And i just got back from my holidays, like WHOOOOOO, and i made some observation. Mainly at tourists and how they behave with their cams and photogenic attitude. Now, they do say that a picture contains a thousand words and unless they're referring to that 100010001000010001 in literally everything in the Matrix movies being words rather than numbers, well, no, a picture does not necessarily paints a thousand. Sometimes it paints only four and for the most case of it is "i made this up". Yeah, sometimes, the picture that we took, it's at its best saying nothing at all.
Shots with strangers
We do this and we do it alot. Why? Coz when we're somewhere far, far away, we want to make believe that we are living far, far away as well with actual breathing people and with real stories. But we have none of them and we dont go around with real living, breathing people. But instead, we are nothing but zombies calling out of the living to give us their brains - coz we have none. So we take photos with strangers. I find people who do this highly annoying. Come on. You dont know them. All you can do is point at those strangers in those photos and said, "I was in Australia". Justifying that, you have photos with Australians. But do you have stories that involve both you and them? Do you know those people? Or do you take photos to tell people that you're in overseas but in fact, you're living in a small shell Malays call tempurung. So, no, you dont. Lame. Stop being a with-strangers-cam-zombie.
Shots with kids.
People do this and they do it alot. Hell alot. Mostly occurs to people who likes kids or they're expected to be with kids and they want to evoke that "awwww" factor that suggest that you're a child person. Well, no, in truth, you dont. First of all, taking pics with random kids is very, very unhealthy. Remember how mom used to say "dont talk with strangers coz strangers are bad people who kidnaps you and sells you in the market?" Well, 15 years ahead in time and you're the kidnapping strangers who talk with kids and want to take photos with them. Dont. Kids condition things. Not all strangers are nice and take photos with you. Some strangers are real kidnappers. Dont suggest to kids that kidnappers dont exist. Stop being a child-'loving'-cam-zombie.
Shots with backgrounds
No one can take photos without background so, yes, we do this, and we do it a hell-of-a-lot lot. But that's fine obviously. We cant help to take pics with a particular background but can we help to know what the background is about? Yeah, before you take photos to show people that you've a been-there-done-that shot-zombie, know what the background is about. Picture this (pun intended); you're in some country and you take photos of yourself looking comical when the background is something of a respectful momento. Like a soldiers memorial. Take a photo of yourself star-jumping in front of a soldier's name plague who was commemorated for dying in a war and that the family never saw him again after he walked out that door, being called to war - instant classic, scenic-cam zombie.
So, people, pictures can be deceiving. It makes you look pretty but in truth, you might be an idiot. It might paints some story, but in truth its just you pretending that things actually happen. It makes you look caring and adorable but in truth, you dont give much pluck about what you're taking picture with. So, venturing out into the horizon does not mean that you bring along your cam companion and be a cam-zombie. Cam-whores are self-obsessed people who took a photo 80% of themselves. But at least, they DONT give a damn about the world around. Cam-zombies take photos of things around them and PRETEND they give a damn about the world in their shots. Just be a cam-whore. It's healthier.
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