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The instructor spent the first hour of class talking about the psychology of portraiture and the visceral reaction most people have to seeing their photos and how we typically only like photos that capture us with our “photo front” on and how we don’t really know what we look like and so there’s this: I was wrong. The photos are really quite nice… aside from the ones taken from underneath where I look like a bug-eyed turtle (which unfortunately, happened to be the first ones I reviewed, leading to my eventual freakout).
I’m so glad I didn’t take that stupid Blues Harmonica class.
Posted by runjenrun at May 23, 2008 07:02 AM
Hmmm....it sounds as if your instructor is pulling a Svengali over on you. Either that or you've consumed whatever was left over (was there anything left over?) from TequilaCon. Not that I'm doubting that the pictures are actually good, just the sudden turn around in your thinking that they were instruments of Satan send to torture you here on earth.
Posted by: Dingo at May 23, 2008 07:48 AM
dingo: no, neither hypnosis nor tequila were involved. but seeing them in black & white made a huge difference, and actually looking at all of them collectively vs zoning in with laser focus on the few really bad ones in the bunch helped. and showing them to some of my closest friends confirmed that i was just being a hormonal freak. :)
Posted by: jenny at May 23, 2008 08:05 AM
I'm glad you're feeling better about the pictures. An hour talking about the "psychology" of portraiture? My head hurts just thinking about it!
Posted by: Finn at May 23, 2008 10:21 AM
YAY!
Posted by: sizzle at May 23, 2008 10:47 AM
We'll be the judge of your judgment: post sample photos here please. K thx bai.
Posted by: shari at May 23, 2008 12:30 PM
any decent photographer knows better than to photograph a woman from below anyway. there's no easier way to add 75 chins to me than to be lower than I am when you take a photo.
Posted by: churlita at May 23, 2008 01:32 PM
Glad to hear it.
Posted by: claire at May 23, 2008 03:17 PM
It's all about perspective, same goes for hearing your own voice (torture! I sound like a 6 year old) or seeing yourself on film (Do I really move like that? What's with the constant facial expressions? Why does my mouth keep twisting?). Don't forget, we are not used to seeing ourselves for long periods of time. I know you are already feeling better about this, but if it makes you feel even better about it, I would swap your face for mine anyday.
Posted by: Sharada at May 24, 2008 03:40 PM
Heh..are you going to show us the photos?
Posted by: teahouseblossom at May 25, 2008 12:45 AM
You really need to let the rest of see a few of the photos.
Posted by: Mad William at May 25, 2008 03:48 PM
I'll let you in on a secret trick. Always be the one in the room with the most expensive-looking camera. This will by default, make you the photographer, thereby eliminating the risk of appearing in a photo. Thanks to this little trick, I don't think I've been photographed more than twice since 1994. haha
Of course, you don't actually NEED to use this trick, because you look great. Pull that trick out when you are feeling you're having one of those 'this would be the photo they'd show on the news if I get arrested' days.
Posted by: Dave at May 30, 2008 04:35 AM
