Are your friends terrible at taking pictures of you? One guy is finally speaking out against bad pic buds

"I can take one more if you like." Sigh.
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Mia Johnson
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Whenever we take a photo for someone, it turns out great, but when our friends take it, it's a much different story?

That feeling of frustration is probably amplified even more if you're a model who's used to having great pictures taken all the time. Just ask 20-year-old model Anthony Keeling, who bravely took it upon himself to #expose those friends on Twitter who are just not useful for taking great pics.

For example, here's a pic of Keeling posted to his Insta that is definitely professional and totally on point.

And here's the pic that can only be described as "the straw that broke the camel's back."

After Keeling's tweet, he learned he was not alone in his friendly frustrations. Many, many people shared their own bad pics from good friends as a response and the whole thing made this phenomenon seem damn-near universal.

If there's anything we frustrated photo-takers have learned from all this, it's that some pics you don't leave to your friends.

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Mia Johnson was a web culture intern for Mashable. She's a Chicago native and Missouri School of Journalism graduate. She has a background in online, TV, and magazine journalism.

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