Oh my!
Self portraits are hard. I am obviously overly vain, because I delete, or want to delete 99.99% of all photos taken of me. To be honest, I don't even like the sound of my voice over the phone answering machine. Is that really me? So tinny and screechy sounding? Anyway, occasionally I get all silly (or bored) and take some photos that I know I can delete.
So here I am.
Probably sounding all screechy and tinny.
And be happy that these are not summer shots. Of me in my bathers. Not that they exist...
I'm not sure where the photo phobia came from. As far back as I can remember, I've been a camera avoider. Thank goodness my kids aren't. Gorgeous as they are.
The only shots of me that I can even half stand are those I've taken myself. Here I can be super critical and delete that angle that so flatteringly highlights my double chin (see above), or highlights my many wrinkles and multiplying grey hairs. While I have friends who are simply awesome photographers, I am a challenge. I'd prefer to not be captured on film than to have to ask for every single shot to be taken a certain way. A flattering way. A way that makes me seem untinny and screechy. Probably something I should work on huh?
But not in a studio that sees me dressing up in feather boas draped over a chaise longue....appearing on a calendar kind of situation.
7 comments:
Oh i love it!! I'm pretty confident every blogger takes a good 20 snaps of themselves before they get the angle, lighting, zoom right, then sits on the image for a day or two to see if they can live with it out there on their blog. You've done great, cute children too - they are so like you, photogenic!! Love Posie
I'm just the same! Even when I'm talking sometimes I am also listening to myself thinking how crap I sound! If I'm annoying myself then what effect am I having on those around me. I tried to take some pics recently and had to take a million to get one that was ok. Oh well, no one is perfect.
Ps what lovely kids you have :)
I so agree...I hate photos of myself too. And reflections! So much so that we only have one tiny mirror in the house for Mr Bok to shave in. I've always been that way since as a tiny child my mum and every other adult actually refused to let me in their camera shots. Prob cos I was pulling a pained or silly face. You however are cute lady! Your children are super cute your girl looks just like you. I find the retro fuzzy camera apps very useful! ;) Most of my pics are taken using my phone.
I HATE pics of me. I always think, "do I really look like that?"
Hearing my own voice is painful too.
I think you are VERY photogenic. One of my favourite pics I've taken is that one of you at the beach (in bathers). Do you know the one? Wandering along in the shallows, wearing your big summer hat...
Totally agree - self photos are horrid. I'm always amazed that I can make everyone I take a photo of look lovely but I look dreadful. It's dawned on me lately that I'm ageing! Holy moly! How did this happen. Of course it would all be so much better if I could just lose that 10 kg that seemed to arrive all by itself over the last few years. sigh! However, I think you look really cute! I love your hair and that felty treat you're wearing in the second photo is really lovely. As for the first photo - logical pose to me.
I've been resisting writing a detailed About page for my blog because I didn't really want to publish a real photo of me. But you've made me think of a photography assignment I did about 8 years ago where I had to take a self portrait. Time to bite the bullet - thank god for digital cameras and huge Gb memory cards!
Oh, once I was talking to my children in a bookstore and a former coworker popped around the corner and said, "Oh, I knew that was your voice!" I was immediately consumed by how my voice might have sounded to her (vain) - in my case probably all nasely and monotone.
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