One of my internet friends (yes, might as well admit it, I’m a massive nerd) has got a funny and OH SO TRUE blog about photography. It’s called This Picture Sucks, and tells step by step the reasons why most amateur photography in this Flickr world is horrible messy piles of junk. It’s a bit demeaning to people who are trying to become better at photography, but let’s face it, most actual photographers can relate to every point on his list.

“Instead, you managed to talk her out of her bra thanks to two bottles cab souv and some daddy issues. It’s 2 in the morning, you’re in a hotel room, and you’re shooting her with an on-camera flash and a kit lens. To get it more wrong, you’d probably have to break her nose, then call the police to report a rape. I mean, Terry Richardson can get away with that. He can also get away with shots of the models blowing him. You can’t.”

To find great photography, I wade through tons of bad and sleazy photography posted on various blogs around the internet, and this quote describes about half of the photographs I see.

So visit This Picture Sucks and see if you agree. I certainly do.

Disclaimer: I just looked through my RSS reader and got a bit depressed by what I saw so if I sound a bit like a Debbie Downer I apologise.