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Confidence beats fear

May 12, 2017

The most common thing I see in the studio is, fear.  It often stems from the concern that you won’t be the best version of yourself. Sometimes it goes a little deeper.   I know this because I have felt it.

Recently I had the amazing opportunity to be mentored by Peter Hurley, New York’s #1 headshot photographer.  A weekend in the studio learning and understanding how to get the best out of people in the studio I got to go up in front of his lens.  Even after learning how to position lights, cameras and people all weekend I went back into my usually default position of “not so confident in front of the lens”   Lucky for me I had the number 1 photographer at the helm and he pulled out some great expressions.

Mirror neurons are an interesting thing!  Confidence beats fear overtime!

What I learned from that it is so important to get out of yourself to show the real you.

 

 

 

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    Susan Spelic, The Reading Mountain
  • “You get way more than photography when Karen photographs you.  It’s obvious she really cares and connects with clients and it shows in the images.

    Karen has this amazing ability to put you at ease so the photographs are of the natural you. Being photographed has always been uncomfortable for us and it often showed in the strained smile on the images. Not with Karen – it is a gift and a special one that allows her to bring out the real you and it is obvious from the final result.

    Without doubt, Karen’s work were the best set of photographs we have ever had. Brian’s comment was – I didn’t know I could look so good!”

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Photographing people over the last 10 years from all walks of life has given me an amazing perspective of the human psyche. Understanding how to get the best out of people is much more about psychology than photography!

I love to hear your story so that I can create images that project the real you, project that first impression you deserve.

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