Camera-Wise

I think my new digital camera is broken.

Seriously.

Every picture I take with it makes the subjects look FAT, even when they are very obviously NOT FAT. I wonder if this is covered by the warranty? Who wants a camera that makes all of the subjects look elephantine? I took pictures of Peekay's birthday celebratory dinner and most of the pictures I took are just horrible.

I blame the camera because there is no way it's the fault of the photographer! And it's certainly not the subjects: Peekay looks great and so does Esteban, yet in these pictures it's like they've become Oompa-Loompa's and that is just not an attractive picture (excuse the Willy Wonka reference ... I watched that terrible movie recently and I can't get it out of my head; it was horribly disturbing, much like "A Clockwork Orange" and "Full Metal Jacket")

Personally, I was shocked by how very large I myself looked. So shocked in fact that I found myself ducking and weaving to avoid all pictures at Peekay and Esteban's wedding. I found that if I kept the camera plastered to my face the photographers wandered on past like they didn't even see me; it was like mosquito repellent. :)

When looking at the pictures of myself I was reminded of the Friends show where Monica was showing home movies and she was wearing the FAT suit, playing younger Monica. She laughs and says "the camera adds 20 pounds ..." and Chandler says "so exactly how many cameras are ON you?"

Damn. I've really got to get a new camera. Or at the very least update my Photoshop so I can airbrush myself. ;D