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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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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Comments (96)
RHOPKINS13 2
YDI for not keeping better care of the pictures. Really, when you're dealing with other people's events you need to make a backup copy within the same day , especially for something like a wedding. Imagine how pissed you'd be if you found out that somebody lost the only pictures from your wedding.
fistofflu03 0
you deserve it for not uploading the pictures. But it sucks you got your camera stolen.
fmlgal 0
http://ifoundyourcamera.blogspot.com/ look for your pix no one deserves this
ryan__h 1
if being a photographer is your job (i assume it is) you should have a work/professional camera and also a personal/leisure camera
1Tsk 0
Ydi for not having a backup
Mnemic 6
FYL for sure and YDI for not having the pictures dumped earlier on another device... :) There is always a chance some ass steals your camera so if you have important pictures then you should make backups ASAP... :) *stops swiinging his finger now* :P
TheIrishJaneDoe 9
I got the impression the OP was backpacking with the friends when they eloped. In that case, it may not have been possible to back up. BTW, I love how everyone expects OPs to explain every detail when there's a character limit.
laffinatu 0
If you were taking pictures that were that important, you really should have taken precautions, like using one memory card/film roll for the elopement and one for your trip. Or given the couple the memory stick/film roll with their photos on them while you backpacked. This is all assuming of course it wasn't a last minute decision and you just happened to be there for the occasion. If that is the case, you really should have taken the stick or roll out of the camera and put it somewhere safe. And taken batter care of your camera so it wouldn't get stolen. Of course, hindsight is always 20/20. But still YDI for not being more careful with other people's priceless memories, and FYL for the whole situation and having a camera stolen. People are low.
summer66_fml 0
f her life
mijzelffan 0
always make back-ups of important pictures.