Have you ever gotten hurt/almost hurt while you were doing photography ?

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Well for me today it was a pretty close call . I was on the floor on our driveway , and i was really concentrating on taking a shot of a flower . I was so concentrated that i didn't noticed that there was a car coming into my yard, and the person that was driving was going backgrounds and i was on the floor . Then i turned around and the butt of the car was right in my face , i had to roll out of the cars way . I didn't even know the dude ,and I don't think he even noticed that he almost ran me over . So then he just starts to walk around in my yard and he starts to hook up a attachment/trailer thingy to his car , and two of my neighboors recently got robbed , so i was thinking i didn't know the dude and here he was in my yard attaching it to the car . He didn't notice me so i took a shot of him , just in case he was a robber . So i ran inside with my cat , and i called my dad outside , and it turned it was my Aunts bro who came to pick it up. I now know not to take shots on the floor
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question is have you gotten hurt while doing photography
 
haha thats a good one,
heres my story.
so i love taking highway pictures and i walked to one near my house to take some cool aperture shots and lighting shots and i was with two of my friends who also shoots with me. so anyway there we were and almost right in front of us there was a drunk driver going at least 100 and rear ends a guy not even 10 feet away from us.
we were questioned by an officer as witnesses and didnt get in trouble because we were on a field next to the highway(lying!).

but everybody was okay no one died and the drunk went to jail and we were all fine.

it was so dramatic and scary, having that happen right in front of us was just mind blowing. so we went back the next day(haha).

so that was my closest to getting hurt thing while taking photos. hope you enjoyed that one.
 
Most sports and action photographers get "run over" from time to time.

I have torn my ITB on my right leg (shooting skiing shots), ankle, leg and knee injuries from hard landings during parachute jumps and a few cracked ribs shooting American football.
 
I'm glad you didn't get hit! I was almost ran over by my mother about ten years ago when I ducked down to pick up some dropped pokemon cards.

As for getting hurt while taking pictures, that has happened as well. I had just taken a few pictures of a fungus and had to walk back up a short, but steep hill. It was right after a rainfall and I was in the forest, so the leaves were wet. I was holding Myles (my dog) when I slipped going up. Somehow, I managed to gently set Myles down before slamming my knee onto a stick. It hurt for a few days after that and left a nice bruise.

Here is the exact photo that I took before I slipped (its not even that good):
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c215/myleshowling/Many-ColoredPolypore.jpg
 
I slipped down the icy stairs carrying a location lighting kit at school... that thing is so heavy! I was actually more concerned about the equipment than myself... LOL! Luckily, I got away with just a scab on my knee and a bruise on my ankle... and the equipment was fine. Scary though!
 
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