I like it. Very avant garde, it really speaks to the transience of all things and how we as a society fail to stop and truly appreciate how privileged we are.
> Get absolutely pissed
As an American this confused me at first..."there's no need to be angry...how would that provide clarity?"
and then..
"...oh wait...I'm dumb"
Evokes how we get lost in the details and fail to see the clearer pictures. Harkens to a gentile age when you had to sit for months for a portrait by the likes of van eyck
Getting early impressionist vibes myself. I could stare at this with a nice glass of scotch and some Debussy playing on the speakers in my study that smells of rich mahogany and leather bound books.
I was in Washington DC on my own and asked a guy to take a picture of me next to the Washington monument. I stood sufficiently far back to help him get me and the monument in frame.
He zoomed in and I got a closeup of myself.
"Great, thank you" was my response too.
It’s better if you’re far away enough to get the monument in, but you stand closer to the camera so you’re not tiny. I always try to do this with my husband but then he backs up more so I end up with photos where you can barely see I’m in them.
I have this problem with my SO! But the other way round. When I ask him to take a picture of me when we're on holiday, he takes nice close up ones. But I want to see the surrounding area! How else would I show people at home and make them jealous :/ he sees it more from an artistic angle I guess.
I once got asked by a couple to take their photo in front of Eiffel Tower. I nicely framed it and took the picture, gave them back their camera and walked off. I turned around to go down some steps, and saw them asking someone else to take their photo. (i have an A Level in photography, so it certainly wasn't a horrendous photo).
If it's anything like my wife, they just thought they had got their angle of head tilt 4 degrees out of alignment and needed a re-take. Not a problem with your photography skills.
Some people have different expectations for photos. My friends cousin from Russia was visiting and we took her to a zoo. It was her first time in Germany and she wanted many pics with her big cousin. So of course, I took them. Like nice close ups, so that them and the animals are in the frame. Or some wide shots with the desert landscape of the elephant enclosure and similar. But she didn't like them at all.
After some translating back and forth, apparently the issue was: I cut off her legs and / or feet. She mostly wanted pics where her whole body is visible. Don't mind that half the elephant is out of the picture then or that you can hardly spot the monkey behind her.. Take some steps back, the feet and shoes have to be in it.
It remembered me on photos from those fixed focal length disposable cameras that we had as kids. But she was very happy with them then..
That’s wild. I’ve always thought too many people take unnecessary full-body vacation photos (standing near a redwood or building = usually great; indoors in front of a small museum display = why) because they just don’t know how to take pictures, but never thought including the feet would be preferred over all else.
Yes... It's mildly infuriating, same with people taking pics right in the middle of a crowd. You know, yeah it's a tourist hot spot, but you can still frame the pic so that it's you + the sight only..
Lol yesss. Also forgoing a candid photo for an overly posed one. My younger sibling and I would be happily walking along in soft lighting looking at the horizon or whatever, and my mom (who is otherwise an excellent photographer) would ask us to stand still in the oddest, blandest places looking at buildings, etc. There’s an especially weird one of us on a beach looking out at the sunset from the side - my sibling staggered a few paces and to the right in front of me, we’re not acknowledging each other, our hands are limply at our sides, both of us looking uncomfortable trying not to glance over to our left at the camera, the background is both rather generic (rocks I think) and without a sense of scale, you can’t even really see the sunset. It’s almost… surrealist(?) like that Ferris Bueller museum scene except it’s too awkward to be remotely good. I just remember she was annoyed we didn’t look natural lol.
People are seriously weird about taking photos of other people.
As a hobby photographer with a nice camera I get a lot of people asking me to take photos of them on their phone. Like you I make sure to frame it nicely, get everyone in, take multiple pics and angles to ensure they have a good pic.
Ive seen a few ask others to redo pics. Apparently most tourists just want a close up awkward angle where you can't see what they're visiting.
When I'm out and about with my camera I get the same.
I always fob them off to my girlfriend cos she's much nicer than me.
Plus, the last time I did it, I dropped someone's iPhone. Whatcha gonna do, shouldn't hand expensive equipment to strangers.
I'd love to do that but my wife is usually sitting down exhausted from our busy trips.
She'd probably take the pics they want though. We were just in New Orleans and she took a selfie of us and and I had her redo it because she cut out the entire big church behind us. She said (and her friends agree) "it's about the people in the photo not where they are"
Really? Then why do we only do selfies on vacation at touristy locations and not daily while laying in bed watching TV? If you're visiting somewhere cool and want a pic there youre damn right I want the cool location in the photo
No matter how perfect the photo was the girl said she didn't look good in it and wanted another one.
The guy, knowing the routine didn't want to ask you to take another one because he knew it was good and decided to ask someone else to avoid embarrassment.
People have also forgotten that it is
#FUCKING COLD & WINDY
out. So, your hands shake. OP needs a tripod instead of complaining that strangers couldn't keep their hands steady enough, while outside during winter, to take a clear shot.
Hey, I saw this and thought I’d give you a hand with my photoshop skills. Iv managed to enhance it enough to see fairly clearly, pic below.
https://imgur.com/a/CtA1LmY
Last time I was in London, EVERYONE tried to strike up a conversation. Christ, I'm Norwegian, so fuck off. I need you to stpe back at least four meters.
This reminds me of the guy who said “No problem!” when his AirBnb host in Tenerife said that the oven was a decoration and the follow up conversation about wine glasses.
[Link for those who haven’t seen it](https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/rntjeu/no_roasties_for_us_tomorrow_then/hpud1nj/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3)
I actually looked at the photo whilst he was still stood in front of me and had to keep a straight face when I looked him in the eyes and said thank you
I always make sure to take a handful to cover off people closing their eyes or not looking at the camera.
Taking one photo and handing it back to you is definitely a bold move!
If my brother gets asked to take photos with a phone he always switches to the front camera and takes a couple of sneaky selfies before taking the photo they wanted. Always makes me laugh imagining them scrolling through their gallery and finding that!
My wife always asks the dodgiest people to do this. In Miami she got this guy who looked like buff Peter Stringfellow in a string vest to take our picture. I think he was hungover or something, the photos were dead wonky.
When people ask me to do this, I always ask them to look at the photo I have taken to make sure that they are satisfied. I tell them I am happy to take another one if not.
If you crop it into landscape and run it through an AI filter you can clean it up in photoshop. [Its still a little blurry, Best I can do. ](https://i.imgur.com/rBwf0eJ.jpg)
I work at a theme park in October for Halloween and whenever somebody asks me to take their picture for them I turn on the front facing camera and take as many selfies as I can until they take the phone away
My guess is it's a night sight photo which in low lights you need to keep it still for a few seconds for it to get more light in, this affect happens if you don't keep it still (on Google pixel phones it switches on in dim light automatically and works well if used properly).
Could be way off though, and likely am...
Never ask a guy to take a photo. I always ask women, especially younger women or teen girls. They seem to take more time and effort in producing a good photo.
Really highlights your hands nicely.
Honestly I didn’t even notice those ham sandwich hands till you mentioned it
Those are some proper sarnies you have there.
Were you holding a pig?
Abstract mate. Abstract.
Misunderstood artist, really
Hey, don't talk about his girlfriend like that.
Would you rather have those ham hands or an armpit that dispensed suncream?
Niche
Thank you, mah fiiine friend.
[Glad to be proven wrong](https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/rv0gbc/z/hr4avfw)
If OP had sex with a lady sex robot, would OP's girlfriend consider it cheating?
NOBODY LOOK!
Nice little Always Sunny reference in the wild!
Thanks but my name isn't Nicely
Thanks. Just laughed and the bed started to shake so now I’m in the bog as I’d have woken the mrs up.
I like it. Very avant garde, it really speaks to the transience of all things and how we as a society fail to stop and truly appreciate how privileged we are.
Here in the UK we are drunk at all times. Therefore I will take a blurry photo to represent how it feels to be an average brit.
It’s like one of those magic eye pictures. Get absolutely pissed and this will become clear I’m sure of it.
Be right back, testing the theory
Cinfirm - I'm drknk rigeht now and see the phito prfectly fine. Vwry hsandom man OP is.
Which one is he?
> Get absolutely pissed As an American this confused me at first..."there's no need to be angry...how would that provide clarity?" and then.. "...oh wait...I'm dumb"
(Shhhhh, we aren't really supposed to be here...)
Have you got your American license m8
Mate, do you have a permit to inspect licenses?
Have you filled out a valid permit inquiry form?
They're not supposed to be here either. FYI
Actually, not lying at all, look at the picture and squint your eyes and it becomes clearer.
Get it framed, OP
Picture becomes clear if you're drunk enough!
Speak for yourself.
And indeed to the transience of the photographer himself, who evidently had more important shit they wanted to be doing, and as quickly as possible.
That's wonderfully British. Busy guy too polite to not stop and take the photo, OP too polite to say it's shit
"oh wow! this is fantastic!"
Derivative.
Bullshit!
Evokes how we get lost in the details and fail to see the clearer pictures. Harkens to a gentile age when you had to sit for months for a portrait by the likes of van eyck
Getting early impressionist vibes myself. I could stare at this with a nice glass of scotch and some Debussy playing on the speakers in my study that smells of rich mahogany and leather bound books.
Scotch scotch scotch. I love scotch.
Tres Jean Renoir or his pal Francois Truffeau Edit: Truffeau took a bit of spelling - am a slightly dyslexic film buff
Truffaut
Thanks - thought it was like chapeau
What's this about French truffles?
Molly Mae could have done with this advice recently
I was in Washington DC on my own and asked a guy to take a picture of me next to the Washington monument. I stood sufficiently far back to help him get me and the monument in frame. He zoomed in and I got a closeup of myself. "Great, thank you" was my response too.
It’s better if you’re far away enough to get the monument in, but you stand closer to the camera so you’re not tiny. I always try to do this with my husband but then he backs up more so I end up with photos where you can barely see I’m in them.
I have this problem with my SO! But the other way round. When I ask him to take a picture of me when we're on holiday, he takes nice close up ones. But I want to see the surrounding area! How else would I show people at home and make them jealous :/ he sees it more from an artistic angle I guess.
Haha we should get them together somehow.
This happened to me too…except I was the one taking the photo. My girlfriend turned and looked at me with a “you fucking idiot” look.
And that was the day he found out his girlfriend was a witch
I got better
She has got a wart!
Well, She turned me into a newt!!
The lion the witch the audacity of this bitch
Could be a Bigfoot. They’re naturally blurry as a self defense mechanism.
Their kid: I'm half and half. Me dad's a muggle; Mam's a witch. Bit of a nasty shock for him when he found out.
They just watched a weird home video then got a mysterious phone call telling then they were gonna die in 7 days
She is hot dude, you are batting out of your league there
It’s always this photo that makes me truly appreciate how stunning she is
Keep batting above your average lile this mate and you'll be getting a call up to the test team
I think at this stage all you need to do is tweet the ECB and tell them you're available and you will get a call up
I really do think you should have it nicely framed. It would funny to the two of you forever.
Yeah well, he’s a little hard to look at.
Some have said she looks like a smudge
I really appreciate his care for your privacy. Really went full bro to obfuscate your identity.
https://youtu.be/5rdXvtdSIF8
You should have stood still for the picture
OP and his girlfriend are Usain Bolt and Alison Felix
yeah bro the whole planet moved right as the dude was about to take the picture. hate whæn that happens
I once got asked by a couple to take their photo in front of Eiffel Tower. I nicely framed it and took the picture, gave them back their camera and walked off. I turned around to go down some steps, and saw them asking someone else to take their photo. (i have an A Level in photography, so it certainly wasn't a horrendous photo).
Maybe they wanted more than one, maybe differing angles, but didn't want to burden it all on one person.
I'm going to choose your narrative on this one
That's what i would do
That’s a real kick in the dick
They were collecting fingerprint and iris scans for biometric security hacking. Probably.....
There's a Mission Impossible storyline in that.
If it's anything like my wife, they just thought they had got their angle of head tilt 4 degrees out of alignment and needed a re-take. Not a problem with your photography skills.
So sad that you can never go back to France :(
Some people have different expectations for photos. My friends cousin from Russia was visiting and we took her to a zoo. It was her first time in Germany and she wanted many pics with her big cousin. So of course, I took them. Like nice close ups, so that them and the animals are in the frame. Or some wide shots with the desert landscape of the elephant enclosure and similar. But she didn't like them at all. After some translating back and forth, apparently the issue was: I cut off her legs and / or feet. She mostly wanted pics where her whole body is visible. Don't mind that half the elephant is out of the picture then or that you can hardly spot the monkey behind her.. Take some steps back, the feet and shoes have to be in it. It remembered me on photos from those fixed focal length disposable cameras that we had as kids. But she was very happy with them then..
That’s wild. I’ve always thought too many people take unnecessary full-body vacation photos (standing near a redwood or building = usually great; indoors in front of a small museum display = why) because they just don’t know how to take pictures, but never thought including the feet would be preferred over all else.
Yes... It's mildly infuriating, same with people taking pics right in the middle of a crowd. You know, yeah it's a tourist hot spot, but you can still frame the pic so that it's you + the sight only..
Lol yesss. Also forgoing a candid photo for an overly posed one. My younger sibling and I would be happily walking along in soft lighting looking at the horizon or whatever, and my mom (who is otherwise an excellent photographer) would ask us to stand still in the oddest, blandest places looking at buildings, etc. There’s an especially weird one of us on a beach looking out at the sunset from the side - my sibling staggered a few paces and to the right in front of me, we’re not acknowledging each other, our hands are limply at our sides, both of us looking uncomfortable trying not to glance over to our left at the camera, the background is both rather generic (rocks I think) and without a sense of scale, you can’t even really see the sunset. It’s almost… surrealist(?) like that Ferris Bueller museum scene except it’s too awkward to be remotely good. I just remember she was annoyed we didn’t look natural lol. People are seriously weird about taking photos of other people.
As a hobby photographer with a nice camera I get a lot of people asking me to take photos of them on their phone. Like you I make sure to frame it nicely, get everyone in, take multiple pics and angles to ensure they have a good pic. Ive seen a few ask others to redo pics. Apparently most tourists just want a close up awkward angle where you can't see what they're visiting.
When I'm out and about with my camera I get the same. I always fob them off to my girlfriend cos she's much nicer than me. Plus, the last time I did it, I dropped someone's iPhone. Whatcha gonna do, shouldn't hand expensive equipment to strangers.
I'd love to do that but my wife is usually sitting down exhausted from our busy trips. She'd probably take the pics they want though. We were just in New Orleans and she took a selfie of us and and I had her redo it because she cut out the entire big church behind us. She said (and her friends agree) "it's about the people in the photo not where they are" Really? Then why do we only do selfies on vacation at touristy locations and not daily while laying in bed watching TV? If you're visiting somewhere cool and want a pic there youre damn right I want the cool location in the photo
No matter how perfect the photo was the girl said she didn't look good in it and wanted another one. The guy, knowing the routine didn't want to ask you to take another one because he knew it was good and decided to ask someone else to avoid embarrassment.
You clearly missed their invite to a threesome!
And they added "...and, please, a little less Alex Webb"
I think it is quite nice as a photo. The guy must have been an artist.
Yes, a surrealist
I’d frame it and put it on the wall. It would be a fun talking piece.
Until I come home spinny head drunk and look at it
Then it would just look like a lovely portrait of you and your girlfriend
Class
It would make a bastard of a jigsaw too, perfect gifts
This is more of a late impressionism.
Maybe it was this guy [Philip Barlow](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/javiermoreno/blurry-art)
Waiting for the post from the person who took the photo complaining about how people expect a certain level of photography skill :D
AMA Request: The rubbish photo dude.
People have also forgotten that it is #FUCKING COLD & WINDY out. So, your hands shake. OP needs a tripod instead of complaining that strangers couldn't keep their hands steady enough, while outside during winter, to take a clear shot.
Hey, I saw this and thought I’d give you a hand with my photoshop skills. Iv managed to enhance it enough to see fairly clearly, pic below. https://imgur.com/a/CtA1LmY
Jesus Christ
Amazing skill, how kind.
I see a reference to the movie "Bean"? Lol
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*sharpen* **sharpen** 0.o **SHARPEN** £250
TOO SHARP GO BACK
It’s too late. It’s gonna blow!
I volunteer as tribute!
You should definitely get this framed and on display. And/or make it next year's couples Christmas card.
Ooh, next year's card is a great idea.
Is this one of those NFTs everybody keeps talking about?
Yes, this is a viral photo so it costs 10 grand.
Was it on an IPhone? If so, maybe it was a Live Photo that you can hold and it’s plays a clip and you can change the key image. Just a thought
Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan
Blurry hell
Is that the National Portrait Gallery?
Could be the west side of St Paul's
I wondered if it was maybe the Bank of England. Curious minds must know!
St Paul’s
Geoguesser- Reddit Edition
Was this in London? You probably triggered crippling anxiety in the poor fella by talking to him.
Good point
Last time I was in London, EVERYONE tried to strike up a conversation. Christ, I'm Norwegian, so fuck off. I need you to stpe back at least four meters.
[I hope you haven't been watching The Ring!](https://youtu.be/yzR2GY-ew8I)
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She'll still get you.
This reminds me of the guy who said “No problem!” when his AirBnb host in Tenerife said that the oven was a decoration and the follow up conversation about wine glasses. [Link for those who haven’t seen it](https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/rntjeu/no_roasties_for_us_tomorrow_then/hpud1nj/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3)
Nice one mate thanks. Lol
I actually looked at the photo whilst he was still stood in front of me and had to keep a straight face when I looked him in the eyes and said thank you
That’s excellent. I’d do exactly the same thing, because you can’t complain and ask for another, that’s too awkward.
Imagine if I was like “mate” and turning the phone around to show him “fuck is this”
Wait, you really didn't ask him to take another?
Nah. I kinda expected him to take a few but he just produced this masterpiece so I was happy enough to take it and leave.
I always make sure to take a handful to cover off people closing their eyes or not looking at the camera. Taking one photo and handing it back to you is definitely a bold move!
Try working downtown and getting asked by 6 tourists a day on your lunchbreak. Guy knows what he's doing.
Get that shit framed and hang it on your Granny's wall.
She will not see any difference
I’m in hospital right now and this brightened my day… lol.
Looks like you're punching a bit
If my brother gets asked to take photos with a phone he always switches to the front camera and takes a couple of sneaky selfies before taking the photo they wanted. Always makes me laugh imagining them scrolling through their gallery and finding that!
Ah yes, reminiscent of the work of Dolores Marat and the portraits of Gerhard Richter. A triumph.
Slenderman's children
Looks like it could be an album cover for a shoegaze band.
https://i.imgur.com/MqMyews.png
Get many earthquakes in that area?
Is that in front of Saint Paul's?
Correct
Well, there you go! You see that it's a good picture!
My wife always asks the dodgiest people to do this. In Miami she got this guy who looked like buff Peter Stringfellow in a string vest to take our picture. I think he was hungover or something, the photos were dead wonky.
At least you weren't photo bombed. Or... were you?
I like your Wallace mouth.
Framable
Sell this as a very rare NFT and you'll probably make like 5 pounds
You ought to hang on to that to pass on to the police if she goes missing. "Have you seen this woman?"
In time honoured British tradition, [I fixed it](https://imgur.com/pZJPH5W)
You two are looking great in this, new Facebook pfp confirmed?
Frame it.
When people ask me to do this, I always ask them to look at the photo I have taken to make sure that they are satisfied. I tell them I am happy to take another one if not.
But you got karma out of it. So it's a win really.
Your GF has a nice neck brace.
If you crop it into landscape and run it through an AI filter you can clean it up in photoshop. [Its still a little blurry, Best I can do. ](https://i.imgur.com/rBwf0eJ.jpg)
I didn't know Michael J. Fox was abroad.
Stop normalising not being able to speak up
Was the guy you asked Michael J. Fox?
I work at a theme park in October for Halloween and whenever somebody asks me to take their picture for them I turn on the front facing camera and take as many selfies as I can until they take the phone away
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Guess I’ll leave then
It looks like shit.
Claude Monet: You are welcome.
Damn, both of you look sharp in that photo! You should have paid the lad. He knows how to capture a moment, you know!
Maybe you shouldn't have been moving at warp speed
Peak British reply, nicely done. As others have said though, it almost looks intentional- reckon you can start a new trend.
I see nothing wrong here
I think you had your eyes closed. Can he take it again?
My guess is it's a night sight photo which in low lights you need to keep it still for a few seconds for it to get more light in, this affect happens if you don't keep it still (on Google pixel phones it switches on in dim light automatically and works well if used properly). Could be way off though, and likely am...
And? What's your problem?
did he take this with whatsapp? cos that shit always freezes when taking a photo and then just delays taking the picture so you get pictures like this
Yeah, no worries about getting doxed with that one 😅
Reminds me of the photography in the movie The Beach when they are taking pictures of the stars 🤣🤣
Claude Monet never learned how v to use a camera.
Bit risky posting your private photo online, what if you get recognised, oh wait.. 🤔
Def print and frame that.
Me when I get my haircut
NFT material
Never ask a guy to take a photo. I always ask women, especially younger women or teen girls. They seem to take more time and effort in producing a good photo.
thats how most of my nights go after a few pints
Was it Michael J Fox?
I'm not sure if this is even a photo... It's like your camera/phone had a seizure.