My Photo Phobia
Nope it is not the fear of light.It is my fear of photographs. I am allergic to the camera from either side of the lens. For a long time, I did not know how to react to them and I literally used to give the photo clicker the coldest stare possible. So somehow, cameras and I never shared a great degree of romance. Over the last few years, my behavior has changed a little bit as I am treating these cameras more like I would treat "high maintenance but mostly sexy" receptionists and administrative assistants- you know you cannot handle them but at least smile at them... So cameras have brought out a smile from me in the last couple of years.
As I was getting over the fear, one particular photograph made me go into the shell again... Another friend, who I always believed suffered from a similar fear and me were asked to share the frame space with a famous celebrity and we are more than happy to pose right next to him with a wide smile. The celebrity's stuff had to be moved to his vehicle and since he had obliged us with a snap, we decided to return the favor by helping with the move. This was the one decision that we regretted. What followed was a 3 hour ordeal which took took so long inspite of the involvement of 10 other people.....
I guess that was the lesson learnt and allergy continues to haunt me even today but to a lesser degree....
Here is the famous photo....
Carkit, Pc.Sircar and me
Nope it is not the fear of light.It is my fear of photographs. I am allergic to the camera from either side of the lens. For a long time, I did not know how to react to them and I literally used to give the photo clicker the coldest stare possible. So somehow, cameras and I never shared a great degree of romance. Over the last few years, my behavior has changed a little bit as I am treating these cameras more like I would treat "high maintenance but mostly sexy" receptionists and administrative assistants- you know you cannot handle them but at least smile at them... So cameras have brought out a smile from me in the last couple of years.
As I was getting over the fear, one particular photograph made me go into the shell again... Another friend, who I always believed suffered from a similar fear and me were asked to share the frame space with a famous celebrity and we are more than happy to pose right next to him with a wide smile. The celebrity's stuff had to be moved to his vehicle and since he had obliged us with a snap, we decided to return the favor by helping with the move. This was the one decision that we regretted. What followed was a 3 hour ordeal which took took so long inspite of the involvement of 10 other people.....
I guess that was the lesson learnt and allergy continues to haunt me even today but to a lesser degree....
Here is the famous photo....
Carkit, Pc.Sircar and me
aei u know how to smile revealing all your 13 front teeth if not all 32.........why the overaction i see u smiling always in all photos and videos......incl. all family functions.....
Posted by
Anonymous |
4:27 AM
anon
all the family pics that u have seen were after I got over the hump and also it makes sense to smilein those pics becos fotos usually mean that u r outta that place after that .... hence the wide :-)
Posted by
Anonymous |
9:35 AM
already he is revealing most of his front teeth :-)
Posted by
saranyan r |
10:02 AM
I gotta ask. Are you the person to the left or right. (I could have asked are you the skinny one or the one on the other side of skinny) :)
Posted by
The Last Blogger |
1:20 PM
I am the one in the middle :-)... I am definitely the other side of the skinny one but for the record I have to say that I was once that skinny when I came to the U.S.A but thats a whole new blog game... :-)
Also, the skinny one blogs and he is the Italian Dave Barry
Posted by
Anonymous |
1:36 PM
I totally agree...that photo squashed any possible hopes of a recovery.
"high maintenance but mostly sexy" receptionists...that was nice.
KD
Posted by
karthik |
3:08 AM