A facetographer is someone who is under the false delusion that because they spent several hundred (sometimes thousands) dollars on DSLR camera of which they do not know how to use properly or refuse to learn properly, that they can take professional quality pictures. These people tend to start a 'photography company' page on facebook and convince people to pay them money to shoot horrible photography for ignorant and stupid customers. The typical facetographer usually reaches full denial mode when an actual professional photographer informs them of their complete lack of skill. They will go on a rant to that professional about how their photography is 'raw'.
Male Facetographers will typically claim that they are professionals in order to use naive girls in order to take racy pictures of them in an attempt to get laid. Female facetographers tend to believe that their use of facebook photo editing apps like 'Piknik' qualifies them to charge people to take their wedding pictures. AVOID FACETOGRAPHERS AT ALL COSTS.
Male Facetographers will typically claim that they are professionals in order to use naive girls in order to take racy pictures of them in an attempt to get laid. Female facetographers tend to believe that their use of facebook photo editing apps like 'Piknik' qualifies them to charge people to take their wedding pictures. AVOID FACETOGRAPHERS AT ALL COSTS.
This guy Louis on my friends list keeps posting all his horrible 'professional' photography. He's such a facetographer.
by Arealphotographer April 16, 2011
Get the facetographer mug.Fraudulent photography. News images that have been faked by various means, generally to promote an ideological agenda or to manipulate the emotions of the viewer. (Derived from a combination of the French term faux meaning “false,” and “-tography,” the second half of the word “photography.”)
The word was first used to describe the doctoring of photographs by Reuters photographer Adnan Hajj during the Lebanon War of 2006, and has since been generalized to mean any dishonest or faked news photo.
Methods for creating “fauxtographs” include: using Photoshop (or similar software) to digitally alter the photo; photographing staged scenes or simulated news events and presenting them as real; interfering with or manipulating photo subjects to creat a “more effective” picture; adding inaccurate and/or misleading captions.
The word was first used to describe the doctoring of photographs by Reuters photographer Adnan Hajj during the Lebanon War of 2006, and has since been generalized to mean any dishonest or faked news photo.
Methods for creating “fauxtographs” include: using Photoshop (or similar software) to digitally alter the photo; photographing staged scenes or simulated news events and presenting them as real; interfering with or manipulating photo subjects to creat a “more effective” picture; adding inaccurate and/or misleading captions.
"Since (in their world view) the ends justify the means, terrorist leaders, and their willing accomplices in the moonstream media, have employed fauxtography to deceive tens of millions of illiterate Muslims into believing faked atrocities. Many educated Muslims have been duped as well."
by (I am) John Doe February 1, 2008
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the crappy pictures of the sky or dead plants that scene kids take with their digital cameras and call it a hobby. They say photography is their passion, but we all know it's really fauxtography.
Wow, a picture of the sky. And I see you went on paint and added your name with a TM. Now no one can steal your fauxtography.
by JF. May 4, 2006
Get the fauxtography mug.Dreadful, over and under exposed, out of focus, badly lit and composed photos that the perpetrator thinks are excellent.
Peasant fauxtographer: Wow! My photos are just so good I should be a pro.
gutterminky: Is that pro as in prostitute?
Perhaps you should think about another career, like suicide, rather than producing peasant fauxtography which is utter garbage and shameful.
gutterminky: Is that pro as in prostitute?
Perhaps you should think about another career, like suicide, rather than producing peasant fauxtography which is utter garbage and shameful.
by gutterminky June 1, 2014
Get the peasant fauxtography mug.Tifani says: i keep farting :|
Emma says: EWWWW, i should put that in a myspace bulletin ahahaha
Tifani says: no, that's fartography!
Emma says: EWWWW, i should put that in a myspace bulletin ahahaha
Tifani says: no, that's fartography!
by emmaisnang August 14, 2008
Get the fartography mug.one who takes pictures with camera phone of pictures already taken either on the computer or one that is printed. because they arent talented or have anything to take pictures of.
bob- i live in the middle of the boonies and theres nothing beautiful for me to take pictures of, but i want to be an aspiring photographer. im just gonna google pics of photography and say i did it.
rob- thats not photography, thats fauxtography
rob- thats not photography, thats fauxtography
by theeeoldwiseonee April 28, 2011
Get the fauxtography mug.The use of Photoshop or other means of digital image manipulation to remove or cover-up element of a photograph.
Most commoly found in advertising and beauty magazines, especially images of women, to remove supposed flaws and imperfections by turning them into smooth-skinned, 'prefect' beings.
Can be used on any other subject matter to imply and deceive rather than being used for artistic purposes.
A single image may be referred to as a 'fauxtograph' or 'fauxto' and could depict flying saucers, ghosts or the head of a famous celebrity on a naked body.
Most commoly found in advertising and beauty magazines, especially images of women, to remove supposed flaws and imperfections by turning them into smooth-skinned, 'prefect' beings.
Can be used on any other subject matter to imply and deceive rather than being used for artistic purposes.
A single image may be referred to as a 'fauxtograph' or 'fauxto' and could depict flying saucers, ghosts or the head of a famous celebrity on a naked body.
1. 'Look at her skin! Typical fauxtography going on there'
2. 'They said they definately met insert celebrity, but turns out is was just a very convincing fauxtograph.
3. 'Dude, thats not really insert celebrity, its just a fauxto.'
2. 'They said they definately met insert celebrity, but turns out is was just a very convincing fauxtograph.
3. 'Dude, thats not really insert celebrity, its just a fauxto.'
by Pipeskinn June 12, 2009
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