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You'd rather go to the dentist than have your portrait taken. You freeze when a camera is pointed at you, but you NEED a good photo portrait of yourself representing who you really are? This is your class.
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Some of the things you'll do, learn and practice in this introductory class: Commit to gaining courage and showing up in front of a camera; Get some insight into the drivers of your camera shyness; Get physical; Prepare yourself for a portrait session, mentally as well as physically; Some really weird exercises; Dynamic posing and taking charge of your photo session instead of feeling like prey to the photographer; Have your portrait taken; Start looking at photos of yourself with kindness.
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Courage = feeling shyness or fear and doing it anyway; Learning happens best when we are relaxed and enjoying ourselves; Get into action and practice (it is not enough to watch the videos); Don't force it; take your time.
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No experience with being photographed professionally is needed to enter this class. You may not even experience real camera-shyness and still benefit from growing your confidence and familiarity with the camera.
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It is my belief that the best learning and personal growth results happen when we enjoy ourselves. I try to make the lessons playful and light, even though we'll do some comfort zone stretching and inner digging. 
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This is not a technical photography class and you will be invited to do some personal inquiry. You will be in charge of how deep you'll allow yourself to go, however: some of the lessons may evoke strong emotions and memories. If so, go slowly and be kind to yourself. If necessary: ask the help of a trained therapist to support your process.
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<a href="http://tombeek.nl" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Tom Beek</a> for composing and playing all the great and fun music. <a href="https://basbrader.photography/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Bas Brader</a> for being my willing and playful guinea pig.

Courage for the Camera Shy

Some karaoke

Why so shy?

Let's get physical!

The other side of fear

Use an object

Dynamic posing

A weird exercise

Class project 

Looking at photos of yourself with kindness 1

Looking at photos of yourself with kindness 2

Meet your new friend, set a date

why so shy-courage for the camera shy.pdf

other side of fear-courage for the camera shy.pdf

class project-courage for the camera shy.pdf

look at photos with kindness 1-courage for the camera shy.pdf

look at photos with kindness 2-courage for the camera shy.pdf

Sample project, yes, do try this at home!

Portrait Photography for People with Camera Shyness | Gain the Courage to be Captured as You Are!

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