Why the fuck do people get so offended when photo students take pictures around them? Not
of them but of the scenery
around them? I was taking a picture of a railing outside one of our campus building and this stupid girl walked by as I was taking my shot. I didn't really notice her until
she fucking tracked me down as I moved onto do different subjects.
How vain could she possibly be? She was pissed. Vain!Girl: "Are you taking pictures of me?"
Me: "No I'm in a creative photography class. I was taking photos of architecture. I don't take 'pictures'. I make artistic compositions."
Vain!Girl: *Still irate* "Well, I saw the flash go off as I was walking by..."
Me: *confused* "I was taking a picture of the railing. This is just homework."
Vain!Girl: "Well, if I'm on it you better take me off!" *stalks away.*
Me: WTF!?
The hell man? What does it matter if I accidentily got you in my shot. In fact, I'm the one who should be mad. If you're in there, you ruined my shot you stupid bitch. Why do people automatically assume a photographer is taking pictures of them, even when they explain they aren't. And it's not like I can prove it until the film is developed. This isn't digital photography. It's the classic black-and-white dark room style. Even if she is on it, she'd probably be no more than gray blur in the background because she wasn't the focus of the shot.
God, all I was doing was trying to get two rolls of films shot and developed with contact prints and enlargements by tommorrow for our critique. I don't appreciated being harassed while doing my fucking homework, especially when I wasn't bothering anybody.
I really wish I'd just told her what I was thinking. "Why would I want to take a picture of your boring ugly ass? The railing is much more interesting."
Ug. I guess I need to move my photo taking off campus. There are probably more interesting compositions out there anyway. But I'm afraid of what kind of trouble I could run into there. I've heard of students getting questioned by the police before for just taking pictures for class.
At this point, I may not even get my assignment done. I'll probably have to skip class tommorrow and lose points to make up for. Just because of one insecure freshman.