Do the Myspace kids know that camera lenses are supposed to face away from you?

Question

Do the Myspace kids know that camera lenses are supposed to face away from you?
Im sure this question will shock and amaze some people, but it is a fact! Lenses are meant to face away from the photographer!

Answer

EXACTLY! Im so annyoyed and completely fed up with all the meaningless quotkewl picsquot on MySpace. And I dont know why they post them here. If youve seen one MySpace picture, youve seen them all. They all look the same. Horrible, pixelated, grainy, underexposed pictures of themselves. Some emo kid takes a horrible pixelated snapshot of himself or herself, then they edit it to death on their computer and have the nerve to call it quotphotography.quotbrbrIsnt it sad? This is what photography is degrading into. Some people dont like it when I say this, but the truth is that I think a lot of this is because of point and shoot digital cameras becoming popular. People are forgetting how to use a camera. With film, you have to take more time and be more careful with your pictures and get the right exposure, the right lighting and composition, etc. But with cheap point and shoot digital cameras, the emo MySpace kids think that an underexposed, grainy picture is just normal. As proof, look at how many questions you see here, where they ask quothow do you fix a blurry picture?quotbrbrOr actually, they post it like this quothow do u fix a blurry pic?quot because they cant spell either.brbrThen you add the narcissism, and you get a hundred horrible pictures of themselves. A bunch of horrible pictures of some emo kid in front of a bathroom mirror with the camera tilted, or the camera held at arms length above them. Usually because they dont even know how to set the selftimer on their camera, or because somehow they think those pictures look cool. oops...I mean quotkewl.quot You gotta write and spell like them too.brbrOne of these days, those of us who are into real photography might just have to give up and join them. Lets all take quotkewl pics for MySpace.quot You have to say it in a whiney teenage emo kid valley girl voice too....quotkewl pics for myspaaaaace.quot brbrIm on MySpace, but I use it for networking and to keep in touch with my friends. The only picture I even have of myself is just for my profile. Everything else is mostly landscape photos Ive taken. I dont take quotkewl pics.quot In fact, I despise that term quotpicsquot because of the fact that it reminds me of the typical MySpace pictures. I only take real pictures or PHOTOGRAPHS. I also love shooting in black and white film, and I develop the film and pictures myself at home. I have a blast with it...definitely a lot more fun than standing in front of a bathroom mirror and taking horrible snapshots of myself.brbrOkay, Im finished with my rant. Thanks for giving the chance to get this off my chest brbrEDIT LOL...Thanks, SappyGoLucky! I call it like I see it!