Common posts on TPF and what they actually mean

[chuasam]

I have $200 to get a camera that will help me take professional photos
I have no idea what I'm doing. I saw some nice photos and I have $200 so I want to take nice photos too.

What camera will make me look like I know what I am doing when I'm taking photos of models.
I'm a GWC.

I would like some critique on my holiday pictures.
I went on a vacation...nyah nyah nyah

I get hurt when people say Nice Camera
I'm overly sensitive and don't realise that people are attempting small talk

 

[Peeb]

"Image would have been more powerful if framed using the rule of thirds"
Here's my chance to show off that I know what the rule of thirds is!

"Needing a pro camera- what's better: canon or nikon"
I'm a troll- this should be REALLY fun...

And finally, while I totally agree with Chuasam's observation about sensitivity and 'nice' camera- the other side of the same coin:

"It's not the camera- it's the photographer"
Almost always uttered by someone with a REALLY NICE camera.

 

[480sparky]

"I calibrated my monitor! "
I have no idea what 'calibrating a monitor' really means. I just fiddled with the controls until an image looked good.

"If a 35mm lens is really a 50mm when used on a crop-sensor body, why don't they just call it a 50mm lens?"
I have no comprehension of the relationship between focal length, sensor/film format and field of view.

"The best camera is the one you have with you."
Said by anyone with more than one camera. Besides, having a camera with you doesn't create images... using it does.

"I'm a professional photographer!"
I have an entry-level DSLR with a kit lens, a Facebook page as a website and advertise on CraigList

"I only use natural light."
I'm too cheap or broke to buy artificial lighting.

 

[tirediron]

..."The best camera is the one you have with you."
Said by anyone with more than one camera. Besides, having a camera with you doesn't create images... using it does.

Gonna disagree with you on this one. I think it is valid. I can half a dozen cameras at home, but if I run down to the store and see something amazing and all I have with me is my 'phone; well, that suddenly becomes the best camera I have!

 

[KmH]

"I only use natural light."

So I don't have to haul around as much gear.

 

[Designer]

Some recent shots. Please critique.

"I'm posting this random group of 27 photographs in the hope that some professional photographers will swoon in amazement at my picture-taking skills and proclaim me to be the next as yet undiscovered Henri Cartier-Bresson."

 

[Designer]

"I only use natural light."
I'm too cheap or broke to buy artificial lighting.

Or; "I am afraid of learning flash photography as it seems way too complicated with all that math and such."

 

[chuasam]

"I'm playing with my camera and got these shots"

I'm hedging my post in case no one likes my pictures.

 

[chuasam]

"It's not the camera- it's the photographer"
Almost always uttered by someone with a REALLY NICE camera.

Naww it's just the camera, I just push the button.

Humble Brag: I went to Photography school for 2 years and work so hard just so I can make it look like it's really easy.