"To photograph is to appropriate the thing photographed. It means putting oneself into a certain relation to the world that feels like knowledge -- and, therefore, like power"

I picked this quote simply because I felt like I could relate to it the most.  Me being the shy person that I am and do not necessarily like taking photos, when I do get a good picture, I feel a lot better about myself.  I feel like when  I post a picture people look at me like "Wow she really knows what she's doing.  She looks so comfortable being photographed" when in reality it is the complete opposite.  So in a way I feel as though when I take a picture I have complete power. I'm sure a lot of people feel the same way, including people who are famous on social media. When looking at the camera no one thinks that everything isn't how they make it out to be. Even my face doesn't really look like how it appears in the photo. Filters and Photoshop apps help a person create a reality they do not really live in so when I know I can make my eyes a little brighter, and make my skin a little softer, and people actually think I look good in the photo, I have power over the photo and what I look like to throw them off,so why not do it all the time?