera to take their photo.
- The worst thing you can hear someone say is "Great photos, you must have an awesome camera."
- You're gazing at the sunset with your loved one in your arms... and think f8 at 1/125.
- You have an accident while climbing with your camera bag and you hurt yourself, but the first thing you do is check if the 5d mkII is still intact.
- You're at the movies and all you can think about is how the heck did they get that amazing light on the actresses face?!
- You take your camera with you when you go anywhere, including grocery shopping.
- People tell you to focus on something and you instinctively think "AF-S or AF-C?"
- You are a guest at a wedding and you have your photo taken with the newlyweds. The photographer takes the camera to his/her eye and you're itching to tell him/her to bounce the flash or lower his stance.
- You've ever tried impressing a girl/guy with your new 70-200mm f2.8 IS lens.
- Most of the magazines in your home are photographer magazines.
- You brother is planing his wedding in detail, yet there is no mention of any photographer because everyone knows that it is you. Except you.
- You're visiting a tourist attraction and you spot a couple taking photos with their new DSLR. You can't help yourself and give them advice on how to frame the shot.
- You visit your newlywed cousins and they show you their wedding album. All you can hear is a little voice complaining about how bad the photos are and what a better job you could have done, despite being a stock photographer.
- You are having dinner at a restaurant and instead of concentrating on your food, you wonder about the value of white balance at your table.
- You drive through scary parts of town and instead of feeling scared, all you can think of is all the great documentary style images you could take.
- The best gift you could get for Christmas is a photography equipment voucher to your favorite store.
- The value of your camera bag exceeds that of your vehicle.
- Your high school buddies used to call you paparazzi.
- You find yourself saying "just one more shot" until it is pitch dark outside.
- You photograph your Aunts and they ask you to make them look younger in Photoshop.
- You are seriously debating whether to make your car payment or buy a new camera bag.
- You are generally terrified of spiders, yet you can't keep away from them when you have a camera with a macro lens attached.
- You know how "Bokeh" is pronounced and what language it comes from.
- When you are asked about what you do for a living, you reply "I shoot people".
- You have lost lens caps more times that your wife has lost her car keys.
- You secretly go through your girlfriend's fashion magazines because you want to critique the fashion photos.
- You look at yourself in the mirror and think of how quickly you could clone out your blemishes and smooth your wrinkles.
- You get annoyed when people think about your job as just pushing a button.
- You take more photos of other people's families than of your own.
- You see people taking photos with a pop-up flash and you instantly become irritated.
- Canon vs Nikon is the new Rolling Stones vs Beatles.
- Friends and Family frequently ask you to retouch their party photos.
- Your new coffee mug is a replica Canon 24-105mm lens.
- You go to a night club and the strobes constantly remind you of your last studio shoot.
- You are out with your family for a picnic on a beautiful summer day and you beat yourself for leaving your bulky camera at home...man look at those clouds.
- You have huge biceps...because of your camera and lens combo.
- The first section you check when in a book store is the photography section.
- Your ideal day at the beach involves a storm, heavy clouds and big waves.
- Your closest friends have modeled for you at least once.
- A good place to hang your cloths is your mounted tripod.
- You go to the movies and before you go inside, you stare at the movie poster trying to count how many lights we used to create it.
- You know what"Moire" means.
- You have 2TB or more just for storing photos.
- You watch TV shows and try to figure out how they lite the scene.
- You look through magazines and try to guess the F-stop the photographer used.
- You've discovered just how handy your tripod can be around the house.
