Why do I do this?

From: fun@thingy.apana.org.au (David Gerard)
Newsgroups: alt.gothic
Subject: Re: Pictures of You
Date: 2 May 2001 02:39:24 GMT
Message-ID: <200105011429@xenu.tygger.net>

On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 21:09:25 GMT,
jennie <jennie@triffid.demon.co.uk> wrote:

:           What do photographs do for you? Do they serve a purpose, or are
:they just a habit, a side-effect of tourist culture? What do you
:photograph, and why? Have you ever hated them? Do they make you fear for
:your soul?


    http://acgpix.50megs.com/

I'm That Guy With The Camera. I carry it most times I go out. Particularly
to goth clubs, which are full of beautiful and sufficiently vain subjects.

I see a gorgeous picture or a friend looking gorgeous and I MUST GET THAT
PHOTO.

I don't think I'm particularly photogenic. The grey front tooth is NOT a
happener, nor is the encroaching bald spot. But people keep insisting on
taking a photo of me back ...

Liz gave me a hat for my birthday. I wear it everywhere. I am also
discovering that it's a *wonderful* prop. There are people I'm trying to
convince to get (back) into hats.

I spend enough on photos that I really should buy a digital camera, but one
I could cope with (I want 3 megapixels and save as TIFF) is far too
expensive for me to risk losing. Because I do lose things. A $50 compact is
trivial (though I get REALLY upset at losing the undeveloped shots); a
>$1000 digital would really be a bit much ...

It's a bit like a diary or a journal. It's proof that a thing happened.

I quite regret not having a camera present for my birthday this year -
myself and seven women out at dinner ... the ideal thing to put in my
Powerpuff Girls "Girls, Girls, Girls!" photoframe.


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to scare the locals, especially if you yell the responses as loudly as 
possible."  (Nyx)