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The worst photography.

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PacificRimJob
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This is a place to post photography that, while meant to be serious by the person who edited it, is just awful and needs to be killed with fire. Doesn't have to be yours, just stuff that you come across in general and find to be over-done or just bad all the way around.

basically, this is a place to post 'what not to do... ever... ever ever...'


Nov 10 2013 3:19PM
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PacificRimJob
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I'll start with a couple. Here's a few from my good friend Max. He's been at this for only a little bit, and really doesn't know what to do when it comes to NOT bumping the saturation and shit to the max. He also has a massive watermark that's distracting as hell. Some of his stuff is alright, but every now and then he posts a doozy that makes me want to strangle him.

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Nov 10 2013 3:24PM
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CrotchKiller
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is that jesus in the second picture?
Nov 10 2013 3:43PM
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PacificRimJob
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It's a girl standing on a rock... that became obscured somehow without even using photoshop (just lightroom)
Nov 10 2013 3:49PM
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JuliusJ
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Pretty much every girl who owns a canon rebel on Facebook /thread. Does this really need its own thread? Like seriously, why would anyone actually want to look at shitty photos?
Nov 10 2013 3:52PM
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BrightonFridays
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^a lot can be learned

The opposite side of the spectrum from looking at a lot of good photos
Nov 10 2013 4:00PM
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lIllI
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People who ruin otherwise good photographs with poor composition. 90% of verticals make me rage.
Nov 10 2013 4:11PM
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MaxBerkowitz
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why didnt he just straighten in post ugh
Nov 10 2013 8:00PM
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penguiin
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Am I the only one that loves vertical photos?
Nov 11 2013 12:13AM
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bakedpow
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nope, if done right i luv them
Nov 11 2013 3:21AM
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Laurent.
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Nov 11 2013 3:55AM
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PacificRimJob
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1. Some try-too-hard photos can be hilarious to look at.

2. It can help the newbies who are just getting into this stuff not to make the same mistakes.
Nov 11 2013 7:14AM
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DrZoidberg
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Just search hdr in flickr. I believe this guy might have went just slightly overboard.

Also photos where people just put something to the side for no other reason than to obey the "rule" of thirds. This usually equates to 2/3 dead space and 1/3 important stuff.
Nov 11 2013 1:51PM
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Brock.
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wow the more I look at that the more it hurts.
Nov 11 2013 2:27PM
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gravel
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lol does anyone remember that thread on here a while ago about this? and it had all of those "Constantine Photography" things?
Nov 11 2013 3:21PM
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PacificRimJob
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God, that's who I was thinking of when I was trying to show and tell my friend what his photos are starting to look like... I've been trying to find the guy, because his work is just hilariously awful.
Nov 11 2013 5:27PM
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gravel
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I found the thread! The guy's name was Cesar Constantine. Bummer though because he took all of his work offline and deleted his FB page, so there aren't any pictures left.
Nov 11 2013 6:57PM
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PacificRimJob
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Didn't he have just some ridiculous massive watermarks over the middle of the photo?


Nov 11 2013 8:39PM
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gravel
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hahaha yeah, plus the saturation was through the roof and the shots were really really weird.
Nov 11 2013 8:52PM
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Benson.
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2nd one in the OP actually made me cringe...
Nov 11 2013 8:54PM
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Forcillo
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She has a photography page on Facebook, and charges $35 for a 1 hour portrait shoot
Nov 11 2013 8:56PM
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erikK
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hahahaha yep, courtesy of me. i don't think he's been seen at our mountain in a while unfortunately, probably off shooting super models in the caribbean again.
Nov 11 2013 10:15PM
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RockNRollNghtClb
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i want to crop this photo so bad just for the sake of feeling better
Nov 11 2013 11:43PM
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bakedpow
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this thread gives me a headache. i dont think i will come back in here
Nov 12 2013 3:35AM
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PacificRimJob
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Prepare to absolutely cringe, folks.

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Nov 12 2013 7:02AM
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bo0b
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For the small price of $265.00 you too can have a beautiful personal photo shoot with this self proclaimed "World Class Photographer!"

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Nov 12 2013 10:37AM
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jfxphoto
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Haha love this thread already.

I think I can find some of my own work to put in this thread, lol
Nov 12 2013 1:52PM
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BrightonFridays
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^^ I love the lightroom over done vignette
Nov 12 2013 2:03PM
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Juicy-J
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That last picture is frightening. Threads. I like where this is going
Nov 12 2013 2:03PM
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MaxBerkowitz
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My worst work ahha
Nov 12 2013 2:16PM
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buttrapinpirate
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Came here to show feels, it's a love hate thing i got with instagram, and prime example is my friend's girlfriend trying to be a photographer, clearly lying about the no filter shit, and failing at grammar. It hurts. Also hurts that 140 something people even want to like that. There is nothing satisfying about this photo.

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Nov 12 2013 11:50PM
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Juicy-J
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that caption is gold
Nov 13 2013 9:11AM
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Lemuel
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I feel like I could probably put some of my pics in here haha. I started to get into the habit of boosting colors and saturating, thankfully I realized that not every picture needs to be like that.
Nov 13 2013 10:29AM
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firecrotch
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Jeseus Christ why
Nov 13 2013 11:29PM
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John18_6
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Nov 15 2013 11:34AM
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Mag
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turning a shot from a 5d3 into something that even a gopro would have done better.
Nov 16 2013 6:47PM
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erikK
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really not that bad at all
Nov 16 2013 7:13PM
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gravel
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I dunno, that's pretty damn ugly to me.
Nov 16 2013 7:14PM
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PacificRimJob
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The vignette is stupid, but everything else is whatevs.
Nov 16 2013 7:41PM
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Mag
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I'm just being a dick, but...

The stupidly high contrast, 2 tones, white or absolute black, ridiculously soft, using a fisheye for no reason other than to get (nearly) everything in, missing landing, being able to see nothing but skis in nearly every single one, and of course the vignette.

Nov 16 2013 7:48PM
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TijmenDal
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"From our fire set. Part of the new Elemental series, call us for more information"

Inner Spirit Photography is KILLING it.



Nov 17 2013 12:17PM
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DalyBenz
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I want to photoshop this so bad. But my computer went into a limbo of hardwear failure. [IMG]http://www.worldwideinterweb.com/images/blogphotos/blogphotos/Funny/Professional%20Photography%20Nightmare/worst%20photography.png[IMG/]
Nov 17 2013 1:15PM
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DalyBenz
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Nov 17 2013 1:18PM
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Ali.
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Scottish champs haha. Really not keen on the vignette, think it's a bit too much. If the vignette wasn't there i think it would be so much sicker but i do still like it.
Nov 17 2013 5:27PM
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buttrapinpirate
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Hahaha this is classic. Yeah the composition (or lack thereof) and vignette reminds me of my high school photo teacher who would give this an A+, and hang it. It just hurts to look at.
Nov 17 2013 8:01PM
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act.resist
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um wut
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Nov 17 2013 9:34PM
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CluckaChuck
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Those were defiantly cringers
Nov 17 2013 10:14PM
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Mar-O
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Holy shit thats annoying!

And this is just two random photos from one of the photographers that work for a local paper. EVERY shot she takes is like this! Had to remove the site from top sites on my mac because I couldn't stand seeing her photos every time I opened safari..
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Nov 18 2013 11:00AM
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juicedrummer11
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but dat lens attachment makes everything so much more crisper and professionallz
Nov 19 2013 2:15AM
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Bmo.
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I want to get a gun for the sole purpose of blowing those attachments off peoples cameras
Nov 20 2013 12:23PM
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plorr
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This lady came up to me the other day and complimented my Canonet and gave me her business card. I feel kind of terrible because she was in a wheel chair but its too bad not to post.
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Nov 25 2013 1:16PM
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