What if you don't take pictures during transition?

[Darrin Scott]

I did more of that stuff in the beginning of transition. Videos etc, but I'm too lazy/can't be bothered to do any videos now. I don't think it matters. I know plenty of guys with no internet presence. Being online doesn't make your transition more "real". And honestly, for me, I don't want people I know to find the videos and stuff.

[aleon515]

I've heard people say they regretted not having pictures and voice tracks. You can do something very simple-- short videos (not uploaded) and/or selfies and a voice recorder.

--Jay

[John Smith]

I took pics and made voice recordings in the beginning, then lost interest. I still think it's good to have those first pics in case I want to do a proper comparison one day.

[Adam (birkin)]

I haven't taken any comparison pics and I don't regret it one bit. I have a few floating around that were taken like any regular picture (at an event, etc) and if I want to think about it I can be like "oh yeah that was December so like 9 months in."

The way I see it cis men don't take pictures of themselves as they go through puberty. They just look at old pics and can see how young/old they look. It's funny to imagine though "hey guys here's a picture of me 3 days after my balls dropped."

[Manny]

Thanks everyone for your answers, and sorry for not replying sooner, I've had a lot on my plate lately. I've decided that I'll only take one or two comparison pictures monthly or every two months, and later if I feel too dysphoric I can always delete them. But some of you guys don't record anything so that makes me feel less weird, either way as you say regretting it won't be that much of a problem. Btw I'm almost 2 weeks on T now, yay! I haven't noticed any changes at all though yet, but still!

[AJarrah]

I never did take frequent pictures as an attempt to record progress, but I'm glad I do have pictures from around the time I started T. I don't think you'll necessarily regret not taking progress photos, but now's the only chance you're gonna get to see this "you" again if you don't take at least one.

[NathanielM]

I'm not taking pictures or making videos. Sometimes someone takes a picture and that's fine. I personally know that if I started taking pictures every week or something I would become slightly obsessed (it's happened with other things) with my progress. Now I look in the mirror every now and then and think Oh look change, or I see people that haven't seen me for a while and they point things out and that makes me happy.

[darkfox91]

I never really took photos specifically for transition documentation. I kind of just ended up with several selfies throughout the last couple years and to be honest I don't even like to look at the earlier ones. I never planned on showing off my transition so it's not a big deal to me that I don't have a lot. Everyone is different though. Just because you take pictures and videos doesn't mean you have to look at them, but you'll have them if you decide you want to.

[sebster]

I don't think most bio boys document every change through puberty, but I'll personally probably wind up recording everything. I don't think you're alone, though.

I was just wondering if I'd regret not taking pictures / videos of my transition on T, as I see all those youtube videos of people talking about changes every month, recording voice changes and taking photos and everything. But I've never liked taking pictures of myself, I have very few ones of me pre-T, and now that I'm one week in, I'm a little concerned that I'll regret not doing it. Mostly because I guess it will be harder to notice changes if I don't do picture comparisons or anything, but I get dysphoric when looking at myself pre-T / female appearance, and there's no way I'd keep those photos/videos long-term.

What do you guys do? Do you all record everything? Am I the odd one out? Will I regret it if I don't?

[Chamillion]

I didn't intentionally record my transition progress in any way. I don't regret it for the most part but the one thing I do wish I had done was taking measurements of various parts of my body. It'd be cool to know how much size I actually gained in my shoulders, chest, arms etc and to see how much smaller my hips got. I'd definitely recommend measuring and taking note of those numbers to any pre-T guy, you'll want them later for comparison purposes trust me!

[Big Stitch]

You have to figure out what path is right for you. Maybe you want to start off recording the changes that way if you like it you can stick with it and if you don't like it then you can just stop.

I hardly ever took pictures of myself before I started my transition. There were the obligatory birthday, family and friend group pictures that I would be in but nothing special. I chose to not keep a specific transition record in the end. I didn't want to get caught up looking for new changes and becoming upset if things were progressing slowly or not at all. So I chose to let everything just blend into life and treat it as I did my first puberty. When I noticed things it was a pleasant surprise.

Just find your path and all will be well

[Nikotinic]

I'm planning to do the 'one pic per day' thing for as long as I can be bothered. I've seen a few people (not just trans people) collate them into videos and I like the effect.

For me I think it'll be nice to have photos because I feel like I look at them from a more impartial view than when I look in the mirror, so they are more helpful in tracking any changes to my face.

[Blue Senpai]

I'm planning to do the 'one pic per day' thing for as long as I can be bothered. I've seen a few people (not just trans people) collate them into videos and I like the effect.

For me I think it'll be nice to have photos because I feel like I look at them from a more impartial view than when I look in the mirror, so they are more helpful in tracking any changes to my face.

I was thinking of doing this myself.