Asher : Yes, this is the reply I am waiting for, thank you !!! =)
I have just one question
Based on your experience and knowledge, is it possible for us to determine the direction or alter our personality to how we want ourselves to be ?
John,
Personality is a complex outcome of genetic, epigenetic and environmental factors. By the time of surge of hormones in the teens and the entrance to adulthood, personality has mostly been defined for the past decade or so of a person's life! That part can't be changed readily. However, one can learn to do things, by rote repetition in the army, (like scream while charging and bayoneting a dummy, for months on end until one can kill another person), but one's core toolbox and tuning reactions are not changed and the brain gets psychologically wounded in the process! So apart from training in charm school, pretending to be patient and the like, learning to negotiate different social situations, we merely hide or disguise our responses to situations and opportunities, according to the social rules in force and one's conscience. Still, for all this overlay of new behaviors, one's core personality does not change!
As has been suggested above,
act is if they had a different persona in order to satisfy the demands of the job. So they can tease, act demur, reserved, innocent, embarrassed, angry, lost, be playful, coquettish, distant or arrogant all at your request! However, this is just a skill pf pretense and disguise, which all humans have, but which they have
developed as an art form and as an accepted means of earning a living! As a photographer, best get an experienced model and explain what you want and need for the shoot. If necessary, be prepared to
show what you want either from a picture, a drawing or act it out. If you can't do this, then you can't really use the models to their fullest extent.
I hope this might help you modify your course, so you are able to offer something of value and not depend on use of supposed or claimed "science" to back up your approach. That's not at all necessary and also could make you appear dishonest, uneducated or both. I'd work out first exactly what it that you know that's really unique and worth being transferred to others. See if you can make it really simple, first by
listing all the photography skills that need to be covered for both model and photographer. After that, check out what books are already available and what's for free online.
What's your goal in this? To improve your own pictures, get satisfaction at teaching or just to have something to sell to would be "masters of modeling"? Perhaps if you shared what was the goal of the picture with the "lady holding the sword", we could suggest where your efforts should be directed at this stage. That would be a great starting point!
But yes I am a trained scientist also, just a not very experienced one yet =P
What kind of science are you trained in and what kind of data are you using in this project on models? If you realized the answer would be foolish, we don't have to address that further, just focus on what exactly your motivations are and whether you yourself would like help in your own work.
Asher
