Professional impressions

Today i had a discovery, well actually i had the discovery a long time ago, since i first held my DSLR camera. i found that people naturally give into you if you were holding a DSLR camera. it's a camera that looks professional, works professional and gives you professional results (depending on how professional you use it of course!) ;)

Feeling guilty after munching down belly widening, cholesterol heightening and heart attack risk increasing snacks, i decided to go for an evening walk at the nearby park with my camera. i figure i'd do some close up flower photography while walking off the fat accumulated in my body ('yeah right' to the latter)

The park nearby is popular amongst joggers and kids and people who just like to spend their evenings outdoors. when i first walked over there, i was greeted with some stares at my camera which i held in hand. in their minds, they are thinking 'Wow, that's a fancy looking camera' i guess they were waiting for me to take their pictures?? Who doesnt like to be taken by a DSLR anyway right? for some, the only chance they see 1 is when they pay someone to take their family/wedding photos. There was even a guy who went 'Hey!' at me and gave me 2 victory hand poses. I was too slow to react to his gesture coz i thought it was someone i knew greeting me but it turned out he wanted me to take his picture. Oh well.....

I think that this phenomenon showed me how important professionalism is for first impressions. People see you the first time and what they can judge is your appearance first. What you are wearing to what you are holding, even what you are presenting. For example, people expected me to be a working photographer already when they see me with a DSLR when in fact, i am just a student, an amateur photographer in a stretch.

People favour professionalism in their first impressions. Who doesnt? I had a friend who once told me that he was walking around in the mall 1 day. He was holding a DSLR too and as he pointed to camera to take pictures of passersby, girls would actually smile and pose for him. He said if he was holding just a digital camera or a handphone, those people would have told him off! Hahahaha, so you can that it's quite true that people are a sucker to whatever seems professional.

First impressions are key to what people expect of you. this proves that you really need to justify their judgement of you by surpassing them or correcting them. When you are meeting someone for the first time, wear and act professionally. When you are presenting your work for the first time to someone, make sure everything is perfect and reflects what you want to show.