Is it just me, or do we all spend a good deal of time looking for that perfect photo of ourselves to post on our blogs/fb/where ever!? I dont know how many times i'v had mini one-man-photo-shoots (you know the ones, camera high, look up, slight smile) only to collapse in a sobbing ball of mess at the crap pics that i end up with, and not one of them good enough to put on my blog!!!! (Cue violin music and a fresh flood of tears!)
I even force Hubby to get in on the deal! It goes kinda like this....
Me: Pleeeeease, i NEED some nice photo's of me for my blog!! There's like, none!!
Hubby: You don't Like the photos i take of you...
Me: That's just cause you always get me in a bad mood!
Hubby: ......
Me: Pleeeeease, just a few!!!
Hubby: Ok, where you want them?
Me: I dont know....here?
Hubby: Ok, Smile :)
Me: Well i cant just smile on cue you know!!
Hubby: ......(camera clicks away)
Me: Never mind, i'm not in the mood to smile now (*angryface*)
Today, after a search for the perfect "About Me" pic for my blog, and a repeat of the above conversation with Hubby i thought Stuff It!!! The angles are all wrong, half aren't my 'Good' side (Do i Have a good side??), and to be honest, i just couldnt bring myself to be serious!! I pulled faces, and discovered that i dont even have a very good array of funny faces to pull (sigh, no duckface). Below are the best of the best, untouched photos from our mini photo shoot!!
* There is some photo shopping but only to crop the pics!!
(Yes i do realise i put the same photo twice....like i said, i dont even have a large array of silly faces!)
After having fun with these i thought, Hey, we actually got a couple of alright pics! Lets have a play with photo shop and see if i can make myself look like Miranda Kerr.....So nope, i couldnt, but i had a good play and prettied myself up a wee bit!!
Isn't it Fantastic!! Wrinkles and Pimples erased!! Teeth whitened!! Skin tone evened out!! Lips colored prettily!!
I gotta say, i cant decide whether photoshopping these pics was Fun or Soul Destroying!! I felt a wee bit of both as i smoothed away my wrinkles and 'bleached' my teeth!! I think the end results looked neat (odd, but neat!) but at the same time i know that it's only a pic' and the reality of me is in fact wrinkles and colorful teeth!! No wonder models have so many issues! Look how much they get photoshopped every single day!!!
So i guess the moral of this story is.... i have no idea! Maybe not to expect too many photoshopped photos of me?? Cause these 3 pics took freakin ages and i just dont have the patience!! Or maybe it's that, perfect pic or not, photoshopped or not, we are all beautiful, just 'cause that's how God created us!!!
Toodles!! :)
'Live for a Life without Regret'
