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RS: As you know this board is for simple questions with a straightforward answer. I cannot detect any such question in this post but I'm damned if I can think of the best board for it to be posted on. DAK ?
RS: As you know this board is for simple questions with a straightforward answer. I cannot detect any such question in this post but I'm damned if I can think of the best board for it to be posted on. DAK ?
Hello Everyone.
It's been a busy year and I am in need of more education, I thought I would pop back here and was stunned to see that it was a whole year since I embarked upon the new mission, amazing. It's been a long and education filled year for me - you may recall from the old Fool Forum I was more a technical person but it seems I can "do" people to some extent as well.
This is the link to the thread about my newbie media concerns last year.
Good-heavens I have just had to relearn how to type BBcode, I used to do that on the fly in the olden days.
This week I've been practicing writing my name - autograph hunters are expected, and in these days of smart-phone social media (which I hate with a vengeance) the PR advisers (yes they are expensive aren't they - I'm glad not paying for this service myself) have suggested some tips on poses and what to do with my hands. After far too many hours studying and reviewing successful and unsuccessful selfie streams I have concluded the following: Average people have little idea about how they look when taking pictures, the so called celebrities have spent a lot longer then I could ever consider on getting the right "look" they invest hours and hundreds of photographs to capture that one "killer" still photograph - this is total insanity, do they do nothing else? I fear the answer is no. But the tips I've been given to produce instant pose are great, I promise never to look at these pictures myself least I seek twenty reshoots with ring-lights around the camera and just a bit more up-lighting.
Then there is practicing being spontaneous, it's odd being one person doing my "thing" and then another when the media seek their material to fill a few inches.
The real funny part was flicking through a glossy magazine last night (published earlier this year) then finding a picture of myself in The Society Pages, hilarious.
Enough for now - I can't recall what I was looking for today - I was going to post something - but the garden is calling once more.
