Some Friday Fun – The Photographer

Two photographers were chatting at the camera club…

First Photographer: Never seen you here, have you been a member for long?

Second Photographer: I’ve only just joined, I used to be into live event video streaming, but decided to give photography a shot. Have you taken any good photos recently?

First Photographer: I saw a terrible sight the other day, a beggar was sitting on the steps of a church, wasted with hunger and his clothes all ragged and torn. He was holding out his hands, pleading for a few coins.

Second Photographer: What did you give him?

First Photographer: f8 at 1/125th of a second.

Looking at yourself

Do you ever notice how different we all look on camera? It’s all down to how you perceive yourself and how you really look, but sometimes that image is different from our expectations. The great thing is that it’s pretty easy to see what you look like. I’m not talking about investing in live video casting solutions; just get yourself a video camera and record some snippet of yourself, then just pop them on your computer and see what you look like.

The reality is that people always see you as different to the way you see yourself; you’ll never notice if your shirt is untucked and your hair all over the place. Filming yourself helps you spot these things.