I have a confession to make. I took pictures after Jeff’s magical make-up tour (if you visit the story of my little button, please leave a comment). But they were self inflicted portraits. It was either that or have them taken by a 2 y/o. I took approximately 43 pictures of my face while standing at a mirror. Not one of them did Jeff justice. Not one of them did me justice. Not one of them could be cropped to NOT include my camera. I decided to make that post without pictures because I figured if I said I looked fabulous your brain would make me fabulous…maybe even more fabulous then I actually looked which is, well, fabulous.

Let’s assess my work:Alright, not bad for the first shot. I seem to be looking in the same direction as the camera through the mirror…I will re-adjust:
Adjustment made. But now my head is all twisted and what is with the smile? I’ll just take another to fix that:
Ya, switching sides with the camera did not help. Hmmmm…let me try this:
Much worse! What expression am I making and could I not figure out the camera was blocking my entire face. You can see the brows, but really.
OK, that just looks like a give up.
Better! The camera is a little close to the head to be cropped out. I will try that again with the camera farther away…
OMG. Did I move? Why am I now facing OUT of the picture? Let me try something radically different…
Experiment failed. Although it does straighten out any PRE-wrinkle tendencies. Here is my favorite picture, but hardly a ringing endorsement of Jeff and little button:
Maybe photography lessons are in order for my 2 y/o…



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33 Comments

  1. You look great AND I love the idea of you showing us pictures of you taking pictures – this is kind of like a documentary about making documentaries. I like not having to choose between whether this is silly or brilliant and have decided that there is no reason it can’t be both.

  2. love the pics. i have ones similar to this when i was trying out diff looks for my wedding make up. lol then i just decided to point the camear at myself and snap a bunch of pics. 🙂 works easier.
    i think your brows and make up look wonderful!
    xoxoxoxo jenn

  3. I love your brows.
    I love your red camera!
    I love that you posted all those practice shots, it makes me feel better about my inability to capture the mirror self portrait.

  4. I’ve been thinking about your little button since reading your post and wondering WHERE I CAN GET MYSELF ONE??!!!??

    You look simply fab, camera and all. 🙂

  5. Your brows look great! I keep thinking I should have mine shaped but then I never get around to it. Jeff and his little button would have a field day.

    But enough about eye brows…is that your closet? So big, so neat, so organized.

    Hump! So jealous!