Throughout my career as a practising clinician I was obsessional about patient confidentiality. I believe that confidentiality has to be absolute. The very fact that someone had come to see me was confidential, let alone the reason for, or content of, that consultation. It was not for me to decide what my patient would want me to divulge and what they would want me to keep confidential. Some people are prepared to discuss their most intimate medical history with strangers while others prefer to hide quite common and trivial things from their closest friends and family.  

I believe that the same principles should hold for a photographer and have therefore added a section on Client Confidentiality on the About Us page of the website. I know that some other photographers do include a Client Confidentiality clause in their Terms of Business. For publicity seeking extroverts that may seem somewhat strange, but there are people who find having their photograph taken almost an invasion of their privacy. Yes, there really are people who are incredibly camera shy. It is this latter group that benefit most from a Look Good on Camera photo-shoot. Confidentiality is therefore vital to our business.

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This is Lisa who comes from Leipzig and at the tender age of 18 is walking/camping from Lands End to John O’Groats accompanied only by her backpack weighing some 10 kilos. She hopes to complete her journey in about 60 days. She has a natural smile and is very easy to photograph as these 2 quick “snaps” illustrate. Given that her pack is probably over 20 percent of her body weight, and that she had been walking for 7 hours when this photograph was taken, she is remarkably photogenic.

Being “natural” with the camera is an important part of being photogenic. For some people it is relatively easy and for others a little more difficult, but practicing having your photograph taken by means of a photo-shoot gets you to treat the camera as a friend and we all find it much easier to be “natural” with our friends.

My mate Poth and I walked a mile or two with Lisa early/mid June when we were walking a bit more of the South West Coastal Path near Hayle in Cornwall. We hope it’s going well Lisa, you’ve had some pretty horrible weather the last week or so. If you get the chance email Bob@lookgoodoncamera.com and let us know how you are getting on. Here’s another photo of you. If you want some high resolution copies let me know and I’ll email them to you or send you a print. Good Luck. 

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Being photogenic and looking good on camera have a lot to do with self-esteem. If you feel positive about yourself then you will present yourself in a positive way with naturally out-going body language and confident posture. As a consequence you will look better in photos taken of you.

Psychiatrists and psychologists have recognised the importance of raising self-esteem in the treatment and prevention of many cases of mental ill-health. As a physician myself, I am surprised that techniques to raise self-esteem are not used more widely to help mentally well people perform better, feel better about themselves, and thereby derive greater pleasure out of life. 

Our Look Good on Camera photo-shoots are designed to enhance self esteem and give you tips on how you can feed your self esteem whenever you have self doubts. Come on, book yourself in and start feeling good, looking good and enjoying life more than you ever thought possible.

email bob@lookgoodoncamera.com to find out more about looking good in photos or telephone 07920 130985