Photo reading

Everyone has intuition. Way back when, when people still lived in the wild, they made optimal use of their own intuition; after all, they had to survive. When one sensed danger, the brain responded with a fight or flight reaction (fight or flight response).

The fight or flight response is a defence mechanism that occurs in humans and animals when there is acute danger. The reaction begins with acute intense fear and feelings of stress. As a result, the body produces large amounts of adrenaline and cortisol (stress hormones).

In response to the increase in adrenaline and cortisol, heart rate and blood pressure go up, muscles tense up (ready to fight or run). Besides the flight or fight response, there is another possibility: the freeze response.

Sometimes people are so scared that they stiffen up as if by themselves. This too is a natural reaction, because when you remain motionless, you are less likely to stand out in the environment. Animals have instinct, which is similar to our human intuition. They also use flight or fight (or freeze) if necessary. It is a natural mechanism.

As we no longer need to survive thanks to today's prosperity, we make less use of our intuition in everyday life. Nevertheless, you can still train your own intuition. People in dangerous professions do this automatically. After all, they still have to survive every day.

The State Police at the airport also use well-developed intuition on a daily basis. They have trained their intuition to filter out smugglers or dangerous passengers from the crowd. They pay attention to facial expression, body posture, look in the eyes, certain movements, etc. Often, their intuition reacts even at the slightest sign of 'danger'.

You probably already unconsciously act this way yourself when you first meet someone. You try to find out what they are like. Can he be trusted, does he have a sense of humour, is he open or does he carry secrets you don't want to have anything to do with?

You often give someone the benefit of the doubt, but it turns out afterwards that the very first impression you had of this person was right after all. Your intuition was right.

Photo reading

When you look closely at someone, you can tell a lot about them immediately at first sight. This is no different during a photo reading.

• Look at his mouth: does he have good teeth or not? (If you are really practised, you can even tell by the mouth and the position of the teeth whether someone might hiss, speak with a rolling 'R' or have a loud or just soft voice).
• Look closely at the face: you can tell from a person's skin and certain wrinkles whether they smoke and drink a lot, are worrisome or have known a lot of sadness.
• Look at the body: you can quickly tell from someone's posture (even in a photo) whether they might have back problems, move smoothly or be stiff, and you can tell from someone's physique (broad shoulders, wrists, forearms, chest) whether they do physically demanding work, sit too often or are sporty.
• Look closely at the eyes: you can really read everything in them. Fear, anger, aggression, arrogance, insecurity, sadness, love; all possible emotions and characteristics are revealed by the look in the eyes. You can even tell from a photo - as you gain more experience in this - what type of parent, partner or lover someone is!

Career

But how can you predict the future through a photo reading? Basically, it is nothing more than simple arithmetic. By adding up various facts and impressions, you arrive at the answer: 1+1=2.

Suppose a young woman wants to know if she will be hired for the managerial job she has applied for. She has all the necessary papers and the interview went well. Now the wait and see is on. Now how can you tell from her photo whether she will get this job?

You look at her eyes. In the eyes, you can really read a lot regarding someone's personality. You can see in the eyes whether someone has a tidy character or is heavy-handed. You can see whether someone has a grumpy disposition or is very content with the way they live. Whether someone has a gentle nature or is harsh.

You watch how the young woman comes across to you with in the back of your mind her question: 'Will I be hired for the leadership job?' If the woman in question has a sympathetic yet strong appearance, a look in her eyes that shows she is not going to let her guard down and the determined pull around her mouth confirms this, she would stand a good chance.

However, if this woman has an uncertain look in her eyes and has a sympathetic but (too) gentle appearance, she will - despite possessing the right qualifications - have much less chance of getting the job. This is because a managerial position requires precisely someone who does not care about being liked and is less indulgent towards her subordinates on the shop floor.

If the woman has a rock-hard appearance with a look that betrays that she is literally pulling out all the stops to reach the top and also does not come across as very likeable, she will also have little chance of getting the job. She will lack the 'gun factor' because she probably did not elicit sympathy during the job interview. Which is important, because a manager should definitely also possess sympathetic qualities to have a reasonable conversation with her.

If you do a photo reading in combination with a particular question, you can paint a very nice picture of the future this way. However, it is important to read a recent photo and not one from years ago. People change. Not only externally, but certainly also internally. Indeed, precisely because someone's inner self changes, his/her appearance changes too!

Relationship

You can also find out a lot with regard to relationships with the help of a photo reading. Not only the nature of the relationship, but also - to a certain extent - its course.

Some examples:

If a couple is pictured together, you can already tell what their relationship is like by their body language. If she is smiling broadly in the photo with her arms around him and a proud look in her eyes, then she is probably completely in love with him and happy that she hooked up with him. If, on the other hand, he looks less enthusiastic, smiles insincerely without a sparkle in his eyes (you often see this look in the eyes of celebrities who have their picture taken with fans but don't really feel like it), it is likely that she loves him more than he loves her.

In that case, you can assume that when he meets someone else who does make him really shine, this relationship will be a thing of the past. If there are other interests at play as to why he is with her, he may not leave her but may cheat when given the chance to do so.

Conclusion

Another example.

A man wants to know how his relationship will progress, but unfortunately he does not have a photo that shows them both. He does, however, have two photos showing them separately.

In that case, I 'read' the pictures individually first. What impression does she make on me? And how does he come across to me? If she has a spunky look and is clearly the type of woman who likes to be in charge and he, on the other hand, has a goody-goody look in his eyes and a gentle demeanour, you can assume that she has the trousers on in the house and he folds to her.

My conclusion then would be: she walks all over him a bit, sometimes taking advantage of his goodness. If he wants to earn her respect, he will have to counteract a bit more often without being afraid of losing her because of it. Precisely by always giving her her way, she will eventually get bored in this relationship and eventually choose a partner with whom she can build a more equal relationship.

Of course, it does not mean that you can always predict the future flawlessly through a photo reading. Of course, sometimes you are wrong. A photo is and remains a snapshot. Yet you can get a lot out of it and the experienced photo reader is not often wrong with his findings.