camera-shy
adjective [after verb] /ˈkæm.rə.ʃaɪ/Definition
› If someone is camera-shy, they dislike having their photograph taken.Photography
(Definition of camera-shy adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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