The slippery slope of becoming a wannabe "Pro Photographer" that starts with the rule of 1 in 1,000.
With the advent of digital slr cameras for under $500 every mom with a camera takes 1,000 pictures of their child, 1 of those pictures is pretty good and when shown to a friend or family member she hears the golden words "that shot is great...you have a real knack for photography" and so the journey begins.
Without any inkling of ISO, shutter speed, aperture, color balance, lighting, composition...any thought at all (AUTO EVERYTHING) mom thinks she has actual talent.
Through the marketing avenues of friends she books a few gigs shooting babies on bedsheets with gerber daisies, wearing funny colorful hats, hanging in cheese cloth, hands shaped in the form of hearts on expecting bellies, bad lighting, composition and exposure, but the ability to "sell it as art" since she's now a pro shooter.
1.) Images way to photoshopped, skintones are blown out, yellow, way to saturated.
2.) Won't give you a receipt since hubby is the bread winner and doesn't claim her income, it's tax free money under the table.
3.) Uses pirated photoshop.
4.) All the comments on their "mommy photo blog" are posted by the same 10 people every post with generic comments like "OMG, SO CUTE!!!!" or "Lisa, you are SO talented, OMG!!!" It's pretty much a must to have multiple exclamation points OMG! All comments must be dripping with unbelievable back patting ooze.
With the advent of digital slr cameras for under $500 every mom with a camera takes 1,000 pictures of their child, 1 of those pictures is pretty good and when shown to a friend or family member she hears the golden words "that shot is great...you have a real knack for photography" and so the journey begins.
Without any inkling of ISO, shutter speed, aperture, color balance, lighting, composition...any thought at all (AUTO EVERYTHING) mom thinks she has actual talent.
Through the marketing avenues of friends she books a few gigs shooting babies on bedsheets with gerber daisies, wearing funny colorful hats, hanging in cheese cloth, hands shaped in the form of hearts on expecting bellies, bad lighting, composition and exposure, but the ability to "sell it as art" since she's now a pro shooter.
1.) Images way to photoshopped, skintones are blown out, yellow, way to saturated.
2.) Won't give you a receipt since hubby is the bread winner and doesn't claim her income, it's tax free money under the table.
3.) Uses pirated photoshop.
4.) All the comments on their "mommy photo blog" are posted by the same 10 people every post with generic comments like "OMG, SO CUTE!!!!" or "Lisa, you are SO talented, OMG!!!" It's pretty much a must to have multiple exclamation points OMG! All comments must be dripping with unbelievable back patting ooze.
How was your session? I forgot all of my equipment at the studio so I just soccer mom'd it.
Wow, uuum, those images are really something? Yeah, I went to a soccer mom photographer. We didn't have the money for a professional photographer.
Those pictures look like my mom took them! That's because we used a soccer mom photographer.
Wow, uuum, those images are really something? Yeah, I went to a soccer mom photographer. We didn't have the money for a professional photographer.
Those pictures look like my mom took them! That's because we used a soccer mom photographer.
by stinkbuttboy February 17, 2010
Get the Soccer Mom Photographer mug.An idiom, developed in the late 1800's, that nowadays is used in the literal sense: that the person saying this, is telling the person receiving that their mother, is in fact a homosexual, or merely as an insult, that makes no literal sense. But in its half century (or so) of use was in the actual sense of an idiom; in that it could be used in a slightly more nonlinear sense.
My analysis of the idiom:
I first like to look at the use of the work "you're" which is the contraction of the words "you are," which I can believe is a way to really emphasize how personal the use of the phrase can be. Then there's the word "mom," the person who birthed you, the reason that you're currently on this world. Now many people are upset whenever you talk about their mother in a negative sense, and since this is right before the word "gay," whose definition relates to being attracted to the same sex which is taboo in culture today, and was much more in previous centuries, many believe this to have a negative connotation while in conjunction with the word "mom." But I find it to have been used in a much lighter sense in previous centuries, not being used as an insult, but more a compliment generally meaning "your mother is quite lighthearted," since gay isn't just a way as classifying someone as being attracted to the same sex, but also as an adjective to describe a good experience, or a nice person.
My analysis of the idiom:
I first like to look at the use of the work "you're" which is the contraction of the words "you are," which I can believe is a way to really emphasize how personal the use of the phrase can be. Then there's the word "mom," the person who birthed you, the reason that you're currently on this world. Now many people are upset whenever you talk about their mother in a negative sense, and since this is right before the word "gay," whose definition relates to being attracted to the same sex which is taboo in culture today, and was much more in previous centuries, many believe this to have a negative connotation while in conjunction with the word "mom." But I find it to have been used in a much lighter sense in previous centuries, not being used as an insult, but more a compliment generally meaning "your mother is quite lighthearted," since gay isn't just a way as classifying someone as being attracted to the same sex, but also as an adjective to describe a good experience, or a nice person.
"Wow, Dave. Your Mom's really nice. You could say 'you're mom gay'."
"Thanks, John, she'd love to hear that."
"Thanks, John, she'd love to hear that."
by Edaniel April 19, 2019
Get the You're mom gay mug.When a hilarious joke is told only to be followed by a lame attempt to make it funnier by useing a cheesy comparison. Usally made by a mom/mother.
P1: Why did the chicken cross the road?
P2: why?
P1: to get the the other side
Mom: Haha like a turkey
Everyone else: O_O ugh mom joke
P2: why?
P1: to get the the other side
Mom: Haha like a turkey
Everyone else: O_O ugh mom joke
by Cali Buckinghamshire August 17, 2010
Get the Mom Joke mug.The opposite of ur mom gay. It is used as an ultimate comeback and will insult anybody no matter what, or make them laugh.
Chad: ur mom gay
Brett: ur dad lesbian
Chad: ur granny tranny
Brett: ur grandpap a trap
Chad: ur dads ur mom
Brett: ur moms ur dad
Chad: UR MOM STRAIGHT
Brett: *The molecules collapse within and Brett dissolves into a puddle of human which is then drunk by Chad, making Chad two humans as once, living on both within his mortal coil.
Brett: ur dad lesbian
Chad: ur granny tranny
Brett: ur grandpap a trap
Chad: ur dads ur mom
Brett: ur moms ur dad
Chad: UR MOM STRAIGHT
Brett: *The molecules collapse within and Brett dissolves into a puddle of human which is then drunk by Chad, making Chad two humans as once, living on both within his mortal coil.
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Get the my mom is on the browser mug.The day Lisa realized that referring to her red-headed children as "struck matches" is actually a racial slur....
Struck match meaning a term used by Daman Wayans to describe really, really black people.
Struck match meaning a term used by Daman Wayans to describe really, really black people.
Did you know I have been referring to my children as struck matches to the mothers at my kids catholic school ? This is definitely a bad mom Wednesday
In response Ashley says "you should subscribe to urbandictionary.com so you will have less of those embarrassing race related moments!"
In response Ashley says "you should subscribe to urbandictionary.com so you will have less of those embarrassing race related moments!"
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