INPUT ARTICLE: Article: It can be difficult to accept yourself. Usually, this has something to do with your past. Uncovering the reasons you can't accept your shyness will help you. Sometimes, all it takes is understanding why you are so against it. By working with a counselor, you'll be able to comb through the roots of your shy personality and then work with him/her on how to change your perception of it to finally accept it. Check with your insurance company to see if they cover behavioral health. Search online for counselors who have experience helping people who are shy. Speak to the counselor on the phone if possible to ask about how she approaches helping people who are not confident about their shyness. Not accepting your shyness can lead to depression. Depression can lower your quality of life and lead to feeling like you want to harm yourself or others. This is serious. Call your physician immediately if you ever feel this way for a depression assessment. There is hope for how you feel. You can love yourself. A life coach who has experience working with shy people will often have a program in place to help guide you through the process of acceptance. A lot of the steps have been mentioned here with embracing your shyness, loving yourself, and then learning more about the benefits. Sometimes, it can help to have someone there by your side to celebrate your progress towards acceptance, which is how a life coach can help you. Look for coaches online.Many coaches have a website to market their services so search for one with experience in shyness or confidence building. Coaches do not have to be trained or certified, but it's a good idea to choose one that has some training in the area of life coaching. Look for that credential or check the International Coach Federation for coaches to find one that has fulfilled their requirements to ensure you find someone who will be ethical. Coaching is a partnership between coach and client. You and the coach will come up with ways to help you accept your shyness. Each session will help you move towards your goals of accepting shyness, and you'll have work in between sessions to further help you.

SUMMARY: Schedule an appointment with a counselor. Seek help from your physician. Consider working with a life coach.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Have your model squeeze a some oil in their hands and rub oil over their entire body so their muscles look smooth and bold. The oiled up appearance will make the model glow, especially against a dark background. The oil will also help define highlights and lowlights in the image. Avoid using too much oil. The amount will vary depending on the person's size and the type of oil, but you want the model to look realistic, not slippery. You can use baby oil or coconut oil. Using a spray bottle, lightly spray drops of water over the bodybuilder's forehead, hair, and neck so it looks like they are sweating. To create an authentic image, you want the bodybuilder to look like they just finished a workout. Avoid spraying too much water so it looks like they are wet. Just a few drops will work great! A little water also helps capture highlights. Take full-body shots while the bodybuilder flexes their chest, legs, arms, and back. When photographing bodybuilders, you want to show off all their muscles in 1 image. Try out both serious and playful looks. Snap some shots with the model facing you directly, then try having them turn around. Ask them to pause as they turn, and take some pictures from different angles. Snap a diversity of images, capturing the bodybuilder's chest, back, and side muscles. While you can steer the photo shoot and recommend poses and body placement, it is fun and productive to let the model organically pose and show off their body. Encourage them to smile and be themselves so their individual personality comes out on camera. Give your models some freedom, and you'll get great shots. Perhaps they love their abs the most and want you to focus on abdominal shots. Try taking some photographs with work-out related items in addition to your full body shots. You can use small props like weights or dumbbells in your images. For example, have your bodybuilder pose with a workout machine or standing in a stretching pose with a resistance band. You can also use things like sports balls or free weights. To capture the hard work and pure strength of bodybuilding, take pictures of your models in action. When you take action shots, you should take many imagines quickly in a row, and choose the shots that are most in focus. For example, have your bodybuilder use a bench press, or take a picture of them while they run across the frame. Increase your aperture speed if your images look blurry. When photographing action shots, you can use up to 1/1000.

SUMMARY: Apply oil to your model's entire body to make muscles stand out. Spray a few drops of water on their hair and face. Have your model flex their muscles. Take shots from the front, back, and sides. Encourage the model to be themselves in their poses. Use props in your image to add some interest. Try taking action shots to capture the bodybuilder in motion.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: To do a kettlebell squat, start by standing with your feet shoulder-width apart and the kettlebell at your chest in a goblet grip. Then, slowly squat down until your thighs are parallel with the floor. Drive your hips and knees up to stand back into the starting position. Keep the kettlebell in front of your chest throughout the exercise. Try to keep your back straight as you squat down. Kettlebell squats can help build your quads, glutes, and hamstrings. To do a kettlebell deadlift, start by standing with your feet a little wider than shoulder-width and your toes turned outward. Bend forward with a flat back, hinging with at the hips. Leaned over, contract your back muscles to hold the weight of the kettlebell. Your arms stay passive and extended. Slowly straighten your legs to standing and lift your back. Squeeze your buttocks once you're standing upright with the kettlebell. Lower the kettlebell back to the starting position to repeat. Kettlebell deadlifts will work your glutes and hamstrings. To do a reverse lunge with a kettlebell, start by standing up straight with a kettlebell racked so it's resting on your forearm. Then, step backward with the leg that's on the same side of your body as the kettlebell and touch the floor with your knee. Keeping the kettlebell racked, step back up into the starting position. When you step back and drop onto your knee, your other leg should be bent at a 90-degree angle. Do several reps with the same leg and then switch to the opposite leg.

SUMMARY:
Do some kettlebell squats. Try kettlebell deadlifts. Do reverse lunges using a kettlebell.