I'm going to stop and have a tantrum for a second

[babyslime]

I swear to god, the next time someone says, "You must have a nice camera" or some variant thereof, I am going to hit them with my shoe

Comments

[facethemoon]

Hahaha you rock! I completely agree. I get all the time, oh you must have the nicest camera, and when they realize I don't, its just a basic camera often some people can't quite figure it out. You can have a rockin camera and suck at your photographs and vice versa.

P.S. I think YOU take amazing photographs, rockin camera or no. :)

[babyslime]

I gots the mad skillz, yo.

[sequiro]

I totally wrote an entry JUST like this a year ago. I think everyone in the bus. goes through this point.

[babyslime]

It drives me crazy.
I don't fawn over myself like I'm the cats ass, but I'm liking my pictures better and better and I'm happy to know that's ME AND MY SKILLS improving... not the camera. :-P

[sequiro]

I nearly spit coke out my nose. "The cat's ass.." Wow, I think I'll have to use that one in the future.
Mostly people have quit telling me I have a great camera now and just ask me how many megapixels it is. :P

[babyslime]

... less offensive, more dumb! Oy.

[apers]

it maddening for real. Dj will show someone his portfolio. He took the pics, and i edited them all pretty. and they always comment on the camera.

arg.

[babyslime]

He should say, "Oh no I just pulled it out the trash behind that building there..."

[neurotic_orchid]

You have mad skillz! I bet I could take lots of pics with your cameras (if I knew which button to press) and not one of them would turn out anywhere near as beautiful as yours.

I've heard similar things re: academics. My favourites are variants of "good job! I wish I was in psych--it's hard getting good grades in the natural sciences."

[cryslea]

OH GOD YES. Just because I had an "easy" major does not detract from my 4.0. Geesh.

[neurotic_orchid]

haha I know. Especially when we consider how many of those physics majors can't write an essay and nearly bombed intro psych! (No offense to physics majors--that was just an example!)

[babyslime]

OMG, tact! Common sense! People are dumb.
I bet you'd be the next Freud if you had that window office.

[sixpenny_book]

I have to admit, I used to be one of those people who would drool over DSLRs and think that my little Canon Powershot point-and-shoot was a piece of crap. But then I discovered the "Manual" setting rather than "Auto" and I've been amazed at how much I've learned just through trial and error--I can see my skills growing as the quality of the pictures improve, but the camera stays the same. That's not to say that I don't still drool over DSLRs, and I really would like to own one someday, but it is nice to have physical proof of my improving skills rather than just attributing it to a super fancy camera.

And you are an excellent photographer!! Your high-quality equipment just emphasizes and compliments it (just as a cook's high-quality cookware is a sign of their dedication to and passion for their craft) :)

[babyslime]

That is exactly the kind of elaboration I was hoping someone would make. The better equipment betters the skill that's there, but a person who has never cooked before sitting in front of truffles, a gas oven and a recipe that says, "rue, white cake, and cookies" would go.... "Buh?".
The quality equipment is useless to someone who doesn't know the basics.

[ayanamisama]

I have a decent little camera, but my pictures are nowhere near as gorgeous as Babs' (or yours, I'm assuming) and I don't know exactly what I should do to take better pictures.

Do you have any tips of places you could lead me to that would help me improve, if it's not too much trouble?

[babyslime]

Strobist. Planet Neil. Scott Kelby and Bryan Peterson. :)