Friday, January 06, 2006

Photos--squirm.


Who doesn't hate having photos taken of them?

I really hate it. As if I am not self-conscious enough already.

The book publisher wants a photo. Maybe a couple of photos.

I figure I'll send them a studio shot and a snapshot.

Here's some studio shots to choose from. I'll get to the snapshots later.

I welcome your opinions on which one I should use.

My mother took them with her new digital camera.

12 comments:

Jared said...

In number three you look the most comfortable. I pick that one.

Marie Javins said...

All right, so far I've been told that I look too tired, too old, and too thin in the photos. And that I am more attractive than I am in the photos. Obviously, no one wants to write that here in the comments, preferring to tell me quietly and not in public.

And one person said they were fine, that I am not trying out for a modeling career.

Looking forward to hearing more.

Steve Buccellato said...

To be fair, I said that I liked a different photo, that you did not include here. Maybe you should post #9.

Anonymous said...

Go for Black and white. It's more mysterious and really captures a mood.

:)

Anonymous said...

Oh yeah... You do look a tad tired. But that's cool and author-like, so it's OK.

Marie Javins said...

Here's the one Steve liked. I'm pretty sure it makes me look like a freak.

Anonymous said...

The image is unavailable. Was that intentional?

Marie Javins said...

Worked for me a second ago... is this going to be high-tech mojo?

Pville Peg said...

I like the close-up, #2: that's an almost Mmonalisa-like smile. But, they're all pretty good.

Ed Ward said...

The only usable one is 3. Reason? The background on the other two is distracting and "unprofessional." I'd like more choices, but 3 is obviously the best.

And yeah, I got an "image not available" on that other one, too.

Don Hudson said...

I remember you took a few photos of yourself in Antarctica. Very nice and relaxed. Didn't you pose with a penguin? Anyway, try a few shots with some dramatic lighting.

Marie Javins said...

Sadly, there is no editor on earth who would let me slip an Antarctica photo into an Africa book. I like that photo.

We took some more photos today. Michael Kraiger was behind the camera. It was kind of a comedy of errors as first the digital ran out of batteries and then the one-hour photo place developing made me out to be a goth chick. The photos themselves were not bad, but I am white as a ghost (thus no detail to darken in Photoshop) and my eyes are red. Interesting. But I'll take the negatives elsewhere to get new prints.

I realized today that I have a good Namibian dune shot that would be perfect. But I have no idea where my CDs from 2001 are. That's what you get when you keep your possessions in a closet in the basement and in a garage on First Street. And Luc sent me a reminder of a shot of me on the Nile happy as a clam in spite of having just been chased by a hippo and broken up with by H.M., but I took a good look at it and it'll never blow up to 300 dpi.