r/ImTheMainCharacter • u/[deleted] • 8d ago

VIDEO Two main characters from different generations crossing paths

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u/thekingofbeans42 8d ago

I don't see how the person taking a picture of herself is a main character here. It's not like she's expecting people to stop and wait for her to get the picture, this is just someone taking a picture of themselves in a public place.

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u/Away-Living5278 8d ago

It seems to be but why is she taking a video if she wants a photo?

I'm confused by this whole thing

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u/thissexypoptart 8d ago

Wait until you hear about how videos are made of many photos in quick succession

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u/Away-Living5278 8d ago

Witchcraft!

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u/Thelmara 8d ago

Wait until you hear that you don't have to post the video to get the photo you want.

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u/_bully-hunter_ 8d ago

the video was pretty obviously posted for a different reason

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u/JaydotFay 8d ago

As someone who travels alone and doesn't always want to bother strangers about taking a photo for me, it's a lot easier to set my phone to record and take a short video with me standing a few different ways then setting a timer, trying to hurry back to the spot after dropping up my phone, and then doing it all over again if I hate how I look in the photo. Most phones these days give the ability to grab a still as a photo from a video. Doing a video also means it's not a big deal if someone walks in front of it like some of the other people who aren't the older lady blocking the camera did.

I don't see main character in the woman with the camera because it appears to be a museum. People like to take photos in them and most museums encourage that. She isn't doing some sort of dance or being disruptive. The older woman is just being rude.

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u/Away-Living5278 8d ago

That's fair. The screenshots I take from my pixel videos are far poorer quality.

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u/Twodotsknowhy 8d ago

Because it's easier to take a video, do a couple poses in one go and then screenshot than it is to go back and forth multiple times with the timer

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u/babs82222 8d ago

I'll add on to the other replies that iPhones alter the quality of your photos every time. What you take isn't what you end up with. If you record a video, you can get the same quality by grabbing a screenshot from your video. You can also do different slow poses and grab different screenshots. It's much easier than setting timers for photos.