You are probably aware of the runaway hit that comedian, Jeff Foxworthy, has in his string of jokes that begin with “you may be a redneck if….” The endings vary from “your salad bowls say Cool Whip on the side” to “ your family tree does not fork”.

That started me thinking about us, …namely photographers. Could we start a collection of little zingers that apply to us? Will you help me on this? I think it can be fun. Sometimes we become overly serious about ourselves and our “art”. One of the great values in growing a tad older, is knowing how important it is to have fun and laugh a little. So, let’s laugh, with joy, at ourselves!

Please pitch in and add to this list….

You may be a photographer if….

1 – ... one shoulder is lower than the other one, from constantly carrying an overloaded camera bag

2 – ... on vacation, your alarm goes off at 4:30am so that you might “catch” the sunrise.

3 – … if your friends assume that they don’t need to hire an event photographer, if you will be in attendance.

4 – ... you begin drooling as you approach a good camera store.

5 – …you are constantly scanning the terrain for an interesting backdrop.

6 – … you own 20 books on Photoshop.

7 – … you evaluate potential vacation destinations by their photographic possibilities.

8 – … when looking at a ho-hum sky, you say “No problem. I can beef up the color saturation in Photoshop”.

9 – … you truly believe that you can never own too many lenses.

10 – … you actually READ your camera’s manual.

11 - … chromes are slides, not the trim on your car.

12 - … “drive-by shootings” refer to making photos from a moving car.

13 - … you need a separate room in your house for boxes of negatives, slide trays, photo albums and assorted photo equipment.

14 - … depth of field, doesn’t mean how deep the pasture is.

15 - … “red eye” doesn’t refer to the after-effects of a night on the town

16 - … your knees are always dirty from trying a different point of view.

17 - … when friends complain about the foggy morning, you secretly rejoice in the great “atmosphere” for a moody photo.

18 - … guests at your dinner party know that they will be watching a slide show also.

19 - … all horizontal surfaces in your house are covered with picture frames (because the walls were already full).

20- … you view dust as public enemy number one.