Zero out of Ten for Originality (At Best)

EEEEEK! The cardinal sin!

Have a look at these:

They all deserve 0 out of ten for originality (at best)...the score decreases if it is a black and white image.

I think that sometimes when people do this, they do it because they think they look good.....they don't do it to look bad, of course. What I mean is they do it because in their opinion, it is better than a portrait of them WITHOUT the camera.

"I'm holding a camera...this is miles better...people will know I'm a photographer"

Or maybe a bit of a dummy.

A photographer I met recently summed this up better than I could when he reflected:

"Yeah, they do it like it's some kind of profound gesture"

Case Closed.