No Lies on Videotape

Even though the lighting may not be the best, you can still get true representation of how you come across. Use the same techniques that were suggested in the preceding section, “Mirror, Mirror on the Wall.” Make sure that when you videotape yourself standing up and then sitting down, the camera lens is adjusted appropriately. If you want to have a conversation on videotape with another person in the room, make sure that they are not shown in the video by appropriately adjusting the camera.
When you play back the videotape to objectively examine yourself, it is best to do it alone, so that nobody can influence or contribute to your analysis. For example, you don’t want to objectively observe that your shoulders may be rounded when you stand, then have the other person discount your self-analysis by saying something like, “I don’t think they are so rounded.”