03-29-2019, 03:15 PM
(03-29-2019, 07:49 AM)Shannon Wrote: That sounds like either a case of lacking photogenic energy, or some level of body dysmorphia.
The former is something I noted while I was doing photography professionally, I had some models (and a girlfriend or two) who would produce wildly different levels of photogenic response to the camera on a day by day or week by week basis, and I tracked it down to, all of them were intensely emotional and their feelings apparently affected their personal energy, which seemed to result in either "good" or "not good" pictures of them. One of my ex's had this phenomenon so prominent that I could look at pictures of her after a time, and know what she was feeling, based solely on how well or how poorly the image came out, regardless of the expression she was holding.
Body dysmorphia is when you can only see the image you have of yourself in your mind, not what is actually there.
But it is definitely a self esteem issue based in fear either way, so E3 should be very helpful, given sufficient time.
Thanks, Shannon.
Yeah that makes sense about my energy "Vibe" affecting how the photos come out. So I am assuming the better I feel about my self or in general, the more that positive energy will shine through the photo.
Yeah I can see how I could have some level (not extreme) of body dysmorphia. I never knew there was a name for something like that but I can see how that could be a thing.
It is really strange, since I have started E3, I see how low my self esteem actually is. It makes me wonder if it has always been low but I have not been consciously aware or maybe covering it up? I don't know, but I am looking forward to increasing it, that is for sure. It feels like it has been a long time coming.
Makes me wonder what life is like with high self esteem, it must be great!
