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Microstock Photography Forum - General => General Stock Discussion => Topic started by: Gunter Nezhoda on December 15, 2011, 22:34
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-S3NFW2c7hA[/youtube]
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hahaha lol, I will become a professional race car driver, my car has a "P" setting on the stickshift, YES. ::)
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Okay, so here I sit on a Thursday night, taking a little break from sorting through piles and piles of customer orders that just came out of the lab and I took a break to watch this.
OH. MY. LORD. I hope she isn't from Winnipeg, because I will be out of business when everyone finds out what at....
what was that?
You know, the word, what's the word?
Starts with a P
Oh, yeah, that she is such a professional she is. Oh, I would be put to shame.
This is the definition of MWC folks!!! It is a joke, right - tell me that video is a joke.
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Okay, so here I sit on a Thursday night, taking a little break from sorting through piles and piles of customer orders that just came out of the lab and I took a break to watch this.
OH. MY. LORD. I hope she isn't from Winnipeg, because I will be out of business when everyone finds out what at....
what was that?
You know, the word, what's the word?
Starts with a P
Oh, yeah, that she is such a professional she is. Oh, I would be put to shame.
This is the definition of MWC folks!!! It is a joke, right - tell me that video is a joke.
I'm afraid she is serious, she has more clips online, a photographer friend of mine forwarded that to me, I couldn't get off the floor for 10 minutes.
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That video has spoof written all over it.
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Only, I bet 50% of all micro shooters have probably watched this garbage and decided to become a pro photographer. Whats the bet? :D
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That video has spoof written all over it.
Yeah it's satire. If you do a quick web search though, there seems to be an awful lot of people who believe she is being serious.
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Of course its a spoof. It has every (American) cliché of the sweet house wife . . . . of course she talked to her husband before temping such a risque thing as photography . . . . . and children, and church, and not being able to use those sexual “P” words. Its a Spoof . . . . . . . . . I hope.
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That video has spoof written all over it.
Yeah it's satire. If you do a quick web search though, there seems to be an awful lot of people who believe she is being serious.
I find the comments by people that take this seriously funnier than the clips. Reminds me of the fist episode of the British version of the office, my boss thought it was a real documentary. I laughed so much it hurt :)
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It's a pee-take of MWACs. Very funny, I think (especially videos four and five).
She writes the following on her YT channel. Anyone in any doubt as to where she's coming from should click the link and read it.
"Thanks to Amanda for understanding the heart of my message! You go, girl! Read her blog here: http://www.typeablog.com/learning-to-laugh-wisconsin-phot... (http://www.typeablog.com/learning-to-laugh-wisconsin-phot...)"
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At first it seems like it could be real, but when she gets into... um... oh, shoot... what was it? Oh yeah... F... F-stop!
:)
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yes, it's a spoof.. but very funny indeed. I have heard that a few boards and places find the videos insulting... but perhaps it's only because it hits a little too close to home for some ;)
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Gunter thanks a lot for telling us that we needed to watch this
worst than her advices its her baby sweet voice
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It hurts watching this - no fun at all. She's playing an airhead, feeding the stereotype of a stupid housewife. I'd be fuming if I was a woman.
She wants to be an actress and fails miserably. If she practiced that bit for a few months, maybe she could pull it off but it's simply over-acted or let me put it another way NOT-acted at all.
Can't believe people take this for real.
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^^^Isn't it over-acted to make it obvious to most people that its a spoof? It also makes it funnier when people think its real. There's a few youtube spoofs that are perfectly acted and its hard to tell if they are real but I don't find them as funny.
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Wasn't she like the Governor of Alaska or Congresswoman of Minnesota or something?
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^^^Isn't it over-acted to make it obvious to most people that its a spoof? It also makes it funnier when people think its real. There's a few youtube spoofs that are perfectly acted and its hard to tell if they are real but I don't find them as funny.
I personally think that it would be more in the interest of the author of the video to make it look more real.
There is a niche for comedy but that doesn't necessarily guarantees as much traffic as "OMG, I can't believe she is serious" without being funny. I think it would get a lot more viral looking more authentic rather than pulling off a half a$$ comedy show. Ugh.
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Great advice. I became a pro the moment I switched to P-Professional mode. I'm kinda nervous but my next move is to use A-Awesome mode. Wish me luck.
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never used the P, I was thinking it was a Programmed mode, it ain´t?
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Oh no no no Luis. It's definately Professional. Tell all your friends.
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yes, it's a spoof.. but very funny indeed. I have heard that a few boards and places find the videos insulting... but perhaps it's only because it hits a little too close to home for some ;)
Come on, offended, mean, and demeaning to women? She's funny as all heck and telling the truth. Doesn't anyone have a sense of humor anymore.
Heck I shoot sports on "little running man" why do I need all that experience and understanding light and physics, it's all automatic. Just punch the button and, there it is, another great picture. Especially with the High Speed Burst mode, I can take hundreds of amazing pictures in a couple of minutes. Maybe she'll do sports soon, she must be a Soccer Mom!
Doesn't anyone read any other forums, where once a week someone new shows up, asking what's wrong, they want to be a professional and make money. And then people look and the pictures are shot with a P&S on "A", at ISO 800? "Well Son there are some problems here, but ten years of study would be a start." ;D
ps Added her as a friend on FB. Get in before she gets too popular and has, Too Many Friends.
hahaha lol, I will become a professional race car driver, my car has a "P" setting on the stickshift, YES. ::)
Yes don't the pros use automatic transmissions on their cars? Why worry about all that shifting and the clutch? ;)
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yes, it's a spoof.. but very funny indeed. I have heard that a few boards and places find the videos insulting... but perhaps it's only because it hits a little too close to home for some ;)
Come on, offended, mean, and demeaning to women? She's funny as all heck and telling the truth. Doesn't anyone have a sense of humor anymore.
Heck I shoot sports on "little running man" why do I need all that experience and understanding light and physics, it's all automatic. Just punch the button and, there it is, another great picture. Especially with the High Speed Burst mode, I can take hundreds of amazing pictures in a couple of minutes. Maybe she'll do sports soon, she must be a Soccer Mom!
Doesn't anyone read any other forums, where once a week someone new shows up, asking what's wrong, they want to be a professional and make money. And then people look and the pictures are shot with a P&S on "A", at ISO 800? "Well Son there are some problems here, but ten years of study would be a start." ;D
ps Added her as a friend on FB. Get in before she gets too popular and has, Too Many Friends.
hahaha lol, I will become a professional race car driver, my car has a "P" setting on the stickshift, YES. ::)
Yes don't the pros use automatic transmissions on their cars? Why worry about all that shifting and the clutch? ;)
I hope they are not using P for Professional. :P
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Wasn't she like the Governor of Alaska or Congresswoman of Minnesota or something?
Zeuss, once again you make me laugh so loud my friend!!!
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Hi Paulie,
Put it on M for " Man Style " this is the roughest and toughest ;D It surprises me that a realtor has to get a license to sell a house but a photographer, all they have to do is pick up a camera and shoot and once an image sells even for 10 cents they are now a professional. I was asked to play in a soccer game once and they would pay me $10 I turned down the gig just to hold onto my amatuer ranking ;)
Best,
Jonathan
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Hi Jonathon - Yep I'm working my way up to M. Might take another 15-20 years. :)
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Nonono, you have it all wrong. M is for Moron. P is for Professional.
Just keep it on 'P' and get that nice tapestry bag and yellow camera strap. That's the way... ;)
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Hi Rubyroo,
Thanks for the tip that completely explains why every time I take a photo of a person they look like an idiot. P from here on out I wanna be a Pro. By the way MWAC has a great Face Book site I joined today the only problem is some people don't get its a gag so you have to be careful not to accidentally offend someone ;D
Best,
Jonathan
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Watched the first one................somewhat funny. You can tell it's a spoof cuz she speaks on camera fluently and with little mannerisms to give you the idea she is a housewife. After one minute of the next one (#6) I got bored and turned it off.......... not remotely funny. If people are convinced by this stuff, then it's easy to see how simple it is to fleece them with Nigerian/Russian 419 scams. ;D
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Watched the first one................somewhat funny. You can tell it's a spoof cuz she speaks on camera fluently and with little mannerisms to give you the idea she is a housewife. After one minute of the next one (#6) I got bored and turned it off.......... not remotely funny. If people are convinced by this stuff, then it's easy to see how simple it is to fleece them with Nigerian/Russian 419 scams. ;D
+1
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Holy crap!
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Hi Rubyroo,
Thanks for the tip that completely explains why every time I take a photo of a person they look like an idiot. P from here on out I wanna be a Pro. By the way MWAC has a great Face Book site I joined today the only problem is some people don't get its a gag so you have to be careful not to accidentally offend someone ;D
Best,
Jonathan
No problem Jonathan. I'm sure you'll make it to 'Pro' one day - just forget everything you ever learned and you'll be fine :D
Amazing that people don't see it's a gag. The 6th vid uploaded yesterday didn't appeal to me so much - but I enjoyed the one on accessories (surely that one makes it very clear!). Also the one on marketing (I have met many people who walk around with 'ROCKSTAR' in their head. Anyway... I'm off to buy some earrings. ;)
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One word: creepy. Reminds me of the days where everyone who had PowerPoint was automatically a "designer"
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I thought the new Canon 1d mark V was too expensive until I saw it had an Awesome Value mode. That's what I'll use.
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She's got some very solid advice in there, but the really frustrating part about it is, I now know I never will be a Pro Photographer. I've been looking at my Canon camera for the last half hour but there is no little dial with a "P" on. I am failing at the very first step....
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Thank you for making us look at this...I´ll have to forward that to all those people who want to have my job...
(yes - reaalllyyyyy - it is thaaat easy...just switch to ppppp)
:)
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To me, Missy.....{What a perfect Name} is one of the funniest people I've seen in Years and I almost fell off my chair laughing. I think shes Brilliant. I wrote her and said she should do one on Becoming a Stock photographer.
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Only, I bet 50% of all micro shooters have probably watched this garbage and decided to become a pro photographer. Whats the bet? :D
* me I just spent 5k $ to upgrade my camand 2 months working with my new gears, lighting and lens, making sure I learn and understand all my manual settings...
Had I known with this video that I just needed to TURN THE DIAL... I would have started massively submitting stock photos!
Hell now that I know this I'll print myself a P t-shirt... The world is mine!
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Wasn't she like the Governor of Alaska or Congresswoman of Minnesota or something?
(http://forum.realityfanforum.com/Smileys/classic/laugh3.gif)
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never used the P, I was thinking it was a Programmed mode, it ain´t?
P actually stands for PUNT! It's used when you can't get anything else on your camera to work right.
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She's got some very solid advice in there, but the really frustrating part about it is, I now know I never will be a Pro Photographer. I've been looking at my Canon camera for the last half hour but there is no little dial with a "P" on. I am failing at the very first step....
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
It's the P on top for "Professional" which is one step better than "Green A" but I can't put on the forum what that stands for. ;) Sorry but if you have a P&S and don't have a dial, you can't be a "Professional" yet. You'll need at least a Rebel or G# something with a wheel on top.
If you want to become a professional at sports you need to move the dial to "Little Running Man" and there you are. Now you're a Sports Shooter! ;D (photo vest and floppy hat are required dress apparel, so start saving for those too.) Like the camera bag, fashion is very important in looking Professional. LOL
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Sorry but if you have a P&S and don't have a dial, you can't be a "Professional" yet. You'll need at least a Rebel or G# something with a wheel on top.
There's more cameras out there without a dial than just P&S...
(http://www.photoxels.com/images/Canon/1d-mkiv/canon-eos-1d-mkiv-top-450.jpg)
;D ;D ;D
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Actually, M(asculine) exposure is overrated, except when it's necessary. This spoof is one very laborious joke.
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Actually, M(asculine) exposure is overrated, except when it's necessary. This spoof is one very laborious joke.
++ Knuckles to that Don!
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:o now i realize than carefully adjusting the camera settings was very wrong and time consuming ;) i will never be a pro. if i will continue. loooool ;D :D
good clip MOM. :)));... Jesus....
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P = (P)rofessional
A = (A)wesome
T = (T)otally Awesome
M = (M)an I take good photos
B = My photos are (B)etter than yours