Phobia Project

A. 1. What is a Phobia?Phobia - A phobia (from the Greek: meaning "fear" or "morbid fear") is, when used in the context of clinical psychology, a ape of anxiety disorder, usually defined as a persistent fear of an object or situation in which the sufferer commits to great lengths in avoiding, typically disproportional to the actual danger posed, often recognized as irrational.

B. List and define 5 phobias from The Phobia List: http://phobialist.com

Kainolophobia or Kainophobia- Fear of anything new, novelty.

Kakorrhaphiophobia- Fear of failure or defeat.

Katagelophobia- Fear of ridicule.

Kathisophobia- Fear of sitting down.

Katsaridaphobia- Fear of cockroaches.

C. Brainstorm on your blog possible ideas for your Phobia photo.

Amaxophobia- Fear of riding in a car : I can have someone get in a car and look out the window with their hands on the window, acting like they are trying to get out of the car. I will probably get my cousin or friend to be the person, I will probably shoot these at my house. 

Eisoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror. : I could have one of my family members act like they are getting ready in a bathroom but with the lights off so they can't see themselves in the mirror. Or i could have them get ready in a bathroom with the lights on but them facing the opposite direction of the mirror. 

Pyrexiophobia- Fear of Fever. : I will get someone holding a thermometer or the object you check your temperature with and it will show that person having fever that person will have a  freaked out face. Or I will take a picture of a person ruling ice on their forehead to show like they always want to stay cold.

Ophidiophobia- Fear of snakes. (Snake phobia)
Panthophobia- Fear of suffering and disease. :

D. What photographic techniques can you use to help highlight your images? Come up with one idea for each of your three photos you will take.

Amaxophobia-Simplicity

Pyrexiophobia-  Background 

Eisoptrophobia- rule of thirds