Comments on: Random 60: Are you camera shy?

By: chris runoff

chris runoff — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:02:30 +0000

I’m not so much camera shy as I am a perfectionist. I find myself re-recording again and again when I find something I don’t like or I feel like I could have done it better.

I need to learn to accept what I’m doing.

By: Colin Devroe

Colin Devroe — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:28:04 +0000

A future topic of random 60 is people’s avatars not looking very much like the real person. Looking forward to your feedback then.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:15:30 +0000

Great topic given how every SM profile seems to ask for pictures.

I am definately camera shy, as is my wife. We were trying to find pictures for our FB profiles and had to go back several years to find any. Just don’t like how we look in pictures.

Video? Forget it! I hate the sound of my voice.

By: Colin Devroe

Colin Devroe — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:10:56 +0000

I think this is true for everyone. None of us sound exactly as we think we should… probably because we’re hearing ourselves through our own skulls.

For me, it was something I got used to quickly.

By: Eric Brophy

Eric Brophy — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:10:01 +0000

I’m not particularly a fan of recording myself, and here’s why: I don’t sound the way I think I ought to. Whether it’s bad microphones at play, or if I just don’t know how I really should sound, I don’t like it.

By: Colin Devroe

Colin Devroe — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:02:49 +0000

Donna is also incredibly intelligent and has a lot to offer. If she can’t get herself to do some videos – I think she should get her blog going.

By: Colin Devroe

Colin Devroe — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:01:59 +0000

You are not alone. I think this is definitely more an ‘issue’ for women than men. Take out a camera and they clam up!

Thanks for the comment!

By: JennyDiDonato

JennyDiDonato — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:59:45 +0000

OK, we’ll forgive u for the 30 sec run-over time : )
Obviously, I am not camera shy, but I can’t imagine why Donna would be. She’s very pretty : )

By: Salena

Salena — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:57:25 +0000

I don’t know that I’m camera SHY per say, but I do know that I am VIDEO camera shy. I absolutely HATE the way that I sound on camera, and I almost ALWAYS hate the videos later on. I don’t mind doing MeTodays and stuff because, you know, who really cares about those – they function more as a journal for me, but if somebody takes out a digital video cam and points it at me, I instantly zip the lip.