Being photographed by the paparazzi was once an honor bestowed only on the rich and famous, but today a new service is bringing the possibility to every consumer.
Upon request, New York City-based MethodIzaz will send an anonymous photographer to surreptitiously capture select moments in a consumer’s life and immortalize them with a portfolio of professionally produced photos. To arrange the service, the consumer provides a self photograph ahead of time along with details of their schedule and any specific emotion, mood or theme they hope to capture. MethodIzaz’s photographer will then show up at some undisclosed point during the day and photograph the subject walking through the streets or going about their daily business, without posing or artifice. Pricing is based on time to travel, photograph, edit and produce the photographs, ranging from USD 300 to USD 400 per hour.
Yes, I will agree that idea may seem to be the ultimate in gravanity-stroking but for those who wish to see themselves captured in a different perspective on how they appear to others as well as tangible documentation of how they lived their lives at that point in time, is not a bad thing. The price is nothing for people who want to know more of themselves without the need for talk therapy.
With results like these, you’d really think twice about it. It sure beats the usually posed digital shots taken by your friends or studio services that flood the market. Simply put, wouldn’t you like your own portrait without having to dress up or make-up for, be yourself and still look good. 
If that service were here in the Philippines, I’d go for it.
