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DemonKia -> RE: "Revealing" backgrounds in pics (5/5/2009 3:19:32 PM)
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First, a small caution about this big post:
I'm mostly not answering 'the question', this thread brought up a bunch of peripheral stuff for me . . .. .. . I do agree that I find people's photos on a site like this to be absolutely fascinating & very revealing, tho' not necessarily how they thought they were revealing themselves . ... . But we're all ostriches in this world, with our heads buried in the sand; occasionally some of us briefly pull our heads out & notice that we've all got our heads in the sand .. . . . . . Some of us even may stop & yell, 'Hey, our butts are sticking way up & we've got our heads in the sand.' & sometimes some of the other ostriches even answer us back: 'What sand?' 'What butt?' 'What ostriches?' 'Huh?' . . . *shrugs*
Yep, I've seen the gorilla guy -- but I'm always looking for the guy in the gorilla suit . .. . . . (There's this social-science experiment where a video of a basketball game is shown to the subjects. The subjects are asked to count how many times the ball is passed. Midway thru the video a gorilla-suited person walks thru the middle of the basketball game. The subjects are asked about the gorilla guy as part of asking about how many times the ball was passed; only about 50% see the guy in the gorilla suit . . . . This is a somewhat 'famous' social science experiment, been replicated many times . . .. . So. Yeah. I'm always looking for the guy in the gorilla suit . .. . . [:D] )
I'm gonna tell everyone (who pays attention to my words here) how to 'cheat' at this 'pic game': I call it the 'drape'. Any large piece of (preferably plain, unpatterned & clean) cloth -- sheet, blanket, whatever -- draped behind the photo subject will render the resultant pic a million times 'better'. More focused, less distracted by all that crap, no one's trying to show off or read the books in the background & so on (& thanks, Peon, for putting the pressure on about that subject [;)] ) . . . . . & takes lots less effort than tidying the place up, especially for those of us who thrive best in a bit of clutter . .. .. . . (Tho' I agree with all of those who distinguish between 'clutter' & 'filth' . . . . . )
You can hang the 'drape' behind you or get a friend to hold it; I have hooks in my ceiling specifically for holding the 'drape' . . . .. . You might also test out what colors do 'good' things for you, & what ones make you look 'poorly' . .. . .
Work on getting relaxed in front of the camera . . .. For me, a chunk of that was really 'getting' that I have the power & the freedom to take lots of pics (yay! digital) & to be as choosy as I wanted in throwing out the 'bad' pics . . .. . . I used to generally hate all pics of myself, but now that I have a (slowly) growing collection of 'good' pics of me, ones that genuinely bring me joy when viewing them, I've started to soften up on the photos-of-me thing . ...
Take lots of pics -- it increases the chances of getting a 'good' pic. For example, my 'good' to 'bad' pic ratio is somewhere between 1:6 & 1:12; that is, out of any 6 or 12 photos I take, one will prolly be what I think of as 'good' . .. . .
Photography is about capturing mood, emotional energy. So work yourself into whatever mood you want to convey . . . . . Most of those 'laughing' & 'smiling' pics on my profile were the result of (a) taking lots of pics, & (b) really 'pushing' my emotional energy up & out, as new-agey as that sounds . ... .. .. I was 'working' to get 'good' pics of me smiling, cuz that's what people like & respond to, & because I know it's a 'good look' for me, too . . . . . .
Ah. & the careful examination of pictorial backgrounds is not just a kinkster predeliction. The following link takes you to a site where that exam forms the core of their analysis of Craigslist Men-Seeking-Women advertisement photos (I'm lifting the following from a posting I made to my local munch discussion group of a link I got here, so full circle, FYI):
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Warning: the following link will take you to a site which contains material the viewer may find (a) roflmao hysterically funny; (b) mean, offensive, disrespectful, & I'm-never-posting-to-Craigslist-again alarming; or (c) all of the above . . .. .
http://seekingdesperately.blogspot.com
You've been warned. Don't come whining to me if it hurts your feelings; me, it hurt me belly laughing so hard & I'm only a quarter of the way down the page, but I'm a big mean bitch, mwa-ha-ha-ha . . . . . ..
Best,
The Mercilessly Anti-Social & Yet Such A Fun Demon, Kia
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