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[–]Hamster_Huey 39 points40 points ago

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[–]Haziba 24 points25 points ago

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photographurr

FTFY

[–]Lurking_Grue 2 points3 points ago

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Gah! Centered.

[–]Izlandi 2 points3 points ago

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"You will learn your rule of thirds and live by it, bitch."

[–]FoolsRun 284 points285 points ago

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[–]Tubasaurus 82 points83 points ago

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Even better that it's Eugene, OR. The Onion does everything right.

[–]einperson 49 points50 points ago

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The Onion is always on Eugene because it's so damn easy. Christ, when I went to school at the University of Oregon I'd walk to school past lunatic students in homemade cages protesting against the slaughter of animals preaching the vegan life... and students would just throw Whoppers into the cages. As I'm typing I just realized I capatlize "Whopper" but never god. Once had a professor that took our class to a bar (upper division German) for a class. Good place. But crazy.

[–][deleted] 19 points20 points ago

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Born and raised Eugenian here...

While it cracks me up when the Onion does Eugene, it's really not that crazy of a place. What you're mentioning actually seems more like something that could happen in any University, not just the U of O.

Sure, we have lots of rich, aging hippies and these weird transient young people that live 20 people to a house and spend all their days sitting on their porch, but we also have a lot of middle class white bread republicans.

It's just a mid-sized city with a mix of people. Except black people. There are basically no black people here.

[–]helicopterindian 24 points25 points ago

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the rent's too damn high!

[–]Ag-E 12 points13 points ago

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The maltey chocolate covered treats or the delicious bits of meat between two buns?

Either way, this sounds like an excellent way to get free food. 'Vegans' may be smarter than I give them credit for.

[–]BTT2 29 points30 points ago

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I enjoyed this link, I would recommend it to most.

[–]Blahkins 5 points6 points ago

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not all?

[–]BTT2 49 points50 points ago

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some people I know believe the onion to be a genuine news site, they scare me, they have already reproduced, we are too late.

[–]BTT2 649 points650 points ago*

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Every guy who can quote family guy thinks he's a comedian, "ooo, you said 'Roadhouse' at a random time"

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[–]WalterCronkite 93 points94 points ago

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Cheese it!

[–]PureClass 39 points40 points ago*

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Fat-bot! NOOOO!

[–]Scarecrow398 4 points5 points ago

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im sorry, when i get nervous i get hungry omnomnomnomn

[–]aminlol 2 points3 points ago

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[–]altmuzac 2 points3 points ago

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Is that...his penis?

[–]carrythefire 83 points84 points ago

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We all know that having real comedic chops means that one can do a bad impression of the character Borat.

[–]BTT2 56 points57 points ago

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IS NIIIICE

[–]fancy_sandwich 29 points30 points ago

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....NOT

[–]original_4degrees 11 points12 points ago

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what is up vanilla face?

[–]Lukerules 7 points8 points ago

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shit, we are doing borat now? But I'm just getting my Austin Powers perfected.

[–]Oldburnsides 429 points430 points ago

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Roadhouse

[–]aceisamos 57 points58 points ago

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I laughed way too much at that. It must be true.

[–]Epenth 11 points12 points ago

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Not random. Still funny.

[–]DrunkenJarJar 35 points36 points ago

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I have a friend who always talks like Jar Jar Binks.

Soooooo annoying.

[–]openzeus 70 points71 points ago

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Yousa no like the joke? Mesa so sad now!

[–]BarryPepito 27 points28 points ago

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Meesa gonna punch you in the face!

[–]impressive 3 points4 points ago

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[–][deleted] 19 points20 points ago

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I have a friend that can do a perfect Chewbacca. I'm okay with it.

[–]Or8is 4 points5 points ago

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I can do a Chewbacca impression on my guitar, like this guy. Chewbacca is awesome.

[–]B_Provisional 8 points9 points ago

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You should not be friends with this person.

Seriously, life is too short for this kind of bullshit.

[–]BTT2 10 points11 points ago

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Jar who?

Edit: It's you isn't it? CONFESS!

[–]phormality 9 points10 points ago

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I used to quote Roadhouse all the time. Now with Family Guy doing Roadhouse stuff it just seems like I'm trying to ride their coattails... stupid dicks.

[–]Matlock_ 5 points6 points ago

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haha. I have a friend that does this.

[–]davidsmeaton 10 points11 points ago

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MAAAATTTTTLOOOOOOCK!!!

[–]Matlock_ 16 points17 points ago

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hello?

[–]davidsmeaton 11 points12 points ago

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i was going to link to a simpons clip where abe simpsons shouts "MAAAAAAAAATLOOOOOOOCK!"

but alas, they've all been removed.

i could only find a shitty, yet amusing spanish version. enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRenRe7N-Yk

[–]BTT2 12 points13 points ago

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we all do, EVERY.LAST.ONE OF US!

[–]jeffreywithonef 172 points173 points ago

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Every girl that goes through a photography phase seems to have pictures of her own feet

[–]derKapitalist 108 points109 points ago

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"What are feet?"

Deep.

[–]jamesinc 45 points46 points ago

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What are feet?

We just don't know.

[–]Eleglac 21 points22 points ago

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Thank you, ants. Thants.

[–]GroovyBoomstick 3 points4 points ago

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Thanks, Hanks. Thanks.

[–]Eleglac 3 points4 points ago

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Look around you. Look around you. Just LOOK around you.

Have you worked out what we're looking for?

[–]CottonStorm 4 points5 points ago

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Why are feet?

[–]cultured_banana_slug 24 points25 points ago

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Girl: "Crap, I need something for this damned project... I need something! Anything!"

(Looks down)

Girl: "Ooh. Feet!"

[–]Jordan777 3 points4 points ago

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UCSC unite! Also, I know a girl who kinda did this for her project this past quarter.

[–]daw__krej 19 points20 points ago

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flash goes off, feet come out. can't explain that.

[–]Raz_Aquato 8 points9 points ago

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Don't forget the ever popular closeup shot of their eyeball because "eyes are the window to the soul".

[–]Mr_Big_Stuff 13 points14 points ago

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[–]ActuallyAnAlpaca 3 points4 points ago

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make it a high-contrast HDR with lens flare, radial blurring, split-toning, and a touch of vignetting.

[–]Mr_Big_Stuff 12 points13 points ago

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[–][deleted] 100 points101 points ago

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[–]burgerboy426 81 points82 points ago

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I think this stands for the lack of apprecitition society has for mother nature anymoreeee...people do not sit on their lawn or porch anymoreee...the tv has become a the new wind blowing through the treesss...and I think that is such a shameeee...we live in such a beautiful worllllddd...the chair is empty and so is society's soulllll...

[–]FadedPoster 6 points7 points ago

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You should have added question marks at the end of those statements for extra realism!

[–]captainAwesomePants 33 points34 points ago

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I think I may be worse for liking that picture.

[–]silverfalcon 16 points17 points ago

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Screw the hivemind, i like it too

[–]ActuallyAnAlpaca 15 points16 points ago

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nice job killing the highlights. I mean, really good job sliding that contrast slider all the way to the right. It really takes a genius to do that.

[–]thisisfunnyright 17 points18 points ago

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slide it all the way to the right, save it, open saved image, slide it again

[–]Yotsubato 5 points6 points ago

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I'm not even into photography or image editing and I find people who do that hilariously bad

[–]rotzooi 4 points5 points ago

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That's because you have eyesight.

[–]jrfish 50 points51 points ago*

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I studied photography and worked as a professional photo editor in the music industry (working with major label bands, not like "working" for friends' bands) until I quit last year to go back to school. What sucks about working in the industry is that I used to never want to tell anyone what I did for work because I was afraid of people judging me as just another girl who thinks she's a "photographer". At the same time, I have so many non-photographer friends who buy expensive cameras and think they're photographers. I never know what to say to them when they show me their lawnchair pics because I don't want to lie and tell them their photos look good, but at the same time, I don't want to sound pretentious by pointing out their poor composition, lighting, etc. I encounter this on pretty much a weekly basis. It's the most uncomfortable feeling to me.

Edit: it's especially uncomfortable now that many of my new friends dont know what I used to do for a living. If I critique their photos, I'm afraid of people thinking "who does she think she is?". If I explain what I used to do, I sound pretentious. If I don't say anything, I have to lie and ooo and ahh at their photos like everyone else.

I'm a bit socially awkward and can't do things like dance. I assume my friends who are good at dancing view me when i try to dance the same way I view them when they try to take pictures. I can certainly understand wanting so badly to be good at something, but just simply not being able to be. If someone criticized my dancing, something that I'm very self conscious about, I would feel bad. I wouldn't want to make anyone feel like that about their photos.

Edit #2: why won't reddit let me make paragraphs today?

[–]biggiepants 10 points11 points ago

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You worry too much. (But that's okay, I do too.)

[–]Rhinoceros_Party 6 points7 points ago

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I realize you were just making a comparison, but in my opinion there is a subtle difference between dancing and showing off your photography. Dancing can be fun even if you're bad at it, while showing someone your unsolicited photography is slightly self centered. I hate cliches as much as the next person, but dance like no one's watching, and have fun with it.

[–]t6158 3 points4 points ago

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Are they asking for critique? Just like your dancing, the goal usually isn't to create something amazing, it's just fun. They probably want to share that fun. I'm pretty involved with music and get this all the time: "what do you think of [bland generic band]?". Point out something positive about the work and move on. If they press you, I use this line a lot: "hey, if you're really into [genre], you should check out [talented artist]. They've got some stuff similar to yours."

The important thing is that they really shouldn't be taking themselves seriously. If your goal is to go pro from the start, you're doing it wrong.

[–]bsilver 4 points5 points ago

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Be honest. Don't word it in a way that's intentionally harsh, but fair. And if they don't like it tell them not to ask someone that went to school for that. If they really want to do is as a hobby or more than a hobby they should take constructive criticism as a way to improve. If they take it personally then they shouldn't be "dabbling."

[–]Pobega 2 points3 points ago

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I understand the boat you are in. Personally, I just tell my friends their work is crap and give them criticism on how to improve it.

I'm known as the friend who will tell it how it is, and now everyone comes to me for my opinion or advice. Works out well.

My point is you should tell them, but be humorous or at least CONSTRUCTIVE about it.

[–]phld21 2 points3 points ago

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I think it's only helpful to give criticism if you have a lot of their photos in front of you. It's more hurtful if you just criticize the one or two photos they show you. If they show you 50 photos than you can go through them and point out why some are better than others. It takes time to develop an eye for these things. If they are new to creative work and not used to criticism it can be tough to know how to respond.

[–]flawlesslylogical 2 points3 points ago

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People are way too touchy about their stupid photographs. Fuck 'em. If it's shit, tell them.

[–]foreverchamone 21 points22 points ago

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i knew a girl who passed her photography class by doing this, 15 minutes before class she would snap a quick black and white photo.

[–]tossaway98 2 points3 points ago

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Then that was a waste of time and money for her.

[–]MoarVespenegas 73 points74 points ago

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Unfortunately this is not limited to only hot girls.

[–]ComcastRapesPuppies 36 points37 points ago

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Nothing worse than having to look at some uggo's "portfolio," amirite?

[–]Farisr9k 45 points46 points ago*

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"Oh, so you captured a baby seal hugging it's mother while looking up at the Aurora Borealis?

Yeah, good one, snaggletooth."

[–]foreverchamone 78 points79 points ago

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i love the episode where they put a 5 minute song in the middle of it because they didnt have any jokes.

[–]star_eater 20 points21 points ago

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They have jokes?

[–]Enceladus_Salad 12 points13 points ago

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Each new episode is 1 step closer to that Rocko's Modern Life episode where a show within that show aired 30 minutes of just a black screen and it was received exceptionally well...not too obscure is it?

[–]aw4lly 2 points3 points ago

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It was better than the jar of mayonnaise!

[–]bloom616 2 points3 points ago

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So do I; I love Conway Twitty.

[–]blissonabluebike 117 points118 points ago

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Is this really a female thing? I feel like I personally know more dudes with this habit than girls. Also unclear on what being hot has to do with it.

[–]Indoorsman 165 points166 points ago

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They are hot, so no one tells them they suck at it. Because guys want to fuck them, girls want to be friends with them, so they keep living the lie unchecked by society.

[–]ravenousfox 46 points47 points ago

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There's an episode of 30 Rock that addresses this perfectly. As an average looking person, I get a healthy reality check from life when needed.

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points ago

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"The Bubble".

[–]mmmsugar 16 points17 points ago

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Exactly. They say to guys ''hey look at the pics i took, arent they awesome?"... and unless the guy wants to cockblock himself, he wont be saying 'man, that shit sucks, dont quit your day job'..

[–]undeadhobo 11 points12 points ago*

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I've never felt the need to look down on someone who was trying to express themselves creatively, even if they suck at it. I can understand it would be annoying if they were tooting their own horn and acting like they are a great photographer, but if they are just trying to find a way to be creative there is no need to shit on them, hot or not.

[–]savaero 2 points3 points ago

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Well said

[–]iHambot 15 points16 points ago

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Definitely not just a female thing, or a hot female thing. I mostly see it with gadget junkies who equate having a $5000 camera and the Wikipedia page for "HDRI" with being a professional photographer. It only really bothers me when the word "professional" is used though.

[–]gfysean[!] 2 points3 points ago

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the manatees chose poorly that day...

[–][deleted] 24 points25 points ago

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I actually enjoy photos of lawn chairs. If you tape pointy paper teeth between the front and rear legs then kick it over it looks like the head of an angry t-rex.

[–]Moofies 31 points32 points ago

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black and white films makes you an instant professional. this is known.

[–]BouquetofDicks 6 points7 points ago

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It is known.

[–]TJax 5 points6 points ago

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It is known.

[–]Telepodest 64 points65 points ago

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How are they supposed to get better if they don't practice?

[–]atomicthumbs 14 points15 points ago

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One of the things you need to know most when you're a photographer is how to tell whether a photo of yours is good or bad, be able to be honest with yourself, and know why it's good or bad so you can improve. People like this often don't seem to be interested because hey man, it's my art and I'm an artist

[–]GothicFuck 9 points10 points ago

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They are not. They are to stop doing anything that could possibly annoy them or they will continue to berate them on the internet. That'll show them.. Then they'll see.. They'll ALL SEE!

[–]colonelmatto 16 points17 points ago

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This. This mindset is so pretentious. Unless SaulSilver is Richard Avedon, back from the dead with a 4x5 hasselblad in hand, he/she has no place shitting on people with an interest in photography. Hell, Seth McFarlane probably wouldn't know the difference between my anus and an Ansel Adams.

[–]throwaway_for_keeps[!] 17 points18 points ago

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I hope I would, because my mom buys an Ansel Adams calendar every year. I would hate to find out that I was actually looking at your anus every year growing up.

[–]snipsnip 6 points7 points ago

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What does this have to do with being a hot girl?

[–][deleted] 17 points18 points ago

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That reposts of unfunny Family Guy jokes are frontpage material?

[–]gospelwut 5 points6 points ago

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It seems like a contradiction for Family Guy to be in sub-reddit called funny.

[–]NonPermissive 18 points19 points ago

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Every month-old redditor who uses StumbleUpon thinks they have a source for new content.

Ooh, you reposted a Family Guy image macro

[–]A_Straw_Man 2 points3 points ago

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C'mon, this took a lot of effort. They had to crop out the Memebase logo!

[–]oomskaap 28 points29 points ago

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polaroid app on my iphone, c'mon hipsters, sing with me.

[–]trappedmouse 33 points34 points ago

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[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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I've never even been to the UK and this is hilarious.

[–]matchstiq 4 points5 points ago

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We're all photographers. The problem is, and always has been, hipsters.

[–]WhyDoIHaveToSayThis 19 points20 points ago

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We can all agree? I think not. Why would I want to invest my emotional energy caring about some random women taking photos for her own satisfaction?

[–]ipokebrains 9 points10 points ago

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Because people on the internet lose all perspective.

[–]ame-foto 153 points154 points ago

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It annoys me, because I'm an actual photographer, and a female. The shutter happy bimbos make ALL female photographers look bad.

[–]derKapitalist 118 points119 points ago

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pics or it didn't happen

[–]ame-foto 95 points96 points ago

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Yes, but pics of what exactly?

[–]derKapitalist 208 points209 points ago

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I want actual photographer photographs of shutter happy bimbos pretending to be photographers. We shall call the series "Kevorkian, or I'm shooting them because they can't shoot themselves."

[–]ame-foto 108 points109 points ago

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I vote yes. That'll be my next project.

[–]pearlbones 30 points31 points ago

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I sincerely hope you will do this and post the results on reddit!

[–]liopord 9 points10 points ago

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yes, please. I want to know of the outcome of this

[–]fancy_sandwich 6 points7 points ago

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for science!

[–]DizzyTango 10 points11 points ago

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It scares me that I can provide this.

I knew that photo would be good for something one day.

[–]WarmMothersQueef 5 points6 points ago

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I'm sure we can find this, being as photographers love to take pictures of other photographers taking pictures.

[–]Volsunga 12 points13 points ago

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that is the most beautiful comment I've seen on reddit. Maybe it's just because I'm drunk, but have my upvote anyways. fuck, I'll make a throwaway just to upvote you again.

[–]mefuzzy 17 points18 points ago

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A black and white of a lawn chair?

[–]John_Wilson_543 42 points43 points ago

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[–]derKapitalist 57 points58 points ago

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It's just so empty.

[–]tick_tock_clock 198 points199 points ago

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Forever alawn.

[–][deleted] 18 points19 points ago

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Surreal...do you do weddings?

[–]potat0 21 points22 points ago

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We'll be honest. Boobs.

[–]GriffinFlash 21 points22 points ago

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I want pictures! Pictures of Spiderman!

[–]dupecheck 8 points9 points ago

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oh dear...

[–]davidsmeaton 36 points37 points ago

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this happens on both sides ... not just girls.

i've seen guys walking around with $5k worth of gear and they're shooting it on automatic. people with much better gear than me but are producing complete shit.

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[–]MrMMMM 2 points3 points ago

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but there is shame in owning a 5k camera and not knowing how to do anything other than shoot in automatic

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points ago

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The shutter happy bimbos make ALL female photographers look bad.

Then, do something about it! You're the photographer!

[–]aterlumen 2 points3 points ago

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I think of most male photographers as being hipsters so it about evens out in my book.

[–]brandoncoal 11 points12 points ago

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Reposting old jokes that were kind of funny the first ten dozen times we read them but are now tired and dull? Yeah that really annoys the shit out of me.

[–]zenlike 254 points255 points ago

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What the fuck? People can't enjoy photography now unless they're professionals?

[–]GuiltyGearDizzy 39 points40 points ago

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Truth. Because you don't have to be amazing at drawing to consider yourself an "artist" but as soon as you suck at photography and say you're a photographer, all hell breaks loose.

Conversely, I agree with you but the ones that everyone hates are the ones that insist that you give them photography credit. And back in myspace, even made you put "Their Name Photography (C)" and shit like that.

The photography enthusiasts just got shoved in with them and are the ones pissed and wrongfully accused.

[–]potatolicious 42 points43 points ago*

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Ugh, I'm a photography enthusiast myself, and some of my fellow photographers piss me right the fuck off. Some people take this way too seriously.

I know one guy who insists on calling everything he does "photographs". You're not allowed to say "picture" or "image", or anything as shockingly inappropriate like that. He will be annoyed if you said he "took a picture" of something, and will insist you use the right word, because he "photographed" "that subject".

And then there are the long blog posts he writes around a random shot that is barely worth posting to one's Flickr stream. Think black and white pictures of a damn lawn chair, but instead of just the picture you have a long, self-important expository block of text surrounding it, about how said lawn chair symbolizes something, and how he came upon this most inspiring of subject matter. Oh God.

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

[–]tee_eff 21 points22 points ago

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These people are the worst. I've shot for some major newspapers and stuff and I still feel super uncomfortable whenever anyone introduces me as a 'photographer.' I just take pictures, dammit! I'm no artiste! Don't look at me that way!

These people exist in every conceivable realm of "art." Web design. Hairstyling. Even fucking Twitter. Don't even get me started on poetry. Jesus God if I have to hear one more shitty poem about the 'poet lifestyle' delivered in That Slam Voice I'm going to stick my hand into my mouth until I choke to death.

[–]sittingducks 20 points21 points ago

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I'm afraid the OP (and lots of people commenting on this thread, apparently), suffer from this condition

[–]classicalvin 3 points4 points ago

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I'll admit, I have been feeling like this for quite some time.

[–]Boredpotatoe2 25 points26 points ago

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Only because they pretend they ARE professionals.

[–]phira 18 points19 points ago

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Yeah, we have the same problem with web developers.

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Photographers get pissy about this because:

1) Barring massive fuck-ups like "your thumb is in the shot," it's difficult for a layperson to tell the difference between a good photo and a bad photo, so they feel their skill goes unappreciated - whereas inexperienced painters or musicians (for example) are easy to pick out.

2) Photography has always been the easiest artistic medium to master (I'm not talking about the top 1% level of artistic genius, I'm just talking about technical proficiency/skill/competency), and it's only getting easier as the technology becomes cheaper and more sophisticated.

3) Photography is, in many ways, the least interesting artistic medium (again, not talking about the top 1% of artistic genius here) because photographers are confined to representing reality as it is. (You can digitally manipulate your photos of course, but after radical digital manipulation, it's not really a "photo" anymore, is it?) Unique subject matter can help distinguish your work, but most photographers are just clogging up Flickr with reasonably good but unexciting photos of their North American cities and their friends.

All of these things combine to form a noxious stew of pretension and "you're not a real photographer" defensiveness. Not all photographers are like that (in fact, I'd say that most aren't), but the ones who have this problem have got it bad.

[–]gospelwut 2 points3 points ago

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You should watched Spaced. There's a character in there you might enjoy.

[–]ScottCarmichael 9 points10 points ago*

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What I've noticed about photography is that you really can only approach it from 2 different ways.

  • Either a photo is technically well done (faces in focus, the composition is cropped nicely, the colors look good, etc.)

-or-

  • Either a photo is creative (depth of field is played with, unconventional angle, subject matter is uncommon, etc.)

Generally the only way you can tell who is a professional photographer (or someone who is really good at it - like an enthusiast) is if they can produce technically brilliant images whenever they please. It's not luck to them - they can adjust settings, lighting, etc, to get exactly the shot they want.

Unfortunately for photography in general though is that unless you're shooting imagery for a magazine, annual report or ad campaign, no one really gives a crap about something being technically accurate. "Good enough" is "good enough" and "good enough" is what most normal camera users produce.

And sometimes, through sheer luck, normal camera users can get really awesome shots either on a technical or creative level.

You don't see this with other art forms because a person who flat out sucks at music won't make a brilliant song and a person who can only draw stick figures won't accidentally paint the Mona Lisa.

Good photography can be a product of pure luck. That's why there's so little respect for it outside of certain pockets of the media where technically accurate photography is needed.

[–]BonSequitur 4 points5 points ago

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Every photograph is an act of editing. Professionals take hundreds of pictures in a shoot, especially studio photographers; then they go and pick out ten or twenty great ones. The published output of every professional photographer is something like the top 5% of their work; depending on situation, even someone who's mediocre, or even a true idiot with a camera on automatic, will produce a top 5% that is passably good. But the top 5% of a pro is always going to be consistently and noticeably better than the top 5% of a complete novice.

[–]pearlbones 123 points124 points ago

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The point is that they refer to themselves as photographers as if they weren't just doing it for fun. There's a difference between someone who likes to doodle sometimes and an artist. "Photographer" or "artist" indicate a more serious dedication to a skill or trade.

[–]torode 22 points23 points ago

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From Wikipedia:

A professional photographer uses photography to earn money whilst amateur photographers take photographs for pleasure and to record an event, emotion, place, or person.

Problem solved! Place "professional" or "amateur" before photographer if you want to make a distinction.

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[–]Halfawake 205 points206 points ago*

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It's as bad as people calling themselves redditors when they only spend half an hour a day on here.

Oh wait, that makes it sound like petty elitist bullshit.

[–]Mr_robasaurus 69 points70 points ago

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So I am an athlete if I can play catch with my fat friend in a wheel chair?

[–]keath 204 points205 points ago

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Holy cow! Yes, that would be an amazing feat of strength!

[–]mmmsugar 20 points21 points ago

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Which is meaningless when what you really need is great strength of feet!

[–]Mr_robasaurus 6 points7 points ago

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Upvoted for making me laugh on a day like today.

[–]faggatron 23 points24 points ago

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If you want to consider yourself an athlete, go ahead. I have more important shit to worry about.

[–]Scary_The_Clown 15 points16 points ago

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You're more of an athlete than guys sitting on couches watching football.

Seriously - why this massive investment into what people call themselves? The only time it should be an issue is when using a title to mislead could get someone injured in some way.

But guess what? If 17 year old hot chick sells one B/W photo of a deck chair, now she's a professional photographer!

[–]boombatta 9 points10 points ago

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I would love to read the list of criteria you use in determining who is or isn't an artist, and a description of the actual point at which this transformation occurs.

[–]Papper 26 points27 points ago

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How pretentious.

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Welcome to reddit.

[–]phormality 43 points44 points ago

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So I can't be a bassist unless I'm in a band and getting paid? I can't be a runner unless I am a professional runner... no fun runs? I can't be an investor unless I am a licensed stock broker?

Get off your high horse.

[–]icanhazapp 10 points11 points ago*

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I wish a million upvotes upon you sir.

EDIT: Would all the real photographers prefer that we set up a regional professional organisations that controlled the use of the title photographer like we do for doctor, lawyer and engineer?

Because that could be arranged.

Extravagant mandatory membership fees and periodic auditing for professional standards seems like a small price to pay in order to keep all those aspiring photographers from sullying your stirling reputations.

[–]BonSequitur 7 points8 points ago

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You know, as a professional who does things that include but aren't limited to photography (Who sometimes gets to call himself a photographer), as much as I'm in favour of unions and professional entities, I really think it's fantastically elitist and stupid to limit the use of the word 'photographer' in any way.

When you get operated on by an amateur doctor, you go septic and die. When you get an amateur lawyer to represent you, you and your lawyer go to jail for contempt of court. When you get an amateur engineer to build something, the worst case scenario is Chernobyl. When you get an amateur photographer to take some pictures, the worst case scenario is some bad pictures or mild pretension.

Anyone who wants to pick up a camera and go take overexposed pictures of lawn chairs and call himself a photographer should be encouraged to do so. Pretentious dickery is sometimes a prelude to actual skill, and even when it isn't, it's harmless enough.

Think about what you're doing, redditors. You're pissing on people, many of them too young to know better, for being excited about something.

[–]CapNRoddy 6 points7 points ago

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What's annoying? Reposts? People who post stills of a TV show with captions of what was said on that TV show rather than a video clip?

[–]SarcasmOD 33 points34 points ago

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Clearly you have not been alive very long if you think everyone can agree on anything.

[–]Jdurc 38 points39 points ago

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I disagree. SEE WHAT I DID THERE?

[–]sideshow_em 4 points5 points ago

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Wow, is this really something only girls are guilty of? Because I know a few guys who are self-proclaimed "photographers".

[–]lonlonlon 3 points4 points ago

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I see a lot of shit photographs by 'photographers' on facebook. They buy $3000 dSLRs:

1 - Take random shots. 2 - Oh great, fucking high depth of field, looks cool. 3 - Open photoshop, change to black&white, Increase contrast. 4 - Add vignette effect, Add personal logo 5 - Posts it on facebook. 6 - lotsa 'Likes' from various friends whereas real photography gets ignored.

Pisses me off every fucking time.

[–]saraoflaherty 3 points4 points ago

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If I had a dollar for every pic I've seen on FB of the side of someone's coffee cup I'd be rich.

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[–]chochazel 20 points21 points ago

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Can we all agree on this? Everyone who takes a photograph is a photographer. That's what the word means, "a person who makes photographs." Just like everyone who drives is a driver.

Who made you lord of all suffixes anyway? They may not be a professional photographer, you may not think they're a good photographer, but we can at least agree the basic reality that they are taking actual photographs and are people!

[–]theimben 8 points9 points ago

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What a shame your friends don't meet your high expectations with their hobbies, they should just give up.

[–]Mustard_Dip 2 points3 points ago

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By professional standards, what are some examples of good photography? What are some examples of amateur photography? I've seen a lot of people complain about this, so I'd like to have a concrete understanding of the issue.

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I think it's dumb to judge them though, it's a funny joke when family guy did it but I feel like you are serious.

What's wrong with hobby or "just for the hell of it" photography? I take mostly macro photographs and have no intention of ever selling anything. So what if someone likes to just take artsy/hipster black and white? That's their preference and what they personally think is art.

[–]Mallack 4 points5 points ago

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This is my sister, she thinks because she got a 20$ digital camera she is now a photographer.

[–]Damaband41 2 points3 points ago

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Is she hot?

[–]jdquinn 12 points13 points ago

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[–]dirtyqwerty 22 points23 points ago

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Someone needs to make a "You are not a writer" page talking shit about how terrible and unfunny these people are. Their captions are fucking painful to read. And it's the same goddamn joke every time!

Mary Anne: “I’m sorry. I refuse to write snark for this one. She’s obviously missing half of one leg and is disabled. I can’t make fun of this picture.”

oh hahaha because that's not what you've said on EVERY FUCKING PICTURE SO FAR!

[–]Thick-McRunFast 6 points7 points ago

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Make them a "you are not a comedian" page too.

[–]TwoKi11 19 points20 points ago

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I don't get it, are you hating on girls with a hobby? It is pretty easy to tell the difference between someone who just likes photography and someone who actually wants to be a photographer.

[–]SpacePyro 6 points7 points ago

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I hate it when girls take pictures for other people (for like senior pictures in high school, or some other unimportant event) and then plaster watermarks of their name + the word 'photography' for everyone to see. Just because you own a Canon EOS Rebel does not mean you are an instant photographer. The most common thing I see in such 'photographers' is taking pictures, uploading them to their computer, opening Photoshop, and setting the contrast to 100. Then adding some shitty watermark like 'HERP DERP PHOTOGRAPHY' and then posting it on Facebook. It's sad, because there are actual people I know who think are expert photographers because of this.

[–]derangedsheep 2 points3 points ago

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Just because you own a Canon EOS Rebel does not mean you are an instant photographer.

Building a bit on that. I have a good friend who actually is a semi-pro photographer (he does a lot of wedding photography and promotional work for a university) who says that if you have an SLR but leave it in Auto mode, you are not a photographer. You are just good at wasting money.

[–]Pootytang001 15 points16 points ago

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I stayed with Digg for a long time out of loyalty and some laziness, but when somebody posted a Family Guy screen cap, I decided I was done with it forever. Let's never go down this road again.

[–]Marxshmarx 3 points4 points ago

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No, I disagree. This annoys the shit out of me. If people taking faux-artsy photographs annoy you, you need to get a fucking life.

[–]jaciilyn 9 points10 points ago

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This may go against the hivemind, but why the fuck do people care?

If someone enjoys it and it makes them happy, where is that wrong? You don't have to look at it and you don't have to acknowledge it.

[–]torode 6 points7 points ago

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It might come down to semantics. Some people think the term "photographer" is the same as "professional photographer". Therefore, professionals or self-described "serious photographers" feel delegitimized when someone refers to themselves as a "photographer".

[–]allintensivepurposes 5 points6 points ago

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The absolute worst is when they take a photo of themselves in the mirror, making sure we see them and the D40 they're holding.

[–]Zealously 5 points6 points ago

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I know several all over Facebook.

Sad thing is, one of them got a tat of a vintage camera on her back. Poor confused hot girl.

[–]diablo75 1 point2 points ago

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I went to a vocational school for a couple years to get a degree in computer repair and networking, and there were a couple of occasions where we were asked to help move some computers around in the photography class. I don't know if this is a stereotype for photography classes, but it seemed to be taught by a gay man and attended by mostly hot chicks.

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[–]CheechooChum 1 point2 points ago

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[–]unridiculous 1 point2 points ago

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why on earth make the 'hot girl' distinction?

but of course! for the numerous self-proclaimed photogs who're male it's a skilled craft. and those ugly women (cannot...compute...) make up for their looks with natural talent.

you all suck.

[–]gill_outean 1 point2 points ago

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Yep, that's pretty much how he said it on the show.

[–]magister0 1 point2 points ago

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Where do these pictures come from? These screenshots of scenes from TV shows always use the same font.

[–]probablynotyou 1 point2 points ago

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Yes I met a girl like this once, she literally took the worst pictures and put them all over her blogs and then flickr and called herself a photographer. She bought expensive photography equipment and apple laptops and her pictures still looked like ordinary pictures. She even started buying artistic lenses and taking pictures of blades of grass and the sky. That is fine, to want to take pictures of that stuff and even if you want to spend the money on it as a hobby but she was trying to convince people she should be their wedding photographer and everything. 8 years later she is still claiming to be a photographer, but she only uses her iphone and instagram filters now.

[–]ChewyIsThatU 1 point2 points ago

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The same can be said for 99% of all photographers.

[–]brokenfallacy 1 point2 points ago

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What about ugly guys? They get upvotes, amirite?

[–]sama102 1 point2 points ago

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Ha, yeah! God forbid people try and create art, damn