Introducing the 52 Selfie Challenge

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Do you love selfies? Post at least one, every day?
Then step aside, because I'm talking to the selfie-haters. The ones of us who feel unphotogenic (even though this is not really a thing) and, basically just don't like our own faces.

We're not skilled selfie-takers. Why would we be? We don't need to see pictures of us.  However, not being able to bear your own face and hating yourself in photos - probably not that great for your mental health.

I'm on a mission to get you comfortable with how you look in photos

Why? Because I firmly believe:
1. it's all part of loving yourself to be comfortable with how you look.

2. photos of you may not be important to you, but they may be important to someone else in your life at some point (read more on that here).

Now, I know this is going to be a struggle. Trust me when I say it is a struggle for me to consider taking selfies. So let's not call it a struggle, let's call it a challenge. Challenges are there to be overcome - let's do this!

Welcome to the  Smart Photography 52 Selfie Challenge

Quite often not liking yourself in photos goes hand in hand with being quite down on your appearance generally. How to fix that? Well, there are two main parts to this challenge.

1. Improving your selfie skills and getting familiar with how you look in photos.

Of course you don't want to look at yourself in photos, I get that. But if you only see your mirror image (and fleetingly at that for some of us) then how you look in photos is always going to look wrong - you're not symmetrical - how you look in photos and in the mirror are the opposite of each other.
So an important part of this challenge is to improve your selfie skills and get you used to how your face looks to others - we'll look at how to position your phone, how to pose and where to take the photos.

2. Making a positive comment about your photos.

This is possibly the hardest part, and therefore the most important part. 
Along with each selfie should come a compliment from you, about you.

Together we will post a selfie, each week for a year, plus a positive comment about ourselves. We're doing it together because, left to our own devices we'll let it fall by the wayside. We're doing it for a year because that's hopefully long enough, and enough photos, to get truly comfortable with how we look.

We'll have a private Facebook group to share our images and comments in and support each other.

The challenge will start with selfie school - tips to help you take a better photo (because I'll bet right now you're not taking a selfie that actually looks like you, and this colours your judgement about yourself).

Are you in? Would you like to feel good about yourself, with what is essentially very little effort, and get comfortable with cameras?
If so, please post in the comments section (or on the Facebook page).

Much love,
Anna
xx

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  12. I never consider myself a selfie-hater… However, I *gulp* at your challenge… Seriously? OMG! Can I deal with it??? It sounds so… like you say… challenging.
    Okie, I shall give it a try.

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  13. I am definitely a selfie-hater! The only photos I like are when I get to be goofy and then I’m OK with that! However, count me in! This sounds like fun! Do I need to sign up somewhere or are you sending invites to join the private facebook group? When does it all start?

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  14. I’m in, I have to start feeling as comfortable in front of the camera as I do behind it !! especially as my stepdaughter is getting married next year, and they haven’t booked me to take the pics, which means I’m more than likely going to be in some of them !!

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