I HATE having my picture taken! The expression “take your picture” says it all. It says something’s going to be taken and it is - my peace of mind.
It sounds like a cliche, but I’d rather go to the dentist. I would, that is, if the dentist didn’t have his own camera and didn’t x-ray my teeth. That’s enough to trigger my photo phobia. I get that doe-caught-in-the-headlights look, my face freezes and my top lip sticks to my front teeth. This makes it difficult for the dentist to fit both hands, a mirror and the x-ray film into my mouth. It’s not a pretty…”image”.
Well meaning family and friends have tried to unfreeze my face by taking candid shots, but shot is how I feel when I look at them. They fall into four categories: eyes closed, mouth open, out of focus and just plain outlandish.
What I need is a photographer who can touch up my negatives - who can make them look less negative - who can make me look more like Meryl Streep.
I live in Southern California - the land of plastic surgeons. Shouldn’t this be the land of negative surgeons too? Yes, photographers […]

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