Photography

Fingers and feet in photos. Stop!

Landscapes that are not level and or shot in portrait orientation drive me bonkers.

People adjusting their photos so the blacks are crushed, but also then so the blackest points of the photo are lifted into being merely dark grey.

Like, you haven’t used the entire histogram! And your photo looks washed out! And I don’t care: washed out does NOT look good.

Photographers who get a ton of clients and they miss basic composition: cutting off body parts, Dutch angle, weird framing, etc.

Also when people hold the lens on the top instead of underneath.

I have 2.

The first is people thinking their photograph is good because they took it. Now of course if you like your photograph, you like it and that's fine. But if you ask for my opinion and don't like my answer, that's on you. I'm critiquing the photograph, not you as an individual. Also advice or opinions, especially unwanted ones, are

I always try and be positive in my critique and not point out solely what I might not like about the photograph. It is amazing that you went out and took the photograph in the first place, not everyone does that so it's great that you're trying to improve. But take in what people have to say if you asked for advice.

The second is people acting as if beginner photographers should be expected to produce stunning photographs. Some absolutely have taken amazing photos but most will produce photographs that might not look the best. I saw on some other subreddits how mean some more experienced photographers can be to newer ones.

Someone put up a photograph for people to critique. That takes balls and instead of people critiquing it, they just bullied the person. By no means should you not give valid critique, especially if they're new and want to improve but I find some people are really mean with their "critique".

Always point out what's good about the photo as well as what's wrong, so they can better understand what they're doing right and wrong. Some people forget they were a beginner at some point, don't think just because you got good doesn't mean that you get to be cruel to beginners.

Personally it peeves me when photographers go out of their way to break the format of instagram sizing when posting photos.

Instagram is for square photos. Post square photos. Stop making borders on the top and bottom. You can post the size you want on Flickr, your portfolio, or somewhere else. Or just don’t post every photo on Instagram.

Over processed photos that end up looking more like paintings.

“I want to show you some Pinterest shots and I’d like to get all of these”

A model full of ink.

Going out with friends and them posting all their photos from their phones to whatever social platform before I can even get mine on the computer and losing interest in the photos by the time I send them anything.

Taking candid shots of people I know when I see them being natural and expressive and interesting looking, trying to get that moment in a shot, and then they immediately see me and do this face straight into the camera...

"Street photography"

99% of it is worthless and uninspired

Having an expensive camera makes you a professional photographer .

I know beginners who would convince their friends to do their wedding photos for the price of a professional.

For me it is throwing a preset on every photo and calling it a "photography style."

It's especially frustrating with wedding photographers because people choose their wedding colors carefully and then the photog comes and desaturates the gorgeous blue they picked out and just says "well that's just my style."

1- "all my photos are the same color" isnt really a photography style to me, and 2. Imo, a good photographer (especially wedding photographer) should be able to capture the environment around them, and that just takes a lot more than slapping a preset over them and adjusting nothing.

Wildlife photographers that bait owls and kingfishers.