It always keeps me wondering how to pose for a photograph. It is harder than I think. Sometimes I have to think I am the beauty queen and sometimes I like to think real serious and demure. The photographs turn out bad anyway..... lol!
I do really admire people who look good in photographs. Its of noticeable value to look nice in a photograph. And boy! I wonder how people know their face value. Its not whether you think you are good looking or not, but more of how you make people look at you. 'Smart is beautiful' in today's world. And it has outsmarted the -'Beautiful is beautiful' long time ago.
I have never really figured out the logic of posing for a photograph based on the situation. For instance: how do you pose for a photograph in a group photo....and what if you are in a dance party, or say you are at a temple for a puja.
The bottom line is - Is it really important to know how to pose for a camera? I think it sure is. For, photographs are moments of life captured . They take you back in time and keep you in touch with people and events.
Coming back to posing: some people bear the same look for all photographs. The - "Howzzat?" look. The - "I look good" -look. Then there are a few others who give the -"I am soo sweet !!!"- look. A few of them have the- "Hail Hitler!" look.
I know a few elderly gentlemen who have the -"Why should I smile?"- look. My kiddo cousin used to have the same problem too (giggles). Most (not all) moms have the -" I am in control!" -look. And the list goes on... You can easily guess what these people will look like in another photograph in another attire........Yes! they look the same in all of them.
I dont even want to size the way kids think and feel about posing for a photograph! They're way too creative and experimental about it. After all they know no rules for it and give a damn about sticking to any.
In the end why should we limit ourselves to posing for a photograph only. Aren't we all posing always in life. You have a hard day at work and you pose the - "I'm doing fine" look when you meet your spouse at home or friends at a party. Isn't that what life is all about. In the end, it really matters how you posed for all those moments. They form your life when you look back and connect you to people, events and places.
I pose! you pose! and we all pose! Lets pose well and make a good life out of it.
10 comments:
What a great blog post I say! (bengluru style comment)
I also have been wondering the same thing for a while now.. i even Googled it two weeks ago! Then I saw that tons of people are asking the same question. So I guess most people like how other people look in pictures?? As for myself.. i kinda stare at the camera with a toothy grin. I will likely start conjuring random expressions and poses from next time.. who knows what works best!
(also in bengluru style comment.. who's father's house knot where goes?.. will leave that to you to figure out)
@swaroop
What a Bangluru style guy u r I say! :P.
Thanks for the amazing comments. I had more fun reading your comment than writing the blogspot.
By the way....I know what you meant in Kannada "Yarappana mane yen gantu hoythu?"
knot can be replaced with bundle....lol ...lol
Isn't it "What you see is what you get?" [:p]
@msp
hmm...Not always...u cant imagine a person with a constipated look to be joyfully posing :P for a photo.
But in many cases you get what u see
Too good...You are really writing well...In my blog, my pose is okie I think...what say:)
@satish kumar
You have given the - "I am a winner!"
pose. Way to go!
We all pose becasue we want others to think that we are full of joy, success, friendly, etc... We are always cautious about how we look, what others will think about our look, etc... I think that is the main difference between the grown ups and the kids... That's why you see the kids having the honest pose...
If we just enjoy what we are doing and forget about how we look or what others might think... we will look great... also it resembles the self-confidence...
@dreamer
hmm.....thats a thought!
Thanks for your kind and encouraging words...
I was in fits of lafter after readin this one...well cos I, too, m really bad with being photographed:-)
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