Why we don’t like ourself on pictures

We only know our best side. Before we look into a reflecting window during our walk, we draw in our tummy and put our head to the best sunlight. When we see our reflection on the lake’s waterscape we tousle our hair to look as cool as possible.
Almost everytime we know when we’re going to see our reflection and use this advantage to emballish ourselves.
But the truth is: We don’t look half as good as we believe. And thanks to the devilish invention of the ‘everyone-digital-photography’ which produces the evidence. When friends are showing us the pictures we get startled of ourselves (“delete that immediately!”) and our friends look at us umsympathetically (“why? looks fine to me!”). Are they crazy? No, they aren’t.
We only know the brightened up figure from our bathroom mirror, but friends know our real face. Mostly they like pictures of ourselves much better than we because they are used to the reality. We’re not.

Taken and translated from the magazine ‘NEON’ (oct. 07).

Hello reader!

Welcome to my new photography blog and thanks a lot for visiting it.
This is my new platform to present – you and other people who are interestested in photography – my own pictures.

Photography is a great medium of art. There’s no other way to catch any impressions as quickly as by taking a picture with your camera. It’s even the most realistic way – exept you are an awesome artist of the photorealism .
I’m taking pictures with passion for about four years now. Unfortunately I never had a professional equipment. As a result of this lack there are many pictures with a bad quality.
But luckily this lack has been terminated on my birthday (big thanks to the responsible persons!).
From now on there will be a lot of new high quality pictures. Unfortunately I can’t get to Italy, Berlin and Cologne so soon, but the next time I’ll be there nothing’s save not to be taken on a picture!
Until then I’ll post several pictures from different categories.
I hope you like’em and I’m looking forward to get comments. I’m always open to criticism and suggestions.

So far for now. Enjoy my blog and pictures – or not .

Daniel Beckmann