raagamuffin I preferred seeing the entire person while they played. It's resulted in a fuller experience, IMO to also see the body language.
That’s makes sense. And in fact, I prefer it too. I also love seeing people’s piano rooms. 😊
But, while I can’t speak for anyone else, I can share my own reasoning for not being visible in my videos. (And in fact, I cropped out the music stand in this particular video, because my face was reflected in it almost as clearly as a mirror!)
When I first started participating in piano forums (a very long time ago now, and only a few years after we got married) my husband asked me to stay anonymous. He felt it would be safer.
So that’s what I did and I’ve kept doing that. For the most part. I never share my specific location, no photos with my face, and hopefully I leave out enough details to make me not easily found or identified.
At this point, I doubt anyone cares about who I really am. But I nevertheless keep my promise to my husband. So no “entire person” in my videos.
Other people may not have such an explicit reason, and of course some post with their real names. But for the rest, I imagine the lack of visuals has something to do with wanting to keep something private.
