Camera shyness

{{Short description|Desire to avoid being photographed or filmed}}

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Camera shyness is the desire to avoid being photographed or filmed. It is common for individuals who are camera-shy to fear public speaking, performing in front of an audience, and having one's picture taken by any type of camera or by video camera.{{Cite book |last=Crozier, W. Ray |title=Coping with shyness and social phobia: a guide to understanding and overcoming social anxiety |date=2009 |publisher=Oneworld |others=Alden, Lynn E. |isbn=978-1-85168-516-5 |location=Oxford |oclc=302081541}}{{Rp|41}} It can be a consequence of shyness itself, which can be related to low self-esteem, anxiety and fear. Shyness can be a result of social anxiety, public self-consciousness, low assertiveness, and introversion.{{Citation |last=Jones |first=Warren H. |title=Shyness, Social Behavior, and Relationships |date=1986 |work=Shyness: Perspectives on Research and Treatment |pages=227–238 |editor-last=Jones |editor-first=Warren H. |series=Emotions, Personality, and Psychotherapy |publisher=Springer US |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-1-4899-0525-3_17 |isbn=978-1-4899-0525-3 |last2=Carpenter |first2=Bruce N. |editor2-last=Cheek |editor2-first=Jonathan M. |editor3-last=Briggs |editor3-first=Stephen R.}} An individual who experiences camera shyness is often in fear of the unexpected or the unknown in social situations, causing them to avoid the camera.{{Page needed|date=February 2020}} In a social situation that is anxiety-inducing, people tend to have behavioral responses that prevent the situation from getting worse. According to Crozier, anxiety can be separated into three elements: cognitions, physiological responses and behavior.{{Page needed|date=February 2020}} An individual walking away or hiding their face is a behavioral response from camera shyness. A physiological response to camera shyness can be shaking or an increase in heart rate. A cognitive response can be how a person remembers a terrible experience with cameras, which results in fear of being photographed or filmed.