Too Old To Be In Pictures...

Soooo?.... Tomorrow... I am going to be older... Than I am today.

And I decided last night that I needed to come out of hiding.

When I'm an old granny blogger, I want to remember what this face looked like

Back In The Day!

I decided it was about time I had a more recent picture of the more mature me on my blog sidebar.

But the lighting was a little wonky.

Bright sided on the right and shadow weary on the left.

You'd think I would have taken the time to primp a bit, but no, 

I figured the makeup would have seeped into my sorta newly acquired fine lines, which would have made the whole point kind of moot.

So I took a few unsatisfactory shots and decided what I needed was some natural light.

I figured it was all that was needed to give me that youthful glow I was looking for.

Self Portraits?  They are all about the lighting...

and also about trying not to be seen by your neighbours as you pose on your front stoop...

Hmmm? Ya think I could stretch that smile any wider.  

And clench those teeth any harder?

Perhaps a closed mouth smile would do the trick?

Yeep!

Nope, that's not the way to go.

Not unless the trying to get some popcorn out of your teeth look is the new runway vogue?

Instead maybe the mouth open slightly?  Hmmmph... snicker... Oh Baby!

After viewing the above picture on my camera I started to crack myself up.

I have never had a more difficult subject.  

I'm not sure if I will work with her again.

Do you think she could just give me a natural smile that doesn't make her chin look like Jay Leno? 

But I'm not giving up.

Oh No!

It must be the one handed camera hold.  

A Full Frontal two hand attack should do the trick.

Hmm... glasses falling down, and Jay Leno still in the building.

Why am I looking so freckly and colorless now?

I'm pretty sure I uuused to have lips?

  

After cropping and smoothing out some lines just a teensy weeensy bit, finally one I can work with.

Please just ignore the splotches because they will disappear after I make one last important tweak.

Ah Yes... size small please.

(I don't think I've ever had the opportunity to say that before?)

 I like it a whole lot better when it's not quite so life sized.

So dear readers that is the ticket to a self portrait in your mature years.

No bigger than wallet size : )

Come Back tomorrow.

I've decided to throw A Party!

And I promise to never evah put you through this kind of post again.

At least not for another year anyway : )

All my luv,

from a soon to be older and wiser,

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