shutterbug. noun. shut·ter·bug ˈshət-ər-ˌbəg. : a photography enthusiast.
photoholic (plural photoholics) (informal) A keen photographer.
A photography enthusiast is someone who loves everything about photography. They may not be people who have a career as a photographer, but they do enjoy it as a hobby. They keep up-to-date on the latest trends, cameras and tools available on the market.
A PHOTOPHILE is a person who loves photography.
Obsessive-Compulsive Photography Disorder (OCPD) is characterized by perpetual thoughts about photography—when you are driving to work, when you are at work, when you are driving home from work, and even when you are lying in bed preparing to go to sleep.
People love taking pictures because it gives them a chance to capture a moment in time that they will never experience again. It also allows them to share their memories with others. When you take a picture, you capture the moment's emotions, which can last forever.
Having good aesthetics in photographs. attractive. striking. pretty. appealing.
photogenic. / (ˌfəʊtəˈdʒɛnɪk) / adjective. (esp of a person) having features, colouring, and a general facial appearance that look attractive in photographs.
Amateur photographers take photos for personal use, as a hobby or out of casual interest, rather than as a business or job.
Tog/Photog: It's short for a photographer. A Street Tog is slang for a street photographer.
Photography is an extremely versatile hobby that can help you discover talents and skills you never knew you had. Not only will it teach you how to use a camera, but it will also teach you how to capture amazing photos with the tools available to you.
Basically, you think a lot about photography and very little about your clothes. Awkward With the Opposite Sex. You're terrible at social interactions, especially if it's with someone you're attracted to. Speaks in Coded Language.
Being photogenic is not an inborn talent, but an acquired skill that can be learned through practice.
This is because the reflection you see every day in the mirror is the one you perceive to be original and hence a better-looking version of yourself. So, when you look at a photo of yourself, your face seems to be the wrong way as it is reversed than how you are used to seeing it.
What does it mean, exactly, to be photogenic? Most simply it means to look attractive in photographs, but the term is imbued with subtle shade.
Picturesque is an adjective used to describe something with strikingly pleasing or vivid qualities — a scene so picture-perfect that you feel an impulse to reach for your camera or double check to make sure it's real.
A naturally photogenic person is someone who looks good on camera from most angles, with most expressions – even if they're not good-looking in real life. The reason you think some of your friends are photogenic is probably because they've spent time figuring out their good angles so they always look great in pictures.
As the camera captures a 2 dimensional image, features that 'flatten' well are typically considered favourably in photographs. This includes wide set eyes, a straight nose, high cheeks and full lips.
It doesn't require any special skills - all you have to do is take a couple of pictures and choose the right filter. And yet taking pictures with the smartphone and being a professional photographer are completely different things. Like any other skill, being good at photography requires a lot of time and effort.
Photography is an addiction, it's like a drug that alters our state of mind and capturing a good photo is the ultimate high. Sometimes we bend the rules and even break the law to get one, putting ourselves in harms way and feeling invincible when we do.
So self-portraits are about self-image—how we define ourselves. They're also a way to figure out who we are. The “looking-glass self” is a psychological concept that says that how we see ourselves doesn't come from who we really are, but rather from how we think others see us.
And There's more to that. Not only are narcissists more likely to produce selfies, the very act of taking selfies alone makes people more narcissistic. Results from a longitudinal study show an increase in the subsequent levels of narcissism in people who photograph themselves more often.
The stereotype is that people who post selfies are full of themselves or outright narcissists. Often, however, someone who posts too many selfies can have low self-esteem. According to one study, men who post a lot of selfies may be suffering from narcissism, but this is not as true for women.
People with autism, engineers, and those with ADHD tend to say they think in pictures; teachers, in words, and when a word-thinker hears that there are those who think not in words, but pictures, they often are flabbergasted, taken aback, and have a hard time bending their mind around this alien thought form.