2) In spite of the fact that I dread having my picture taken, I still find it rather depressing and frustrating to have no pictures of myself... Unfortunately, this is deeply at odds with the fact that I photograph horribly (with few miraculous exceptions), and my immediate instinct upon seeing someone with a camera is to duck and cover. I have no idea of how to resolve this conflict of wishes.
*cough* *cough* No offense, but there's proof that you photograph well. Start there. Then work on to try to figure out what the differences are between the photographs of you that you like and those that you don't like. Critique the ones you don't like with something other than "I don't photograph well". Figure out what it is that you don't like (does the lighting wash you out, do your clothes make you look overly flushed, etc) and then work on what you can.
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Date: 2005-02-22 02:07 pm (UTC)*cough* *cough* No offense, but there's proof that you photograph well. Start there. Then work on to try to figure out what the differences are between the photographs of you that you like and those that you don't like. Critique the ones you don't like with something other than "I don't photograph well". Figure out what it is that you don't like (does the lighting wash you out, do your clothes make you look overly flushed, etc) and then work on what you can.
And getting formal portraits works well too.