D63: A Closed Mind is Open to Nothing

I've recently covered a few midnight-releases of various video games, mainly because I was a donor for their giveaway prizes.

I'll be completely honest. I don't like 90% of the "gamer" community that I have met. They have been comprised of people with poor hygiene and severely lacking social skills. I'm a pretty open & accepting person, but for some reason I can't stand this crowd.

The other 10% are your standard jocks & husbands. Normal guys, normal lives, just normal.

Needless to say, I'm not very apt to strike up a conversation with a stranger at one of these events. I find it amusing, and just a little sad, that the employees had to spray the entire store with air freshener halfway through the evening.

I was there and let me tell you, it was absolutely necessary.

A customer asked me what type of lens I was using, and I felt a slight annoyance as I replied. I assumed that he didn't really know anything about cameras, and he drifted away after that.

Later that evening he came back by, asking about my development process with my images. We started talking and it turns out he runs one of the local photo labs. We had a 20 minute conversation that was very rewarding. In fact, I hope that we can collaborate on future photo projects.

All of this was possible when I discarded my snooty attitude and opened my mind.

I still don't like most gamers, though.

Manual: Page 61 - Choosing Custom Image Optimization Options
Same junk as the last few days. I really need to set aside an entire day to play with these settings. Maybe they do have a little merit after all.

Images: Dawn Davis
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