[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":117},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-en-feeling-at-ease-in-front-of-the-camera":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":102,"date":103,"description":12,"extension":104,"image":20,"imageMobile":105,"meta":106,"navigation":107,"path":108,"seo":109,"seoTitle":110,"stem":111,"tags":112,"translationOf":115,"__hash__":116},"blog_en\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Ffeeling-at-ease-in-front-of-the-camera.md","How to feel at ease in front of the camera",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":92},"minimark",[9,13,16,22,27,30,33,37,40,43,49,53,56,59,63,66,72,76,79,82,86,89],[10,11,12],"p",{},"\"I'm just not photogenic.\" It is the sentence I hear most often before a session. And every time, I give the same answer: being photogenic isn't really a thing. What does exist is feeling at ease, or ill at ease, in front of a lens. And that is something you can work on, or rather, something that can be gently defused.",[10,14,15],{},"Feeling anxious in front of a camera is a normal reaction. You feel watched, judged, frozen. You don't know what to do with your hands, you force a smile that looks nothing like you, you stiffen up. These reactions are universal, and with the right approach they almost always fade within a few minutes.",[17,18],"img",{"alt":19,"src":20,"title":21},"Feeling at ease in front of the camera","\u002Fimages\u002Farticles\u002Faise-devant-objectif\u002Farticle-aise-devant-objectif.png","The best photos are almost always the ones taken once you forget you are being photographed.",[23,24,26],"h2",{"id":25},"why-do-we-freeze-in-front-of-a-camera","Why do we freeze in front of a camera?",[10,28,29],{},"When someone points a lens at you, your brain receives a signal that you are on stage: \"right now, people are going to look at you.\" That signal sets off a mild stress response. Your shoulders rise, your jaw tightens, and your smile becomes controlled rather than spontaneous. You search for the \"right\" pose, when there isn't one.",[10,31,32],{},"The trouble is that this tension shows in photos. Not because there is anything wrong with the way you look, but because the body is a poorer liar than we think. The most beautiful photos are almost always taken once the person has stopped thinking about the camera.",[23,34,36],{"id":35},"what-i-do-to-ease-the-tension","What I do to ease the tension",[10,38,39],{},"My first technique is simply to talk. When we arrive at the location, I don't take the camera out straight away. We walk, we look around, and I ask what made you want to book this session. The aim is to make you forget why you are there.",[10,41,42],{},"Then I start taking pictures while we are still chatting. The first shots are rarely the best: they help you get used to the camera and show you that nothing terrible is happening. Usually, after about ten minutes, the session is in full swing and the nerves are forgotten.",[44,45,46],"blockquote",{},[10,47,48],{},"I'm not trying to capture your most beautiful smile. I'm trying to capture your real one, the one that appears without warning.",[23,50,52],{"id":51},"dont-look-at-the-lens-if-it-makes-you-nervous","Don't look at the lens if it makes you nervous",[10,54,55],{},"Many people think a good portrait means looking straight at the camera. It doesn't. Looking away, into the distance, towards the ground or at someone who has come with you often gives far more relaxed and far more beautiful images. I will guide you according to what works for you.",[10,57,58],{},"If you come as a couple or with people close to you, it is even simpler: look at each other. Talk, hold each other, act as though I were invisible. My job is to find the right moment in the way you already are together, not to have you act out a scene.",[23,60,62],{"id":61},"move-dont-pose","Move, don't pose",[10,64,65],{},"A rigid pose is the enemy of a relaxed photo. I would always rather ask people to keep walking than to stop, to turn their head than to hold it straight, to laugh at something than to smile for the camera. Movement loosens the body and gives images an energy a static pose can never have.",[10,67,68],{},[69,70,71],"strong",{},"A simple tip: if you don't know what to do during a photo, move slightly. Shift your weight from one foot to the other, drop your shoulders, look away for a second. That tiny movement is enough to release the stiffness.",[23,73,75],{"id":74},"what-about-my-hands","What about my hands?",[10,77,78],{},"It is the question everyone asks me: \"what do I do with my hands?\" Idle hands look awkward in a photo. Hold something (a glass, a bouquet, a jacket), touch your clothes, slip them into your pockets, or hold the hand of the person with you. The gesture should feel easy, not staged.",[10,80,81],{},"Beyond that, relax your fingers. Tense hands, or fists clenched without realising it, really stand out in photos. If you feel your hands tensing, give them a quick shake, as if to wake them up, before the shot.",[23,83,85],{"id":84},"the-real-secret-trust","The real secret: trust",[10,87,88],{},"The most effective way to feel at ease in front of the camera is to trust the person holding it. If you know your photographer will only keep the photos that show you at your best, and that the awkward ones will go straight in the bin, you can let go of the pressure to \"get it right\".",[10,90,91],{},"That is why the rapport you have with your photographer matters as much as their style or their portfolio. You need to feel comfortable with them before you even begin. If you don't, the photos will show it, whatever technique is used.",{"title":93,"searchDepth":94,"depth":94,"links":95},"",2,[96,97,98,99,100,101],{"id":25,"depth":94,"text":26},{"id":35,"depth":94,"text":36},{"id":51,"depth":94,"text":52},{"id":61,"depth":94,"text":62},{"id":74,"depth":94,"text":75},{"id":84,"depth":94,"text":85},"Tips","2026-05-19","md","\u002Fimages\u002Farticles\u002Faise-devant-objectif\u002Farticle-aise-devant-objectif-mobile.png",{},true,"\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Ffeeling-at-ease-in-front-of-the-camera",{"title":5,"description":12},null,"en\u002Fblog\u002Ffeeling-at-ease-in-front-of-the-camera",[102,113,114],"Portraits","Well-being","aise-devant-objectif","LeCmWN1AtPskQ1Qe0Yxw9s8A-uiu_8MqVcDVYGfvltI",1790263277684]