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How to Love Photos of Yourself

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Describe your reaction to a photo of yourself.  Are you more inclined to find the negatives or the positives? We bet the negatives will win.
 
“I don’t like my arms…”
“I don’t like the way my skin looks…”
“Urgh, I look fat in this photo…”
 
As we see ourselves in a photograph, we tend to focus on what we don’t like about ourselves. Instead of dwelling on the negative, we spoke to photographer, Cara Gabarino, about the benefits of focusing on the positive.
 
She reveals her secrets to loving the way you look in photos is to start with finding the things you love about yourself in a photo.
 
“My hair looks beautiful…”
“My ass looks fabulous…”
“Damn, my makeup was flawless…”
 
You will have more photos taken of you in the next few months than ever before. Did your heart skip a beat? Yup, it can be scary for people who don’t like seeing themselves in photographs.
 
Cara challenges you to look at photos of yourself and pick three things you love (or even like) about the way you look.
 
We often tell ourselves mean things that we wouldn’t say to someone we love or care about.
 
Your wedding will be the most photographed day in your life, so practice self-kindness now to love your wedding photos later.
 
Let’s talk about how you feel as the subject of thousands of photos…

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Who's in this video?

Describe your reaction to a photo of yourself.
 
Are you more inclined to find the negatives or the positives? We bet the negatives will win.
 
“I don’t like my arms…”
“I don’t like the way my skin looks…”
“Urgh, I look fat in this photo…”
 
As we see ourselves in a photograph, we tend to focus on what we don’t like about ourselves. Instead of dwelling on the negative, we spoke to photographer, Cara Gabarino, about the benefits of focusing on the positive.
 
She reveals her secrets to loving the way you look in photos is to start with finding the things you love about yourself in a photo.
 
“My hair looks beautiful…”
“My ass looks fabulous…”
“Damn, my makeup was flawless…”
 
You will have more photos taken of you in the next few months than ever before. Did your heart skip a beat? Yup, it can be scary for people who don’t like seeing themselves in photographs.
 
Cara challenges you to look at photos of yourself and pick three things you love (or even like) about the way you look.
 
We often tell ourselves mean things that we wouldn’t say to someone we love or care about.
 
Your wedding will be the most photographed day in your life, so practice self-kindness now to love your wedding photos later.
 
Let’s talk about how you feel as the subject of thousands of photos…

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    Robin Sloan, The Uncorked ProjectVerifiedRobin Sloan, The Uncorked Project

    😳 How I feel when I see myself in a photo (or on video OMG!): I focus on how my left eye always squints, the wrinkle between my brows (thanks dad) and how much younger my guests look than me (they are younger).

    ❤️ 3 things I love about how I look: My arms, my hair and my eyes.

    Your turn!

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Do you feel like the industry charges more “because it’s a wedding” and they know it’s an emotional purchase?

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    Robin Sloan, The Uncorked ProjectVerifiedRobin Sloan, The Uncorked Project

    I have been asked this so many times... does the wedding industry inflate prices when they hear it's a wedding?

    Here is my honest answer (as a former wedding photographer)... NO. Did I charge more for a wedding than a 50th birthday party or a family portrait session? Yes, absolutely. I charged A LOT more for a wedding.

    Was I taking advantage of the emotional sell? Absolutely not.

    The main reasons I charged more for a wedding were: the unseen amount of work involved in the 12+ months leading up to the wedding, the skill level needed on the day, the INTENSE pressure to create perfect "portfolio level work" no matter what the reality of the situation- but mostly it is to compensate for the time AFTER the wedding in post production.

    Little known fact about wedding photography - the real job is sitting at a computer editing photos. Photographers spend many hours behind the computer carefully selecting and editing photos. They make adjustments, crop, and adjust colors to ensure each image it's best. Don't forget the time it takes for batching, renaming, importing, exporting and uploading the photos and preparing them for delivery.

    Do you think this justifies why photographers charge more for weddings than for other types of shoots?

    AvatarCody Pettengill

    Couldn’t agree more! And on the videography side its an absolute ton of data + editing discipline.

    Its a double sided coin- weddings are extremely high pressure but also high reward when we nail it.

    Our products (photo video) in particular are the only thing that genuinely will last forever . Having fun and ALSO nailing the product is worth the price of entry and frankly more.

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