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Hey Posers: A Camera is a Tool, and So Are You

Chris Gampat
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12/18/2010
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Last Updated on 08/30/2011 by Sander-Martijn

I’m a nice guy—or at least I believe I am. So when I was sent little segment from a conversation above on one of the most controversial internet forums, I became a bit hurt and a bit angry. Here are my problems:

* The statement of, “Being superficial and artsy seems to get you all the cunt in the world.” is really quite rude. First off, do you really have such little respect for women that you need to use such demeaning language about them?

* I’m the artsy type: before I was a photographer I was a creative writer. Before being a creative writer, I was a musician. I’m disgusted that the commentor lacks this much self-confidence as a man that he needs to fake actually being artistic, creative, and able to create compelling content.

* If you really need to lug around your DSLR to attract women then you need better social skills. Sure, everyone and their mother has a DSLR in NYC now and everyone and their mother don’t know how to use them. But trying to fake that you’re an actual artist? Are you serious? I shoot for an extra income because I love it, and because I’m actually artistic. I don’t need to fake it and I surely don’t need a camera in my hand to have the confidence to walk up to a woman with a friendly smile and start a conversation. If you understand that they’re human beings too and actually listen to them, maybe you’d be able to gain some respect for them and yourself.

I’m stopping here. Photographers: thoughts? Let us know in the comments.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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