Most photographers have some kind of verbal patter going on when they shoot: "Great. Turn to me. Big smile. Less shark eyes. Have fun with it. Not like that." Some photographers are compulsively effusive. "Beautiful. Amazing. Gorgeous! Ugh, so gorgeous! " they yell at shutter speed. If you are anything less than insane, you will realize this is not sincere. It's hard to take because it's more positive feedback than you've received in your entire life thrown at you in fifteen seconds. It would be like going jogging while someone rode next to you in a slow-moving car, yelling, "Yes! You are Carl Lewis! You're breaking a world record right now. Amazing! You are fast. You're going very fast, yes! . Tina Fey
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This is a poem about a photographer who is taking a picture of a shark. The photographer has been given instructions by the person taking the picture. In the first stanza, the photographer does as he is told and turns to the subject. The second stanza states that the instructions were to take a picture of a shark, but not an angry one.

In line three, "Not like that" is used to describe the shark's expression. The final stanza suggests that it is not necessary to act like you are in love with your subject when taking pictures, because you do not actually care about what they look like.

Source: Bossypants

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