AS & being photographed

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I hate being photographed or recorded, also hate mirrors, except... when I put on my clown makeup and transform into Dozo the Clown!

Everybody either loves or fears clowns. Nobody expects a clown to act "normal." I don't even have to speak if I don't feel like it, just wave at people. I don't have to smile because the smile is painted on. I live in the SF Bay Area, so I can get away with being a clown whenever I want to. I go to antiwar demonstrations, the farmer's market, or whatever takes my fancy. It's a lifestyle.

If a random person goes up and takes a picture of me, then I am offended. If we have a family picture, I am alright with it.

I used to hate having my photo taken except for school photos. I would never allow anyone to take my photo, but now I've relaxed a little and let family take photos. No one else though, otherwise I really hate it.

I've always hated having my picture taken- none of my pics ever looked right to me. Old pics or new pics - I've torn up a lot of them. Afraid that someone would make fun of me. I don't like to look in a mirror unless I have to.

I hate it too. For me it's like keeping eye contact with people, I can do it for a split second but then I feel uncomfortable and look away and ruin the photo. If I try to look "natural" I get self-conscious so I tend to pull a stupid cheesy grin or just look in another direction.

That's funny, I never thought of it that way, but I don't recognize myself in pictures of me either. I'm not photogenic but I'm not somebody else entirely, either.

I wonder if I should try to make me look more like myself. How???

if some random person takes a picture of me then i get annoyed. my pictures normally turn out horrible because i look abnormal.

I usually control the camera.... I like taking pictures of people and animals (especially bugs)... but I hate getting my picture taken.

A few times I've seen pictures of me, and not recognized myself.

I love being photographed

I hate having my photo taken, having someone focus on me is bad enough, but I'm not photogenic and seeing the result usually depresses me. I think to myself, "do I really look like that? ugh" then I realise that yeah, of course I do, after all it does explain an awful lot.

I hate being photographed. But I love taking pictures of other people.

I hate having my photo taken, and because I hate it and get totally self-conscious I consequently look strange in the photo, and because I mostly look strange in photos I hate having them taken...arghh..its a negative feedback loop! If its a good photographer who takes a snapshot super quick, I can look ok, but most people are terrible with cameras and focus on you for tens of seconds...urghh... Mostly I'll have one or both eyes closed or having dropped my smile because the photographer took too long time, will be in mid-sentence or have some totally goofy expression... (usually all of the above at the same time!)
I also totally hate CCTV cameras. Its definently the fact that I'm being focused on, somebody is looking/staring at me and I really dont like that. I also get total anxiety when I have to travel through an airport because there are so many security people who are focussing on me and I know there are zillions of hidden cameras everywhere.... its really quite stressfull! Like it borders on paranoia.
I sent some pictures to this girl that I hadnt met and she said I looked different in every picture and that she wouldn't be able to recognize me when we met! (so its not only in my head that I think I look different in every pic).
I think I have maybe less than a handfull of pics where I actually look relaxed and cool...the rest are garbage, and I have NO video clips where I look even remotely normal...!

I hate having my photo taken, and because I hate it and get totally self-conscious I consequently look strange in the photo, and because I mostly look strange in photos I hate having them taken...arghh..its a negative feedback loop! If its a good photographer who takes a snapshot super quick, I can look ok, but most people are terrible with cameras and focus on you for tens of seconds...urghh... Mostly I'll have one or both eyes closed or having dropped my smile because the photographer took too long time, will be in mid-sentence or have some totally goofy expression... (usually all of the above at the same time!)
I also totally hate CCTV cameras. Its definently the fact that I'm being focused on, somebody is looking/staring at me and I really dont like that. I also get total anxiety when I have to travel through an airport because there are so many security people who are focussing on me and I know there are zillions of hidden cameras everywhere.... its really quite stressfull! Like it borders on paranoia.
I sent some pictures to this girl that I hadnt met and she said I looked different in every picture and that she wouldn't be able to recognize me when we met! (so its not only in my head that I think I look different in every pic).
I think I have maybe less than a handfull of pics where I actually look relaxed and cool...the rest are garbage, and I have NO video clips where I look even remotely normal...!