Freeing your inner stupidity....

    Taking a picture of yourself can go many ways. Unfortunately being obnoxious is one of them. When it comes to teens ,and photography sometimes teenagers abuse that artistic talent for something for someone to share it with so they can feel better about themselves(may be a bit blunt about it being used for sexual reasons). I love self portraits, but all the ones you see today is young teens making pathetic faces, and thinking it's cool, and showing stuff they shouldn't on the Internet. That is how photography is being abused in today's world by teens. What happened to the simple smile, and just taking a picture then letting the world see who you really are. Not some stupid pose, or way to make your face seem shocked. I admit some of those things amuse people. I am amused  by them, but sometimes teen's self portraits seem trashy, or just plain pathetic. I mean you can tell that their faces were made to look that way instead of the natural setting the face has. Letting the world see the natural beauty of the face. Don't change the face. Nothing is wrong with it. Change the setting on the camera, or the background. Don't change the person. Change the picture. Don't make yourself seem obnoxious cause other people are. Just make yourself seem natural. The real you. Not the Internet version of someone they don't know.
    The article did have some good points though. I mean some people are very creative with their self-portraits. How do we tell when someone is being just them, and not some hyperactive person jacked up on caffeine. Self portraits need to show the real person. Not the one they want people to see. It's difficult to do that in real life. So why complicate things even further? It's no wonder why so many teens get bad reps, or seem trashy. It may be because of their self portrait. Instead of being the real them. They are turning into someone they aren't. Self-portraits should be expressive, showing the you that you are, even funny at times. Not someone who globbed on makeup, and decided to do some stupid pose to make her self seem better. What happened to simplicity? What happened to being true to yourself? That's what the world wants to see.