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People Are Sharing Pics Of Boyfriends “Forced” To Take Perfect Pictures Of Their Girlfriends
Social media envy if you're among the 81% of young adults (18-24) that use Instagram daily you've definitely felt it. The constant stream of glossy perfectly posed candids of girls sitting among a field of flowers is enough to make anyone green, but how do they make such beautiful photos? The answer - a personal photographer.
Yes, Instagram influencers across the platform have been relying on their boyfriends' as their personal photographers to achieve the perfect Instagram photo. But once hidden behind a lense these men no longer live in the shadows, thanks to the Instagram and Facebook accounts “Boyfriends of Instagram." The pages post photos people have shared of Instagram boyfriends going to some pretty impressive lengths to photograph their girlfriends. From sitting on each other's shoulders to literally bending over backward, no shot is too much of a challenge. Created by two anonymous Australian men, the Instagram account has wracked up 137k followers. Scroll down below to see some of these hilarious photography poses and behind the scenes shots! And don't forget to upvote your faves!
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The women show evolution from sea dwellers to clothed primate. The men just hung about in board shorts all the while. Lol!
Compared to the others, this one seems OK: At least she's doing more than he is! :)
Did she just kick herself in the butt mid-flight? That's a difficult move...
This one is nice. It's about something other than the person in the picture.
him: no.. NO I can't do it any more... please.... her: wtf, it's just another photo?
Am I the only one who saw the dog first and now thats all I care about in this photo?
He actually has a camera, not a phone, so possible doing a fashion shoot, not a boyfriend.
This looks more like the CSI Tech standing over the body discovered in the park by someone's Golden Retriever.
Plot twist: He's not her boyfriend. She doesn't even know him, she also doesn't even know there is someone taking a photo!
if i were the bf i would try a lower angle, he's getting all the metal poles in the shot!
To an Aussie eye this is obviously in Australia, and I'm guessing Victoria.
"Okay, say Cheese." "No, wait! Let me get my third arm out of the way..."
is it just me? but that picture of a picture being taken is aesthetics
Quick take a photo of me taking a photo of her but make sure you get my tensed muscles in the shot.
"Hey honey could you please take my picture (butt specially) so i can upload for other man to stare at it"
Hahahaha! I don't know why women ruin nice looks with baseball caps.
Little does she know she's just there to hold down the float so he can get a good picture
No walking on the grass...I'll just crawl backwards on my elbows and you just crawl...
Nothing is happening, humans have always being obsessed by their own image, cavemen used to depict their hands and successful hunts on their caves walls, we only have better tools now.
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Instagram is just about advertising your life... but the pose, the clothes, the place doesn't make you interesting for real. What don't use your precious time to make something true ? Helping animals or people, singing, writing, drawing, dancing, gardening, educating children, etc. There so much to do that really matter than just being a billboard.
My husband is the one who gets into taking pictures. There might well be a picture on someone's phone complaining about how I'm making him do ridiculous things for my perfect picture, when in reality, I'm grudgingly posing for him to take his perfect picture!
You know it's actually disturbing to see just how many comments on this thread are on the lines of "Self absorbed b*tch", and other really negative comments. Geez people, lighten up. Yeah, some people are vain and like to post a zillion pictures of themselves. Big deal. Definitely not worth foaming at the mouth about.
So...I don't use Instagram. Is this a thing? All of these photos taken from behind like that?? Seems odd to not want a picture of your face in your vacation photos... Also, several of these are obviously professional photographers and not coerced boyfriends so let's all just put our judgey pants back in the drawer for a bit, shall we??
I was wondering if it was the “trendy” thing to do now, to take a photo of one’s back. Guess so, lol. To each his own.
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It's an odd obsession these days. People seem more interested in documenting their experiences than enjoying them. We used to call people like that, attention whores. Now, it seems to be the norm. If the government could figure out how to tax selfies they could fund all their pet projects. Selfies are the 21st-century version of vacation pictures. No one wants to see yours but everyone wants to show theirs.
Hey guys. Let's let people enjoy loving themselves? Society will not collapse because Brenda's boyfriend takes pics of her for her insta. It's very overdramatic to think so. Also, all these poses and methods are things professional photogs do. So if we're shaming these people for getting in crazy/dangerous poses for a silly photo, then the winners of nat geo contests have to be ridiculed as well.
why do so many people want to have a picture of the back of their head?
This whole article is a dedication to selfishness.....and a little stupidity.
People like these can be such a pain when you just want a quick tourist shot of a scene for your memories (yes, some of us still make up photo albums, though produced digitally now, not pasted into books). One place we waited while a woman had her partner take a pic, have her check it, take another pic, over and over again before we could get a shot. Another time, we wanted a pic of a waterfall and these two guys, one posing, one photographing, spent forever getting their shot while they stood right in ours. Apparently there are tourist spots in NZ now where people queue 40 mins so they can all take the same unoriginal shot. It's crazy - just go find something else nice to photograph and spare us the cliche.
I try to get photos without people in them (unless they are holding the dog in the distance) Thought of getting a selfie stick to shoot over their heads for a clear view
Are we sure that these are all boyfriends? I think professional Instagram models actually hire assistants/photographers for this sort of thing. I would never depend on my husband to take a photo of me, he takes terrible photos. When he pulls out his phone to get a pic of me I run away. This is also why there are only two photos of me from the ages 19-27. I didn't like the idea of selfies, but I realized when I have kids, they will never know what I use to look like.
A lot of us are scoffing about putting so much effort into taking these seemingly useless and narcissistic pictures and what these images say about society, but the true measure of society is really more in the fact that the resultant images are making these people money. I mean, I would put that kind of effort into my images if I was making money off of them, too. The sad thing isn't that they are taking the images - the sad thing is you can make a freaking living from those images. People are taking the time to look at that malarkey and others are paying the producer for all those views.
THAT! So true. That the "me, me, me, look at me" can get rich just by showing off is beyond comprehension. No skills, brains or talent needed. Just the need and want to expose yourself and your life to the world. No more mystery or secret garden...so sad.
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And all of that because of that shallow, meaningless instagram-perfection. I feel sorry for the boyfriends for having shallow partners lacking any form of depth in their lives.
Goodness. I wouldn't ask my boyfriend to do things like this; but then again I would never pose like that either. Oh well, each to their own.
My husband would never go that far to take a pic of me, we also aren't narcissistic so, don't think i'd ever ask him to. :)
I do love how it is 'girlfriends' doing the forcing and not 'wives'. It really is just something the younger generation are doing. They'll grow out of it.
Narcissism is of all times....even those who are obsessively against the this phenomenon most likely are so that they can feel better about themselves. still...went to a famous beach town in France this year and the whole "selfie-insta-omg look at ME" thing was e-ve-ry-where. The first week i could laugh about it, but the second week it really started to get on my nerves. Form over content at its most blatant.
This is every beach in Thailand, you can't move for people looking for their Instagram moment...
Each and every one of these guys needs to run like hell. Women who obsess over the perfect picture care more about their looks than anything else. You do not want to be around this woman to experience all the drama when her looks starts to fade and she thinks you'l leave her for someone "prettier."
That's really a sad thing to say about women you know absolutely nothing about.
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It's kind of sad that these people have chosen to make their lives so small. They've opted for tiny, trivial lives. They don't seem to have a lot going for them.
Nothing is happening, humans have always being obsessed by their own image, cavemen used to depict their hands and successful hunts on their caves walls, we only have better tools now.
Load More Replies... Instagram is just about advertising your life... but the pose, the clothes, the place doesn't make you interesting for real. What don't use your precious time to make something true ? Helping animals or people, singing, writing, drawing, dancing, gardening, educating children, etc. There so much to do that really matter than just being a billboard.
My husband is the one who gets into taking pictures. There might well be a picture on someone's phone complaining about how I'm making him do ridiculous things for my perfect picture, when in reality, I'm grudgingly posing for him to take his perfect picture!
You know it's actually disturbing to see just how many comments on this thread are on the lines of "Self absorbed b*tch", and other really negative comments. Geez people, lighten up. Yeah, some people are vain and like to post a zillion pictures of themselves. Big deal. Definitely not worth foaming at the mouth about.
So...I don't use Instagram. Is this a thing? All of these photos taken from behind like that?? Seems odd to not want a picture of your face in your vacation photos... Also, several of these are obviously professional photographers and not coerced boyfriends so let's all just put our judgey pants back in the drawer for a bit, shall we??
I was wondering if it was the “trendy” thing to do now, to take a photo of one’s back. Guess so, lol. To each his own.
Load More Replies... It's an odd obsession these days. People seem more interested in documenting their experiences than enjoying them. We used to call people like that, attention whores. Now, it seems to be the norm. If the government could figure out how to tax selfies they could fund all their pet projects. Selfies are the 21st-century version of vacation pictures. No one wants to see yours but everyone wants to show theirs.
Hey guys. Let's let people enjoy loving themselves? Society will not collapse because Brenda's boyfriend takes pics of her for her insta. It's very overdramatic to think so. Also, all these poses and methods are things professional photogs do. So if we're shaming these people for getting in crazy/dangerous poses for a silly photo, then the winners of nat geo contests have to be ridiculed as well.
why do so many people want to have a picture of the back of their head?
This whole article is a dedication to selfishness.....and a little stupidity.
People like these can be such a pain when you just want a quick tourist shot of a scene for your memories (yes, some of us still make up photo albums, though produced digitally now, not pasted into books). One place we waited while a woman had her partner take a pic, have her check it, take another pic, over and over again before we could get a shot. Another time, we wanted a pic of a waterfall and these two guys, one posing, one photographing, spent forever getting their shot while they stood right in ours. Apparently there are tourist spots in NZ now where people queue 40 mins so they can all take the same unoriginal shot. It's crazy - just go find something else nice to photograph and spare us the cliche.
I try to get photos without people in them (unless they are holding the dog in the distance) Thought of getting a selfie stick to shoot over their heads for a clear view
Are we sure that these are all boyfriends? I think professional Instagram models actually hire assistants/photographers for this sort of thing. I would never depend on my husband to take a photo of me, he takes terrible photos. When he pulls out his phone to get a pic of me I run away. This is also why there are only two photos of me from the ages 19-27. I didn't like the idea of selfies, but I realized when I have kids, they will never know what I use to look like.
A lot of us are scoffing about putting so much effort into taking these seemingly useless and narcissistic pictures and what these images say about society, but the true measure of society is really more in the fact that the resultant images are making these people money. I mean, I would put that kind of effort into my images if I was making money off of them, too. The sad thing isn't that they are taking the images - the sad thing is you can make a freaking living from those images. People are taking the time to look at that malarkey and others are paying the producer for all those views.
THAT! So true. That the "me, me, me, look at me" can get rich just by showing off is beyond comprehension. No skills, brains or talent needed. Just the need and want to expose yourself and your life to the world. No more mystery or secret garden...so sad.
Load More Replies... And all of that because of that shallow, meaningless instagram-perfection. I feel sorry for the boyfriends for having shallow partners lacking any form of depth in their lives.
Goodness. I wouldn't ask my boyfriend to do things like this; but then again I would never pose like that either. Oh well, each to their own.
My husband would never go that far to take a pic of me, we also aren't narcissistic so, don't think i'd ever ask him to. :)
I do love how it is 'girlfriends' doing the forcing and not 'wives'. It really is just something the younger generation are doing. They'll grow out of it.
Narcissism is of all times....even those who are obsessively against the this phenomenon most likely are so that they can feel better about themselves. still...went to a famous beach town in France this year and the whole "selfie-insta-omg look at ME" thing was e-ve-ry-where. The first week i could laugh about it, but the second week it really started to get on my nerves. Form over content at its most blatant.
This is every beach in Thailand, you can't move for people looking for their Instagram moment...
Each and every one of these guys needs to run like hell. Women who obsess over the perfect picture care more about their looks than anything else. You do not want to be around this woman to experience all the drama when her looks starts to fade and she thinks you'l leave her for someone "prettier."
That's really a sad thing to say about women you know absolutely nothing about.
Load More Replies... It's kind of sad that these people have chosen to make their lives so small. They've opted for tiny, trivial lives. They don't seem to have a lot going for them.
