I've been thinking about this blog recently and how much I enjoy blogging but never fucking remember to actually do so.
I also think that because no one reads these posts, it's sort of for nothing, but I guess that getting things out there is better then keeping them in to fester.
So here we go.
NOW.
This post isn't directed at one specific person but more of a group of unrelated people.
To all you fourteen year old, camera toting, beanie wearing, rig smoking ''hipsters'' out there; do you have ANY idea, how much you piss me off?
You have completely left your childhood behind to take mediocre pictures of each other in dark alleys, smoke your allowance away and walk around like you own the streets.
You all have another thing coming.
Your arrogance and ignorance are beyond me. Do you not realize what you're giving up in order to look ''cool''?
Fourteen year olds should not be chain smoking.
That's the one that really gets me.
You don't look any better with that thing hanging out of your mouth and you most certainly don't smell any better.
Another thing.
Why photography?
Why in the fuck must you think you are talented enough to buy a five hundred dollar camera and take pictures of your friends.
First off, learn how to use the fucking camera, please.
I beg for the sake of the camera.
Secondly, just because you think you're artistic, doesn't mean you are.
Photoshopping your pictures to distort the image you actually took and turn it into something you think will make your fellow hipster friends impressed is NOT photography.
The camera is there to help you and do the work. If you know how to use it.
Lastly,
The lack of self-esteem the majority of you have is astonishing to me.
Stop pretending to be something you aren't.
Stop trying to look good for people all the time, they aren't impressed. And if they are, they're out seeking attention and are just as internally confused as you are.
Be yourself. Dressing up and trying to be ''differently cool'' will only go so far until one day you wake up and realize what i've been trying to get through this entire time.
Be Real.
