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11-28-2011, 04:28 PM
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so, it's happened to me...
i showed a friend this picture i took of my girls over the holiday weekend.....
and he said "man, you have a good camera!" i hit him. and then, i explained that i might have skill and a good eye as well....  (low-res. sorry) i guess it was nice, as he liked the photo, but also SO ignorant! do you know people like this?? 
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11-28-2011, 04:31 PM
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Nice photo. Don't feel bad about the "camera takes good shots". I actually saw an ad in a photography magazine touting how this specific camera takes really good pictures.
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11-28-2011, 04:35 PM
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11-28-2011, 04:56 PM
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You turn it back on him. Take whatever he does, cooking, carpentry, writing, whatever occupation or hobby he's got and then tell him he's got a nice toaster oven, hammer, or pencil/keyboard. Leave it at that. He'll either figure it out, or you can laugh at him later for not drawing parallels.
The alternative, if you really want to make it personal, is you let him use your "really great camera" and you use his point and shoot. Have a grand competition, and still come back with a better photo.
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11-28-2011, 05:21 PM
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11-28-2011, 05:35 PM
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Tell him you're going to upgrade your pots so you'll be a better cook!
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11-28-2011, 05:43 PM
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I posted an image on Facebook...friend responds by saying, "Excellent picture, I've got camera envy". Give me strength.....
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11-28-2011, 07:21 PM
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i do love the idea of the contest though... 
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11-28-2011, 08:05 PM
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I fully under stand this, I think it applies to me too -- I don't bake very well "because" I don't have a good oven
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11-28-2011, 08:07 PM
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Ahh.. Just take it as the compliment he meant it as.. We all make mistakes when we compliment people over stuff we don't fully understand.. If you start correcting them, then people will stop paying you complements and just think you're a photo snob.
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