"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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"Classical Looking" Digital Camera Pictures

foomee

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Anyone ever see people's digital photos and they have that typical classical feel and look to it. Like it's in very good quality, but looks like it was done with an older camera. I'm looking to buy a new digital camera and I'd like my pictures to kind of look like that. Anyone know any good cameras to look into for that quality picture?
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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Rollo Tomassi

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Sepia tone filters in Photoshop and distressing the edges is what you're looking for not a camera. Send me the picture you want to have this effect applied to and I'll do it for you.
 

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Film cameras have a large imaging surface, and that in turn has a strong effect on depth of field and other things that can influence the "look" of an image. The closest you can get for reasonable money (under $2500) is a Digital SLR like a Nikon D40/50/70 or Canon Digital Rebel/XT/Xti or EOS-30D.

Beyond that you can use image editing tools like Photoshop to add grain and to modify the color gamut to emulate film.

If you're just talking about faux black and white or faded color that's trivial. Use Photoshop Elements or Google Picassa2.
 

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Many new cameras just have settings for cyanotype, sepia, B&W and several others.

I don't even use mine... I just goof around in Photoshop.



Hey, RT, the "dust and scratches" filter is pretty dope for "old school" looking photos too.
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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I assumed when he said "it's of very good quality but looks classical" he meant the subtle "big imager" cues that your eye can pick up on, but I could be wrong. Maybe he wants a few scratches, a simulated hair in the enlarger and some fake film grain. :whistle:
 
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