“Relax your face. Stop doing that THING with your eyebrows! Why are you smiling like that? Shift your head slightly to the left.. Come back just a little. Drop your chin to you shoulder. Turn to your left… Your other left. Place your hand on your thigh. Now hold that for me.” Any of this sound familiar? Well that’s pretty much what it sounds like with me in front of the camera.
I was always weird about having my photos taken, but because of my small frame and adorable face, people have always told me I would be a great model. The lies. I have accepted that I am entirely too goofy to stand in one spot and be fierce or sexy, while someone profusely snaps 1000 pictures of me. The struggle. Yet here I am… the weird girl with the awkward frame, crooked smile, and button nose giving those same directions that once upon a time I struggled with. Let’s just say, my struggle is part of the reason I decided I was meant to be on the other side of the camera.