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<p>Want to know what I hate more than anything in the world? Okay, not more than ANYTHING. I just hate it A FREAKING LOT. When people take a black and white picture with their little Kodak Easy Share 50 dollar camera and then say “I could be like a photographer like thingy”. That’s really, really obnoxious. </p>
<p>I’m not saying you can’t take nice pictures with those cameras. I know you can for a fact because I used to do it. My complaint is more that people take pictures in a different color and then put up albums saying <b>My Photography</b> and every single picture is of a bunch of trees or a lake. That’s not creative at all, and you’re not a photographer because you changed your camera setting to black and white. Not even if you edited it on the computer to be black and white. That DOESN’T make you a photographer. You’re just someone who enjoys taking crappy pictures and trying way too hard to make them look professional. </p>
<p>I sound kind of *****y right now, I know. Excuse my language but this all needs to be said. I know a ton of people who do this and it drives me absolutely mad. I can name 20 people I know (not online) that do this. Let me share a small story with you all so you can better understand where I’m coming from here.</p>
<p>One day (this was when I was a senior in High School which was last year), I was sitting in my Childhood class and we were in the computer lab. We were supposed to be creating a lesson plan and using the computers to get ideas for educational games and stuff. ANYWAY. I pulled up my site because my friend wanted to see it. All of a sudden, every girl in my class comes up behind our chairs going “OHH MY GODSSS THOSE LOOK MAD PROFESIONALLLLLL”. I’m sure you can put a voice to the quote. </p>
<p>Afterward they were all like “Yo yah pictures look mad professional, I’m gonna try that” and I was like 0.o. I know, they were just being nice, but, here is the annoying part.<br />
One of them went home, took a bunch of pictures with her camera in black and white of completely nonsense and then put up an album on Facebook and called it “My Photography”. I was just so annoyed. </p>
<p>And on another note that has to do with this: My brother and his wife were going to a wedding today and asked if they could use two of my best cameras while they were there. One of them, my 35 mm Digital SLR was the one they really wanted to use the most. Look at the picture below of this camera and then tell me, WOULD YOU WANT YOUR BROTHER DRUNK AT A WEDDING TO BE HANDLING THAT? NO. Btw, I’m not angry. I’m just ranting like mad. XD Oh yeah, the lighter in the background isn’t mine. I would never smoke. It’s my boyfriend’s. Don’t worry, he doesn’t smoke either he just thinks they’re cool and buys them. HAHAHA. He’s going to kill me for that. <img src='http://vivid-avenue.net/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p>We went to a wedding a few weeks ago and I brought that camera. I was taking pictures and he was like “THAT CAMERA IS AMAZING ALL THE PICTURES ARE GREAT I HAVE TO GET ONE OF THOSE”. In my mind I was going “Let me clarify something. It is not just the camera that produces a picture, it is the person holding the camera. This is not a power shot. You do not just press a button and take an awesome picture”. I’m far too polite to say that to his face though. XD </p>
<p>Anyway, I’m going to end this here because I sound like a total witch. It just annoys me to no end, you have no freaking idea. And to end off, here is a little photo of all of my cameras. Their names are: Lola, Pierre, Jack, and Matthew. Don’t ask. <img src='http://vivid-avenue.net/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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