Thank you ๐
Self-photography is so much more than the self-absorbed selfie.
๐ฏ% You see the authentic you, and I always do my self-portraits in my most natural state.
No matter how 'physically beautiful' one might feel, it can be nerve-racking to look at a photo of yourself that's taken without a posed smile that you might do when someone else is taking a photo of you.
Through self-portraits, I got to understand how people perceive me better.
For example: I'm naturally smiley, direct and blunt. However, if I'm not smiling when I communicate, people become intimidated by it.
When my best friend sees my self-portraits, she says the same thing - if she didn't know me personally, she'd feel intimidated and trust me, she's not a timid person at all.๐
This. This has been on my mind a lot lately. I think it's a problem for a lot of women, actually. I think we have a tendency to smile or "put on a pleasant face" so that we don't come off as intimidating or maybe bitter? I'm big on smiling too, so it's often natural, but I'll sometimes catch myself smiling at someone as a way to deflect, declaw myself to them? I don't know yet, but it's a fascinating topic. i think self-photography is a great way to explore it, and what you perceive to be beautiful in your head. I think it lets you go huh so that's what that looks like. It's not how I pictured it.
I think I can see that. There's a force about you (could it be the Force?) which can seem intimidating, though honestly the best thing to do seems lean into it, 'cause I don't think you could erase it if you tried, so better embrace it. I'd say the people who wanna get to know you get to see past that force soon. :)
I look like a convict in all my passport photos, and I think maybe it's intended that way.
I think so. They say smiling is a universal language of love, but if I'm not in the mood to smile, I never force it.
Sometimes when I'm direct with people (especially when operating locks as a team), I hear hubby make 'excuses' or 'apologies' for me. He makes light of it and says, "Yeah that's an authoritative voice that I'm afraid of too. She's the daughter of a Headmaster and a Church Minister."
I just give a blank stare when he says that.๐