Today, while backpacking in Switzerland I had my camera stolen. Not only does this have photos of my entire trip but the pictures I took for my best friend's wedding. I was the only photographer of her elopement. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I went to the UK for the first time, and had the most amazing time with my girlfriend, catching it all on tape. When I got back to South America, I realized someone had stolen my camera. FML
Today, my bag, including phone, money, keys and cards, was stolen. In a church. During my wedding. FML
Today, at a family reunion, we all squeezed in for a picture. I set the self-timer and ran to get in it. 2 seconds before the picture went off, some guy came up, stole the camera, and ran away. FML
Today, a "friend" tried to sell me a digital camera that I recognized that was stolen from my home a week earlier, along with a few other things. FML
Today, I found my car had been robbed. The thieves stole my GPS, my iPod and my digital camera. While I was filing the police report, the officer recommended I take photos for insurance purposes. Then she remembered my camera had been stolen. She actually started laughing. FML
Today, I went to a friend's wedding. I took stupid photos all day long and when came the moment that the bride entered the church, my battery died. FML
Today, I was tasked with taking a photo of my best friend getting engaged. As her boyfriend got down on one knee, I got so nervous that I fumbled the camera. It landed right in the lake. I didn’t get a single picture, and now I owe them a new Canon EOS R10. FML
Today, I asked a woman to take a picture of me and my girlfriend kissing on the beach. When I looked up, the woman and my phone were gone. FML
Today, I dropped my camera into water. The good news is that it's waterproof. The bad news is I dropped it off London Bridge. All the pictures and videos of my four-month trip around Europe were on it. FML
Today, I found out that one of my best mates had his backpack, clothes, and everything else in it stolen at an airport overseas. I was feeling sorry for him all day. It took me 9 hours to remember that I actually loaned him my backpack for his trip. FML
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Archon810 0
If you were the photographer at the wedding, it should have been your uttermost and foremost responsibility to get those pictures safe and store in multiple copies. Sorry for your camera, that part is FML, but the wedding pictures are YDI.
MaddieMonster 0
always back up if you can. but this totally ******* sucks.
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Roofus 0
YDI for not backing up
intotheblue 0
There's nothing wrong with her friend eloping... It certainly doesn't mean she deserves to have her wedding photos stolen. Not everyone wants - or can afford - a big ridiculous showy wedding with five photographers and a few hundred guests. Geez... OP: It sucks that this happened. I'm an amateur photographer and I know I'd hate if I lost my pictures (not to mention my camera!). But that's the very reason I put any important photos on my computer immediately, so if something WERE to happen to my camera, at least I would still have the pictures. And I also watch my camera very closely when I'm out. I don't know the circumstances of the theft, but you have to be REALLY careful of your valuables, especially when traveling. So both FYL and YDI.
wordgirl 0
There is a website called "i found your camera" or some such. Maybe you can get it back?
xya943 0
You really should've put her wedding photos on your computer before you went on vacation...
KyriKryptonite 0
YDI. Had to learn the hard way to always back your stuff up
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it was stolen
speedmastaflex 0
It sucks that your camera was stolen, but YDI. You really should have backed them up or, in the case of a non-digital camera, developed and stored them before leaving.
beyoh 0
This stuff happens! It's really bad. My ex was the photographer at my dad's best friend's wedding. We came back from the wedding & we stayed at my parents' house for the night, as it was late & we were both a bit drunk (as happens at weddings). My mum got the pet hamster out, which proceeded to ignore all the treats she put out for it, got into the ex's work bag (with his laptop in, containing the sole copies of ALL 800 WEDDING PICS) & chewed the shit out the power cable to the laptop. We had to order him new stuff, just so he could get the pics off. Safe to say, he wasn't too keen on the the hamster after that. Funny thing is, his work bag has some M&Ms, half a Mars bar and some crisps in it. She totally ignored them and went straight for the electronics.
nishman686 0
ehh pictures are way overrated anyway.