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When I first started taking pictures at parties I took a photo every time I saw people making out.  At some point I was working on a zine (which I still might do) and I was organizing photos and I found nearly 100 kissing photos in like 2 or 3 months.  That is insane.  Recently I have realized I never take that shot.  Although most people don’t mind you taking it, and some people love it, once out of every 10 couples you catch, absolutely flip out.  I do not come to parties to piss people off.  I come to parties to have fun.  If someone yells at me for taking their photo I almost always ruins my night.  I stop shooting well as soon as it happens.  I like kissing photos a lot but that is a dangerous shot to take.  Whenever I do take one, if it seems really appealing I immediately talk to the people, telling them how adorable I look and ask them to take another photo.  This way if they don’t want the photo up they have the chance to tell me without getting upset.  My favorite making out story was  when this guy came up to me and asked me to take a photo of his male friend.  He had this thick French accent and he said “Take a photo of my friend. We are not homosexuals, but sort of.” And then he proceeded to make out with his friend.  So, in summary, making out is good, pissing people off is bad.  Lesson learned.

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