I hate to take pictures cause I still don't understand what it is meant for. Instead, I prefer video. You have any reason for snapping pic?

~Am a complete opposite to you then,i LOooove to take pics!!!not only of me but people,places,things~infact i take a pic every given opportunity,thank God for digi cam my love for  pics cud also be because photography is one of my hobbies/interests, but on a more personal reason,i think pics tell a story!!besides i want to look back when am much older N say "dam i was hott!! 

~Most of all,when i socialise w/friends on a gals night in,it's such a laff N great company bringing out my collection of photo's,there's always those embarassing fashion flaw pics,y'll remember the days of knee length socks w/shoes  still can't believe my mum made me wear those w/ my party dresses!! Lmoa,mind you i wore it proud N tall back then,my fashion sense now makes me go "Aarg"

~There's also special moments on almost any/all occasion w/ family,friends,each pic has a different era in my life,i can reflect on those moments,flicking through my pics!

~I suppose growing up w/ pics of me when i was a baby through all my b-days N other social occasion/outings,i kind of felt the need to continue aving keepsake albums! i always say, "i wish it were possible for me to capture every special moment of my life!!"

~Ave got tons of Video's too,but those i tend to watch more w/family!

Wtf What exactly is the criteria for featured threads.

dtw_sola:

Wtf What exactly is the criteria for featured threads.

Does there have to be a criteria? last time i checked it was called and open forum. Which means a place to post anything of interest to "ANYBODY". I believe what your failing to comprehend is, what might seem so unimportant to you, might mean a whole lot to sombody else. So there in lies your crieteria, PS: Your Welcome

why many people love photography (especially me), is because we live our life in a stream of time which is constanly flowing. It is one of the very few elements we have no control over. we can only measure and observe it. photography is a way of capturing time, and preserving it. When a picture is taking, it is almost like stoping time and then taking a look at it from a diffent point. it give a certain reasurance of identity and personality "i was here,i am me, i lived my life. Time is forerver reminding us that live is short. and i think that we all humans know that. When we take a picture, its like an ability to temporarily have control of an element we have no control of. Wheras video is just another sad reminder that time is ticking and life is shour, because once again it captures that flow of time.

Picture = smaller file size, short time to take, less prep work, easy printing, lasts longer considering printed material (maybe shorter processing), quick result

Video = smaller file size, need, dvd or player to show people if no internet connection is available. video format may be outdated. locked drive, spoilt media.

so many things to think about

I dont like to snapp either. i knw wat pix r 4, ijust feel am nt photogenic.
I knw ladies love to snap, avnt met any dat hates it

i do,nt a picture freak,ve got friends who on the way to a lecture still waits to snap(can't rememba d last time i snapped and when next i will,maybe on my wedding day)

tut it was ghosts dat dnt take pics

I love to take photographs! its a hobby. Reminds me of the particular event or phase in my life. Whereas, the next generation can understand what their ancestor did or looked like at various times.   

tosinadeda:

tut it was ghosts that dnt take pics

if only ghosts take pictures, then i guess u are a dead person walking cos u definitely have taken a picture in ur life

if you don't like to take photos, why the hell do you pose as if you are loving it, on your profile.maybe it ain't you, but if that was you, then you are a Muppet.

One good reason to take pictures:

http://www.octoclick.com/content/view/96/

because you could get paid for it - provided you are good looking sha

Because you are Ugly!!

guy i no blame you jare, . . .me too i wowo

to dey take pics is a sado masochistic experience in my opinion

Tawak:

the good thing is that it lets u kno what u luk lik at diff stages/phases u v passed through in life

True talk,  it reminds me of yesteryears and how quickly / slowly the changes occur.

Men that hate to take pictures are usually players because they don't want women they play to see his photo and recognise that they are being played. Why are Nigerian men so randy?

na wa oh! what does picture have to do with randiness? " "

girl don't blame upstanding naija men for the dogs who've misbehaved around you.

@ poster
Pic taking is my thing ! i love to take pictures and infact, i love to be taken !. photography is my another hobby !
Video is cool too as one can display and "feature " more !

me too,
i don't like myself in pictures

tut it was ghosts that dnt take pics

Even ghosts self dey snap pics now for future purposes, so y on earth would a human being not want to snap pics too?

If you don't like to take pictures? . . .

Abi you wowo

Or you are just uninitiated into pictorial life?

I love taking pics. I have taken over 200 photos already since the beginning of Ghana 2008.
See: http://www.davidajao.com/blog/photos/album/72157603757622457/Ghana-2008-Photos.html

same here poster

I don't really like taking pics also

@Poster u don't have to like taking pic. Save some copies to show ur kids so they don't think u just appeared as a man.

Uhm. I wonder why you are worried by the way, you don't have to take it if don't feel like. It not a crime friend. I myself don't have much pix yet just about 4 (excluding passport photographs), not ready for all those stuffs yet, got better things to do.

I'm so free, don't have any girl to bug me for all those just yet (besides, girls are more interested in money).

One of my regrets today is that I did not take enough pictures of me growing up. Its good to see what you looked like at different stages. Pictures are good historical assets.

@poster
if u dnt like it,i wonda wat xactly u want us to do abt dat?

what do u like to do then

@poster
Contrary to your opinion, I do enjoy taking picturessss. Could you believe i just finished taking 14shots? It's more of an hobby, maybe

Pls I'm really sorry diverging, but "pls how do I send a topic for discussion?"