I've begun to observe something pretty funny among "millennials" or young adults today that I sense everyone notices but no one ever really talks about. We love to show off our pictures on Facebook or our cleverly-captioned Instagram posts, featuring ourselves or our friends usually doing something cool or cute and caught at the perfect moment. It's all about being artsy and aesthetic these days, particularly if you have an Instagram theme going on. However, I have to confess something.

When I see someone post a picture that's not a selfie and has quality lighting at the right angle, the FIRST thing that automatically comes to my mind is: "Who the heck is their photographer?"

I notice less about the actual picture itself than I do about the photo credits or the person who comments "I took that!" at the bottom. And just why is this? Why can't I just simply double tap on the photo and move on? Well, I have a bone to pick with my non-photo-taking listeners.

I am always that person. I am the person with the camera, just holding my finger down on the shutter so the subject gets at least 50 great candids to choose from. I am the person who insists on taking a picture at every social event, every friend gathering, every formal dinner because everyone looks nice and I want the memories. I am the person who will gladly take "stalker pics" for my friends when they look cute or are with their significant others because I understand that everyone loves a good candid of themselves... WITHOUT having to ask for it.

And here is where I have a few things to say.

So often when I see people taking pictures in public, I see that the designated photographer looks just absolutely bored while the person in the photo looks almost apologetic. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that the photographer was roped into this because the person in the photo just wanted a decent, Instagram or Facebook-worthy picture. And when they ask for a couple of good candids, the photographer looks miffed or annoyed or like it's a bother for them to take 10 seconds to snap some pictures.

I'd like to speak out for the little guy- those of us who want the great pictures from fun events and days we would like to remember; those of us who take such pictures for other people, but feel bad asking others to take them for us because we know it will come off as an annoyance.

Here is my PSA to all the non-photographers out there: just take the dang pictures.

When it comes down to it, you know there is always that one person in the family or friend group that INSISTS on taking pictures and while everyone groans about it when it's happening, you all come crawling back asking for the pictures when it's over.

You know there is always that one person who takes incredible individual shots of everyone else without having to be asked and when they do, there's always the "send it to me!" text.

You know that without that one person, you wouldn't have any good-quality shots in your camera roll and your Facebook profile picture would still be of you in the seventh-grade pie-eating contest.

You know...

So don't be a jerk about it when the photographer friend asks for some of their own! Don't give a huge sigh when they want to take a group picture because everyone looks super nice. In the end, they deserve a little gratitude and you'll be appreciative of the brilliant, carefully-taken photos of you and your friends.

I'll never apologize for wanting to savor great memories, and you shouldn't either... so appreciate your photographers.