being photogenic

that's kinda funny (about the old hag who appears whenever she feels like it, and also about recording the subjects with a photo vs. an 'in-person' photo) i guess to compare a person's photogrpahic image with the 'real them', maybe with a very good sketch artist, you could have an efficient enough result? if the artist can get a realistic representation of the subject, and then compare with a photograph..... it wouldn't be perfect, but it could possibly work. maybe the scientific part of being photogenic lies somewhere in the studies of transfered energy. i mean, some people apparently have a certain type of energy or aura, which can project itself onto film, even without actually taking a picture. i can only think of one place where i've seen this occurence somewhat documented, that is the movie 'the ring', though i would recommend watching the original japanese version, as it deals with ACTUAL film and the U.S. remake makes use of newer technologies, like digital cameras. sort of not the same thing. if you don't mind watching scary movies, i think it's film #2 in the original 'ringu' series where we get to hear about this energy transfer onto film emulsion. my point? maybe if people can transfer a certain energy onto a raw roll of film, there's something to be said about conveying their 'image' onto a photograph itself, which would explain why they turn out looking good or looking like an ogre ;)

sorry to freak you out haha ;) but maybe we do read or watch too much science fiction for our own good! your kirilian portrait...how did it look? i've never seen actual photographs taken this way, so i'm trying ot hink if it was lines and waves and blurs, or if you can actually make out a 'face'? please enlighten me!

Okay, that's deep and scary. So, if I follow your theory - my energy projects itself as the ugly hag-lady? LOL!! Yes, some days, I am truly that but surely not every time the camera is rolling. Or maybe it is just the fact that the camera is rolling that brings the hag to the forefront - maybe she wants, NEEDS, to be seen? I've had my aura photographed using kirillian photography and I was beautiful - peaceful, loving, healthy...just lovely. So, maybe cameras have the ability to capture that energy which exists between the two worlds of the flesh and the pure spirit? Maybe cameras capture us how we feel about us? Or maybe we both just read too much science fiction? ROFL

i agree with you! i rarely use flash unless i'm trying to create some sort of effect. i would rather slightly underexpose my shots than punch in a flash and ruin the ambient light effects. i recently showed photos to a friend that i shot of her over 3 years ago. she had forgotten how lovely she looked in them. she said i am the only one who knows how to make a 300+ girl look glamourous ;) perhaps it's more in the fact that we have been friends for over 15 years, and we are comfortable with each other, and i know her best features. slightly getting off topics, but is there somewhere on the net where i could view some of your work? i'm so curious! :)

i meant to say 300 pounds + ;)

ok, so what about if you are seeing the person right in front of you, and YOU take the pic and don't edit it? ;) with someone like tyra banks or whomever, for sure there is editing going on, but with people we know who don't get photoshopped...what then? lol