Digital Photography

You know what really grinds my gears?

Digital Photography. While I understand that Digital Cameras have revolutionized our world, and believe me, I have one, they have produced a horrible byproduct. The "Amateur Photographer".

As someone who is a "real Amateur Photographer", nothing drives me as nuts as when some 15 year old girl take a picture of pre-hipster against a graffiti-ed wall and calls it art. Or when they take pictures of eachother and call it Art. Or when they take a picture of the Brooklyn Bridge and post it on facebook and say... "Look at what a cool photographer I am!:D<3!!!" (Note to all of these dumbasses: Real photographers arent stupid enough to post their artistic photographs on Facebook because this relinquishes all of the rights you have to your shot. Read the Terms and Conditions some time. Get a Flikr) Or like when they take a picture of some bird, or a mountain, or something that is just boring as shit.

Real art should have real meaning. If you take a picture and tell me it looks cool, thats great. Now tell me why? Why is it cool? What is the meaning behind it? Do you know what the rule of thirds is? Do you know what aperture is? Can you edit photos digitally out of iPhoto? Do you know what 35mm film is, a SLR, etc, etc? If you answered no to these, you are not a photographer, so shut the fuck up. You arent talented. Period. Sorry.

PS- Sorry to trash you more sweetie, but real photographers dont use their cell phones, flip cameras and/or point and shoot cameras in automode.