How will you be left feeling?

How we are are feeling is very important in our lives.
It’s very powerful, but also very invisible.
It’s just that … a feeling, but something VERY influential to us.

People will always remember how you left them feeling.

What’s that got to do with photography? A huge amount actually… lets look at why.

So why is how we feel, connected to photography?

For whatever reason someone might not enjoy getting in front of a camera or indeed refuse to do so, it will be connected with a feeling of some sort.

When there is a dislike of getting in front of a camera, it will be a feeling from a negative association. This could go back to any period of time. 

You might want to dip back into a blog I wrote some time ago on positive and negative associations – https://www.blog.pennymorgan.co.uk/2025/03/15/positive-and-negative-associations-being-photographed/ 

• It could be something mild.
• It could be something really challenging.
• It could be about any part of you, your personality and your physical appearance.
• There can be a variety of complex reasons, but there is a positive side! 

Because the flip side of that can be just as powerful and impactful with positive associations:

These may be harder to remember, because we have a habit of focusing on the negatives. But those happy positive occasions will be there.

What we see and feel about ourselves is very connected to what we see in photographs. It will be part of the many reasons we do and don’t like getting in front of a camera.

For many years, holistic therapists have been listening to their clients and treating them for different ailments. These will be strongly and directly associated with how that person is feeling about themselves, their ailments, their relationships and place in life.

Therefore a further connection with how we feel and our wellbeing (another connection with recent blogs!).

I simply do this via photography.

It’s one of my highest priorities in a photoshoot that people leave feeling pretty good about themselves and that they’ve even enjoyed the experience … especially when they thought they wouldn’t. It happens frequently.

Love Your Image sessions, help someone identify those negative associations. We then work to change those perceptions, which is entirely achievable. https://www.pennymorgan.co.uk/gallery-collection/Love-Your-Image/C0000LT3su8s1leA

So if there is one thing you can do today (and everyday) for yourselves and towards those you talk to, is speak kindly of yourself and of others, feel kindly towards yourself and others and make today contain more happy associations.

It’s important to feel good about what we see in ourselves … even in the tough times … and it will help you find that confidence in front of a camera. 

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