The Photographer's Curse

Hey all,

It's 2.30 in the morning and I have a class in about 7 hours time. Had a good afternoon nap so I guess I can stay up a little. Dont feel too sleepy. Anyway, I just wanted to tell the privileged few of you who have access to my blog about the photographer's curse.

The photographer's curse has got everything to do with always being on the wrong side of the camera. Yes, it's the side that never appears on film. We're never seen when pictures are taken. I think it's a form of sacrifice that is often overlooked. But of course once in a while we get desperate and ask someone to take a picture for us. And that leads me to the next point.

The second part of the photographers curse is being in a lot of crappy photos. Being a photographer for the past 9 years, I know what I'm talking about. Very few people know how to operate your sophisticated machine and all they need to know is "Push the huge button there". The result? Lack of composition, microscopic subjects, out of focus images, you name it!

I'm not the only one who seems to feel that way. My mom constantly tells me how she should be around to take my pics because I always appear tiny in my pictures taken by friends of mine. I didnt really mind it that much until I saw how much better my childhood pictures turned out....which of course were taken by Mommy dearest.

Anyhow, I've gone beyond worrying about myself being in pictures. I used to complain a lot that I was never being immortalized in the form of images. But nowadays, I'm actually content to take pictures of others. Well, of course I do have to take at least one picture of myself just to show that I was in a particular event. It's more for my parents who want to know what their kid's up to.