Wednesday, December 31, 2008
What does your photograph say about you?
By Mike Lake
Here’s a VERY subjective topic, but one that I see as increasingly important to life on-line. Go to forums. Look through Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites. Click through the contact, management or team pages of web sites. Now, as you’re doing all this, take a look at people’s photos. What do you see? More importantly, what do you feel as you’re looking at them?
I see a general neglect of people to display a flattering photograph of themselves, and as a result, my initial emotional impression of them is usually unfairly biased. I see obviously dated photos (so dated, often they are black and white), photos from a long distance, unflattering expressions, out of focus shots, poses of people looking away from the camera so that you can’t even make out their face, and the ever popular deer-in-the-headlight mug shots. And, surprisingly, I often see these types of photos from internet and media pros who should know better.
Now, before diving into a few tips for a good photograph, let’s first consider…
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