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A place to politely discuss the tools, technique and culture of photography.

This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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How to take better photos despite feeling insecure? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Renaria17@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I mean getting my picture taken and taking selfies. There are a few things about myself that I hate. When I'm alone I can sometimes take 'okay" selfies but the longer I look at them the more I hate them. If I try to take one with someone or with anyone watching, or if someone tries to take my picture I get SO tense and it's a million times worse. I just want to take a decent picture and not cry after seeing it. (It doesn't help currently on vacation w someone who is beautiful and takes amazing pictures every single time)

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[–] George_PHCB@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

You realize you don't have to take photos of yourself if you don't want to, right? Best decision I ever made was to stop participating in activities that don't bring me joy. I often give a simple "no thanks" when someone asks to take a selfie photo with me. Or any photo with me in it.

I'm very insistent on being excluded from this activity, and I've had more than a few tense conversations about this with friends and family.

Selfies were largely not a thing 10-15 years ago...