A lot of times you’ll see that happen on the internet or hear it in conversation or whatever and it just goes to show the disconnect between the creator and the consumer. Often times it shows how fucking dumb and uninformed they are because they don’t know the process or even understand that the work they are undervaluing is something that they see and has also affected them everyday since they were born. With photography in particular people still think of it as the art that is literally just pushing a button. For one they are a fucking idiot. Period. For second they have no idea of the knowledge and know how that is required to take those photos and the importance of them.
Going back to how it affects them is in regards to advertising. Everything they buy is usually because of an ad with stunning and painstakingly edited photos made just to get them to stop and contemplate buying an item of clothing or a fucking blender. The websites the go to to buy clothes or makeup have product photos and editorials geared toward making you buy everything from eyeshadow to a pair of shoes. When they read vogue the ads that they turn past have paid a photographer tens of thousands of dollars and possibly six figures just to get that one photo. From getting the photographer and the crew together, location and set up, building props and additional pieces to add to the set, the editing and color-grading to the retouching.
It is way more than pushing a button and even with that if you don’t know how to use the camera or manipulate the settings then your fucked bitch. It’s easy to dismiss what someone does when you’ve never done it and probably can’t do it. So before you start screaming about how that shit is easy, how about you shut the fuck up and use your noodle for a second because the shit probably looks easy because they’ve been working on that skill for half your life to make it look as such. Stop hating and start learning ya’ bozo. Hating never made a nigga no money. Period.