Is it just me, or does everyone hate taking pictures? There’s just something about it. It’s like I have to stop enjoying my surroundings in order to stop everything I’m doing and give a fake smile, just for the memories. I’d much rather live my life and experience things while traveling than to be distracted by expensive cameras and photo ops. Sometimes it’s just not worth it.
I’ve currently been doing some minor photo editing and just started learning how to take the background off of a subject, then putting the subject without the background in front of a different background.
And that was my MUAHAHAHA AHA moment.
Why don’t I just go for some photo shoot with a green background then use that same picture of me, then put it in the background of all of the places that I’ve been.
That would solve all of my problems. No more of stopping what I’m doing for a photo. No more distractions. No more inconveniences…
Well not quite, but it would be nice if I could just do that for every picture.
On the plus side, this photo editing thing actually looks pretty realistic. Here are some examples.
Background Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons
I only wish I could get a picture of me with the Eiffel Tower like this one. (I actually went when I was about 8, but there were so many people that it was hard to get a good picture.)
Background Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Background Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons
What’s your take on photos and traveling? Leave your comment below.
I think there are two sides to it. On the plus side, pictures are momentary flashes in history that remind us to live for the moment and to do things worth photographing. On the other hand, yes, we can get too caught up in taking the best profile pic, etc. Good and bad to it, but I’d say it’s better to catalogue your life than not.
I think it’s funny when you travel somewhere and they do this green screen trick, even though you are actually there! Two places I recall this happening at: Niagara Falls “Journey Behind the Falls” and the Las Vegas Stratosphere.
I’ve seen that too. On Norwegian Cruise Lines, before you board the cruise ship they always make you take a picture with the green screen then they put the picture of the actual ship behind it, when you could just step outside and take a real photo. I don’t really see the point.