I wonder how photogenic one has to be in order to do video blogging? I’ve never been that camera friendly, as evidenced by the fact that I had the world’s ugliest senior high school yearbook photo in history. When I graduated and weighed 99 pounds with clothing, the fates still moved against me; it seems the hairdresser was delayed in starting my appointment for some unknown reason, and in the morning when my mother and I worked to get my hairdo ready, it wouldn’t cooperate. To this day I’ll never know if the hairdresser jinxed my hairdo.
The next day during the photo shoot, the photographer kept trying to get me to smile when my mouth was full of braces and various related accessories. When it was time for re-shooting the photos before the yearbook was compiled, the notice didn’t get to my class, so I missed it. Therefore, I looked hideous in the photo I had to settle for. My real graduation photo was taken on the date we got our diplomas, and I had my braces removed that morning, so I looked, generally, spectacular.
As spectacular as one can be if one is not particularly photogenic.
Recently I had to privatize my videos because I was being trolled by a scammer. I’m not sure which is worse: being told by somebody who may be in some overseas Jibbip telling me I’m pretty as a “queen” when I know I’m not, or having overly critical folks tell me, in so many words, to get lost because I’m not pretty. I suppose that, knowing who I am, I could always just ignore the naysayers and pooh-pooh the romance scammers from Jibbip. Sounds like a lot of work, doesn’t it?
People who do videos regularly probably deal with this issue all the time. At least they don’t worry about being photogenic, because they put themselves on camera being camera ready.
Our public go-to newscasters and program hosts hit the gym and spend tons on anti-aging goop and hairdresser appointments that are always prompt, and before going on camera they have makeup artists to primp and highlight them to the glam extreme. I have my mirror and my makeup haul from CVS.
I have the register tape to prove it.
So the question remains whether I will attempt a vlog or not. I don’t expect to be an influencer or sensation; I just want to put another opinion on life in general out into the world.
If my hair will cooperate.
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