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With examining psychological change through deep individual interviews after twice of
picture-taking & image improvement experiments for 10 female student in 2-years college from
March to April, 2009, the study tries to find a positive psychological change and influence
through outward appearance improvement and picture-taking. The results from the twice of experiments and individual interviews are: Before the image-making and in the first picture-taking, the students came with a shy face, shrinked action, slightly stooped motion, refusal hand motion to shooting, awkward smile, and twisted lips for taking pictures. However, because of having an image consulting, they could rediscover right self-images and self-body images, and then, in the second picture-taking, they also evinced more positive actions such as looking at the photographer, posing grandly by holding skirts, taking the best angle for shooting, putting their hands into pockets, widening their shoulders and arms, crossing their arms, and taking girlish poses. Also, in consequence of having deep interviews with looking at students' self-pictures which were the results from the 1st and 2nd picture-takings, it shows that enhanced self-images which had became conscious of, increased interests on their outward appearances, and active wills like self-awarnesses of and practice of needs in diet. That is, it gives an opportunity to get a correct understanding of one's own body image in an objective way, increase interest in appearance image, enhance the needs of resolving dissatisfaction with the body by making oneself up positively, and perform appearance management actions. Thus, the study concludes that, since the experience of picture-taking with the effectiveness of the image improvement worked as a function that female students could see their egos and self-images objectively, it is the effective and practical method or mean of increasing positive self-respect, am interest of self-image and self-confidence.