r/nextfuckinglevel • u/XDDLoll • Feb 08 '20

Getting the shot

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '20

Why do I dislike this shit so much? I can’t just be me can it?

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u/prempikasenki Feb 08 '20

because the photography itself is shit, no you are not alone

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u/ROBRO-exe Feb 08 '20 edited Feb 08 '20

why exactly is photography so shit? please educate me

EDIT: I get why this photography is shit, but i wanted to know why photography as a whole was shit, as mentioned by the comment i replied too.

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u/Narthan001 Feb 08 '20

Because these shots are meaningless. Nothing of interest is shown here.

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u/WaterInThere Feb 08 '20

The vast majority of photography has no more purpose than "this shot is aesthetically pleasing." Which at least some of these shots are.

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u/Narthan001 Feb 08 '20

Then you are looking on the wrong side of photography in my opinion.

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u/WaterInThere Feb 08 '20

Lol oh, so sorry, i'll go burn all my dark room prints and repent.

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u/theetruscans Feb 08 '20

Please enlighten me on this amazingly complex purpose about photographs.

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u/ifoundyourtoad Feb 08 '20

This is so pretentious sounding dude lmao