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16 Struggles All Photographers Know To Be True

"Can you remove your watermark?"

Briana Hale

Apr 04, 2017

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16 Struggles All Photographers Know To Be True

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1. "Can you bring your camera to family event?"

Yes, because taking a few quick photos that I will definitely not edit will turn out so differently from your iPhone (spoiler alert: it won't).

2. tries to take a photo lens cap is still on

Then you quickly take it off and hope no one noticed.

3. Full memory card

And you can’t find the extra one and everyone is waiting on you and while you’re searching for it you can just feel them judging you and off in the distance you swear you hear sirens and you JUST. CAN’T. FIND. THE CARD.

4. Using your flash at a dark event and everyone turns to look at you like

It's like you're a murderer.

5. Buying new equipment

EVERYTHING IS OVER $200!

6. Editing

*stares at photo for 30 minutes* *edits it until you think it’s perfect* *stares at it longer* *starts to hate it*

7. "Your job is so easy!"

Please stop.

8. "If I had a camera like that, I could take good pictures, too!"

You know nothing. Peasant.

9. Seeing other people's work and thinking you should just give up

10. But then you take an amazing photo and you're like

11. iPhone photography makes you angry

I SPENT NEARLY $1000 ON THIS CAMERA AND ANOTHER $500 ON LENSES AND YOU SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE AMAZING PHOTOS ON A PHONE!

12. "Can you remove your watermark?"

Yes. But I won't.

13. Watching people put filters on them on Instagram

Why did I even edit them?

14. Never having any good photos of yourself, so you're just like

Self-explanatory.

15. Trying to get that perfect shot

^ Yeah, it's kinda like that.

16. Figuring out how to work with the shadows and current lighting

Dealing with shadows can be the absolute worst.

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16 Struggles All Photographers Know To Be True

"Can you remove your watermark?"

1. "Can you bring your camera to *family event*?"

2. *tries to take a photo* *lens cap is still on*

3. Full memory card

4. Using your flash at a dark event and everyone turns to look at you like

5. Buying new equipment

6. Editing

7. "Your job is so easy!"

8. "If I had a camera like that, I could take good pictures, too!"

9. Seeing other people's work and thinking you should just give up

10. But then you take an amazing photo and you're like

11. iPhone photography makes you angry

12. "Can you remove your watermark?"

13. Watching people put filters on them on Instagram

14. Never having any good photos of yourself, so you're just like

15. Trying to get that perfect shot

16. Figuring out how to work with the shadows and current lighting

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1. When you look at the syllabus and realize there are only three weeks of the semester left; even though the first day was LITERALLY yesterday.

2. You look at your grades and realize they probably aren't as high as they should be, which is a terrifying realization.

3. When you think to yourself at night, "tomorrow, I will wake up early and go to the library ALL day, and, hell, maybe after I'll go to the gym for a little bit, just to push myself that extra mile."

4. Tomorrow actually comes. The inevitable and overpowering sense of procrastination is too strong to overcome.

5. But you DO end up going to the library. Not all day though, but still, a while. But no, you do not go to the gym. Still, you made an effort, so you decide to treat yo' self.

6. When you realize you need to schedule a meeting with your adviser because you need to sign up for classes next semester. But you also realize that since you waited until the last minute, you're going to get stuck with all of the crappy classes.

7. When you low-key try to slip into conversation with your professors that you need extra credit because you're that desperate.

8. When it's already the third time you've seen your adviser in two days because you have no damn clue what you're doing and need all the help you can get.

9. When you apply for a job associated with your major even though you have no experience, but you just want to dive headfirst into the deep end of adulthood and get it over with.

The world is not always sunshine and rainbows, and you do not have to be, either.

It would be so much easier to just pay someone to do it for you

1. Figuring out when to start

2. Searching through list after list to get everything you need

3. Shopping for deals

4. Getting bins to put everything in

5. Figuring what you can’t live without

6. Going through clothes to find what you need

7. Finding out your siblings took something from you

8. Fighting with your parents.

9. Trying to plan things with your roommate

10. The fear of forgetting something

11. Move in day

Relatable moments from one of the best shows I have ever watched.

1. When you fail that midterm you studied so hard for.

2. When your crush finally texts back.

3. When payday comes around.

4. When you accidentally like someone's picture from 108 weeks ago.

5. When someone takes your unassigned assigned seat.

6. When your favorite character in your favorite TV series dies.

7. When that guy/girl you’ve been crushing on agrees to go on a date with you.

8. When you have so much to do, and such little motivation to do it.

9. When someone asks for your last fry.

10. When you try a new health-food craze.

11. When you get new clothing.

12. When you check your bank account.

13. When they're serving good food in the dining hall.

14. When someone tries to tell you what to do.

15. Or just your thoughts about life in general.

We all have that "I don't care" attitude.

1. Most students just take life day by day.

2. That means procrastinating, one day at a time.

3. College students don't mind dressing like crap sometimes.

4. In fact, dressing nice feels weird.

5. College students get so stressed that they contemplate dropping on a daily basis.

6. But most find another solution to deal with that stress.

7. And that solution can be pretty cheap. Anything over $5 is expensive.

8. One of the only things college students will spend money on is coffee.

9. College is just really expensive and you never forget how expensive it is.

10. But hey, we're getting a somewhat high-quality education, right?

11. We all really just want to pet dogs all day.

12. And eat pizza for every meal.

13. And stab the next person who asks us what we want to do with our life.

14. However, despite the stress and student loans, college is amazing and there's plenty of reasons to smile.

Thank you, April, for inspiring us with your wicked relatability.

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