{"id":4843,"date":"2016-05-26T19:50:54","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T23:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/?p=4843"},"modified":"2016-05-26T19:50:54","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T23:50:54","slug":"you-cant-fake-authenticity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/you-cant-fake-authenticity\/","title":{"rendered":"YOU CAN&#8217;T FAKE AUTHENTICITY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some time ago, I had my photograph taken by a professional photographer. I had my makeup all done up by an artist and she styled my hair with loads of dry shampoo. Though I looked great and the pictures looked nice., over time I felt like these pictures didn&#8217;t reflect me anymore. During the session I was asked to hold\u00a0a\u00a0big smile and and do these bizarre poses that are supposed to make me look good. \u00a0While it all looks good on paper, my photos didn&#8217;t feel authentic.<\/p>\n<p>Now I am a photographer and I don&#8217;t do any of the above. I don&#8217;t use\u00a0a make up artist. I don&#8217;t ask for smiles or weird poses. I might give a bit of direction or suggestions, but they are done at the client&#8217;s free will. Heck, I&#8217;ll even admit for my own self-portraits, I&#8217;m on third-day hair! Tire&#8217;s something about this lack of pretension, of hiding behind hair and make up that FREES\u00a0the SPIRIT. I shoot from the HEART. It&#8217;s a dance we&#8217;re doing, just me and you with the camera. And thats when I get YOU at your most BEAUTIFUL and REAL. <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/portfolio\/photo\/\">Check out my portrait portfolio and rate card.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4835 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AndreaMai_Laura-4.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Laura-4\" width=\"727\" height=\"1090\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4834 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AndreaMai_Laura-7.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Laura-7\" width=\"727\" height=\"1090\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4832 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AndreaMai_Laura-13.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Laura-13\" width=\"727\" height=\"1090\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4833 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AndreaMai_Laura-8.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Laura-8\" width=\"1090\" height=\"727\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4831 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AndreaMai_Laura-16.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Laura-16\" width=\"1090\" height=\"727\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4830 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AndreaMai_Laura-1.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Laura-1\" width=\"1090\" height=\"727\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4845 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AndreaMai_Laura-10.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Laura-10\" width=\"1090\" height=\"727\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some time ago, I had my photograph taken by a professional photographer. I had my makeup all done up by an artist and she styled my hair with loads of dry shampoo. Though I looked great and the pictures looked nice., over time I felt like these pictures didn&#8217;t reflect me anymore. During the session [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6101,"url":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/chris-cornell-life-after-death-real-twin-flame-phenomenon\/","url_meta":{"origin":4843,"position":0},"title":"CHRIS CORNELL &#8211; LIFE AFTER DEATH, REAL TWIN FLAME PHENOMENON","author":"Andrea Mai","date":"June 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Ever since last year, when Prince died, I have learned the true meaning of love, what real twin flames are, and to some extent, what happens after death. 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