You got a camera... Cool.

It's a DSLR with an 18-55mm zoom lens... Awesome.

It has buttons for adjusting ISO, aperture, shutter speed, and white balance... Sweet.

You kind of know what that means... Sick.

Now you're taking pictures everywhere you go and people start recognizing you as the guy/girl with the camera. Your Instagram profile is quickly filling up with random pictures processed with rather interesting edits (to put that nicely). You tried nighttime long exposure shots for the first time and didn't bring a tripod, and it's all just one big blur, but you posted it anyway. You follow a bunch of photographers, you tag photography accounts in all your pictures and use their hashtags in the caption or comments. Here's a kicker: you now have "Photographer" in your bio with the little camera emoji next to it. You're probably gaining followers from accounts who want you to follow them back, who later unfollow you regardless of whether or not you choose to follow them. On top of that, people who used to follow you are unfollowing you because you post too much irrelevant and annoying stuff that honestly just pisses them off.

It's been a couple months now and you're feeling confident. Sunset shots, check. Nature shots, check. City shots, check. Portrait shots, check. You start telling people you're a photographer, you self-advertise and offer to do people's senior portraits, weddings, family portraits, and companies' product endorsements. You use any and every opportunity to try to get photo gigs and people around you are tired of hearing it.

Sorry about my rant... Anyway, take a peak at my Instagram (@good.call)! I just got a camera, so I'm pretty much a professional photographer, right? If you know anybody who wants their picture taken by an inexperienced dude who uses a camera with a crop sensor and kit lens, I know a guy. Who am I kidding though? These "overnight photographers" go in the same conversation as the kid you went to high school with who swore he'd make it as a rapper, so forget it.