I have hundreds of photos of myself that I don't like. And I don't think that it is because I necessarily look bad in these photos - that is not why I dislike them. It is because in the photos I don't look the way I see myself.
I have a specific picture in my head about the way I look. About the way my face, hair and body looks. It coincides with the way I look at myself in the mirror when I have my stomach sucked in, my chin raised slightly and my shoulders back. Clearly I don't picture myself hunched over or mouth wide open laughing. But that is how I often appear in photos.
I am fortunate that I have a husband who takes great care to get really great photos of me. He is better than most professional photographers because he understand how I see myself. He knows the image I have in my minds eye. And he can re-create that in a photo. It is real skill.
For example
So this photo might not be how I look all the time, because the reality is that I do often sit with my shoulders hunched and I very often laugh with my mouth wide wide open. But this is how I see myself. This is what I look like to me.
8 comments:
It is a great photo of you baby I am glad you like it.
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Tom
That's a great picture. I have a picture of myself in my head, and it is a testament to the fact that I don't look in the mirror often. It's very outdated. My mental image of myself has fewer lines on the face and much less body fat than the real me. So I'm fine - I think I'm hot. It's the rest of you guys who have to see me as I am :(
I know exactly how you feel about that picture in your head! Most photos I have of myself I barely recognise "me".
That is a great photo of you, and Tom is an awesome photographer. But I also think that you're photogenic - so the photographer has a great subject to work with!
i always feel like that about my pictures, but i never knew how to put it- thank you for making this feeling so clear!
this is a great post & I totally get what you mean about having a picture in your head about what you look like...I think my picture is more fantasy than reality. I guess it's good to have a goal ;)
A lovely photo! You are very pretty :)
I know what you mean, I had my hair cut different the other day and took pics, but the me in them is so different to what I saw in the mirror, and its not just the different hair...
a lovely pic - very warm and a lovely vibe - cheers le
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