On the count of 3, say, "Daddy bought me this and I only know how to use 2 settings!"

Why I Hate Trendy People Reason #7: They all think they're photographers.

Just a quick fact. Everyone can take a picture. You click a button, this is true, everyone knows how to do it. However, being a photographer is different. It requires a knowledge of advanced lighting, positioning, visual, (and I don't know, I'm not a professional) techniques. Just because you own an expensive, digital camera with all the extendable lenses and obligatory extremely high, pixel count, does not make you a photographer. You just want to walk around with it hanging around your neck, catching images that are unusual and made from saturated and enhanced colors. Well congratulations, your quick shutter reflex means you caught a picture of someone in the air, you are the master of photography!

And while we're on the topic of trendy people and pictures, have you ever noticed how the same poses appear over and over again? It's as if there's a hipster code to taking a picture. The goal is always the same, to be unusually beautiful. There's no pride in being typical in any sense. So whatever pose you can do, candidly of course, that makes you look effortless is the one of choice. There are always those looking in the other direction shots, you know the type, with the half smile that say "I know I'm dressed better than you are, and over there is something incredibly interesting, so I just can't face you..." That pose along with the sitting on the curb, are quite popular. It's as if these hipsters say to their friends, hey look at our ridiculous outfits, why aren't we taking pictures so everyone can see how alternative we are? Well guess what. You all do it. You are not alternative, you are typical. You post them to your facebook page, hoping someone will comment on the location so you can name drop some obscure reference. You title your pictures with quotes from songs no one has heard of, just to prove you knew of it first.

Congratulations, you've figured out how to take pictures that make you look like you have far more talent than you do. But hey, all you need is a couple thousand bucks, and you're there. Thanks daddy, that camera you bought me is going to make me look so damn cool...