Taking too many pictures?

[t-girlxsophie]

I keep taking pics hopeing one day I will take a half decent shot,before losing the rag,then I have to do something femme to relax again.

[MargaretJ]

I am a vain old cow when en femme, I love taking pics of myself. When I first started, I used to photoshop them, and take out all the wrinkles, and fix the make up mistakes. I was really impressed with the look, but as I got better at the make up, I did less photoshoping, and as a result, I was no longer looking at the rose tinted version, and seeing the reality. It was a bit of a downer for a few months, but as I got used to the real me, I was actually much happier with myself. I actually hate being photgraphed when in male mode, but over the last year I have become more relaxed with it, and have been able to project a bit of my inner self when being photographed, so my crossdressing has had that benefit. As for the number of pics I will take at one time, it is usually in the hundreds, but I never edit them en femme, that would just be a waste of femme time. I usually save that for the next day.

[Fab Karen]

Yes of course do other things, but you should know that young GG's like to take pics of themselves. On a tangent, at the end of her life, Betty Page would look at her famous pics from her modeling days & say,"oh I never looked that good."

[Jenna Stunned]

Your only taking to many pics if your not enjoying yourself. Some people just like to dress and thats it, Others {Myself Included} Like to have photoshoots sometimes. Dressing is about enjoying yourself, So do whatever makes you happy. I myself, Take a lot of pictures. But half cause I like to and half cause I use them so see what Im doing wrong. How the flash makes my makeup look, Or how to better carry myself as a woman. So its really fun for me to not only take the pictures, But also to see just how much like a woman can I be.

So next time you dress up, ask yourself what it is that you really want to do. Then just enjoy the fact that your doing what you want while being Girly.

[docrobbysherry]

Doc, I take videos too, but the still frame shots aren't very sharp. Maybe I need a video cam with higher resolution.
About ten years ago, I began a scrap book for my favorite photos. I keep my scrap book with my femme stuff, so it doesn't increase my chance of getting busted. I have gotten lazy over the years, and just store my photos in the computer or on cd's or flash drives. I still enjoy looking at the scrap book and old images on the computer. I may update the scrapbook.

Does anyone else keep a scrapbook of their dressup photos?

I purchased a new HD videocam over a year ago. I believe my pics r a bit better, but, so is my LITING now!
Maybe u should work on your liting?

A problem with the new cam, it MUST be kept far away from me, to get my entire body in the frames!

I have a number of old scrap books with Sherry's pics in them, too. Because I used to DELETE all her photos while my older girl lived at home!
I stopped that about 3 years ago, when I came out online! Now, I seem to keep EVERYTHING, and have MANY 1,000's of pics on my computer!

[maryannnite]

i take to many too but do like to it helps me see what looks good and what i thought looked good on me at a later time .

[diane51]

Pictures, did someone say pictures? Lol I have a weeks vacation leading into Memorial day holiday and plan to spend some of that time taking pictures of Diane. She just can't help herself!!

[Nancie64]

I'm kind of not tech smart. Would love to have some pics taken of Nancie but my SO is a little up tight with this. I did a short photo shoot at the Glamour Boutique in Vegas after having a make over and every now and than I pull them out and take a look and I love them.. Would love to take a video, maybe in the great outdoors. Trouble is, I like the dress up look, heels, nylons, full make up, the works. Will have to slowly work on my SO to maybe do this.

[MargaretJ]

[QUOTE=Jenna Stun;2155711]Your only taking to many pics if your not enjoying yourself. QUOTE]

Jenna, great comment.

[Danielle Gee]

I think the only problem with taking lots of photos is the tendency to make that the focus of getting dressed. I started to worry more about finding the right backdrop and making sure I changed outfits as many times as I could. The photos were becoming the controling factor rather than just the enjoyment of getting en femme. Now I find that I'll dress a dozen or more times in between sessions where I take photos. Those are opportunities to relax, to try new combinations of things or do a little work around the house. I try to take a few photos when I get out with others. I like to document those moments because the time I share with them is special.

There is one other problem with a library of old photos. Now it's much to easy to see how much weight I have to lose.

I agree with Sarah, sometime the need to take photos takes me over. Even though I have considerable freedom to dress from my spouse, she seems to imply sometimes that she can't understand my compulsoion to take photos.

[Midnight Skye]

That's it? At my best (worst?) I would take up to 150-300 digital pics in one night! I had around 15 GB of pictures stored at a point....)

What Amanda said covers my experience of this aswell. I've literally filled my camera some nights... only to upload the pictures and feel like I was still missing what I wanted.

Unhealthy... maybe... but its hard to say so if you find yourself smiling in 90% of the pictures So if you feel depressed afterwards... backoff... but if you're still full of steam and somewhere off in pink-space. I'd say its not bad... unless you're putting off homework or loved ones!

[Jane G]

The joys of the digital age. In twenty five years I had two Photo's of Jane. In the past 15 years I have hundreds. It's great to look back at the Photos I have and a fantastic outlet to be able to share a few with the girls here.

[daviolin]

OMG pictures of Daviolin. I have probally 10,000 digital pictures and 24 hours of video. I love photoshoots and lip-sync videos. Like the title say's I'm so vain

[Kaz]

I do understand where you are coming from Jessica...

Since I finally accepted Kaz as being someone who isn't going away, I have tried to work on her a bit, and digital photos are great feedback... not sure about the mirror/photo test, but...

But yeah, so when I get a real chance to be Kaz, I want to photodocument it, and this starts to become the "raison d'etre". Sometimes when I have been staying away, I have actually woken up realising I didn't take any photos and actually felt "guilty"... it is like I lost the opportunity to capture the moment.

I think we just need a sense of balance. Posting pics here has helped me figure out who I am and what Kaz looks like... or should I say "can look like".... Like most of us I don't post the "bad" ones, but then my SO has spent a large chunk of her life getting rid of bad photos of her (some of which I liked!)... so we are all vain really!

But yeah, do we do it to take photos or to enjoy? Some of the best times I have had in the last month haven't been photographed... which is a shame as I would have liked to have shared... but then I wouldn't have enjoyed in the same way...

Kaz xx

[Carly D.]

There was a point where I wouldn't dress up without the goal of taking pictures.. I might have taken around a thousand pictures of myself all dressed up, and how many did I delete?? Absolutely none.. Obsessed??? I'd say so..

[kristinacd55]

I take a lot of pics......& 95% get deleted!! lol

[Barbara Jo]

I've been dressing all my life and in total, I think there may be about fifteen pictures of "moi". Interesting thing is that I'm a rather advanced prolific amature photographer.

Like I said, I guess I'm weird...

Kerry

Actually, I'm exactly the same way.
I never had an obsession with photographing myself.