Nice to meet'cha!! Couldn't bring myself to post up an actual photo of me....so....an image of an image!! LOL!! Me...after a long day of work with no makeup (i don't ever blow dry or 'fix' my hair). I take a whole 5 mins to get ready when i get out of the shower in the mornings and then i'm out the door. oh yah, this was taken after cooking dinner soooo.... i acutally smell of fried filipino food!!! hahaha!!
This photo was taken by my ds...not bad for a 4 year old. He's so funny, the way he was photographing me was hiliarious! - he kept telling me, 'Move this way....noooo move that way....Mommmmmmm.....i can't see your eyes!!'. I put my camera on a tripod, set it to AV and let him shoot! When i saw 'me' on the back of the LCD i thought, 'Hey...that's a first - i've never seen myself on there all by my lonesome!!!'. So i thought, that in itself was an appropriate 'moment to be captured'!! I took this picture with my good ol'trusty Canon G3 (4.0 megapixel!!) ....set to Auto. So i don't know if this actually qualifies as a POTD since part of it wasn't taken by me =). The second picture doesn't seem as dark and i think i like the composition of it better...
Defogged, sharpened, resized for web, converted to b&w and added the border. A little dark for my liking (can't seem to get the conversion thing right!!)...but neverthless, here i am.... =)
AV mode |ISO 400 | SS 1/1000| f1.8 | tungsten light
AV mode |ISO 400 | SS 1/1000| f1.8 | tungsten light
Very original, I like this!
You're beautiful, don't be afraid to take/post pics of yourself....besides, we can't smell ya!
Posted by: Rebecca | January 08, 2007 at 10:26 PM
What a neat idea! Nice to see you.
Posted by: Debbie | January 08, 2007 at 10:41 PM
great idea, let's see an actual pic of you, looks to me like you've got nothing to worry about 8)
Posted by: Sara D. | January 08, 2007 at 10:43 PM
I love this idea...gonna have to remember this! Mmmmm...Filipino food would be sooo good right now!
Posted by: Mom of Blessings (Cindi) | January 08, 2007 at 11:30 PM
Okay you have officially turned me into a *fan* lol! I love this whole idea, awesome composition! It most definately counts for the challenge and potd!!! You are gorgeous, don't be scared of the camera! Thx for posting! It's great to place a face behind the name :)
Posted by: Adrienne | January 09, 2007 at 12:09 AM
Thanks for the comments everyone - it's rare that i'm not behind the camera...
rebecca - gotta love that, 'we can't smell yah!!' - i can't tell you how hard you made me laugh!! thanks girl =)
Adrienne - **fan** HAHAHAHa - you're too funny girl - didn't think i'd ever get one of those!!...BTW, i've tried to post on your site (great pictures!!) but i can't because it requires a Google or blogger account (do you know if i can get around that?). Where abouts are you in Canada?
Posted by: --cherry (cherrypi) | January 09, 2007 at 01:15 AM
This is a cute idea... I'll have to try it sometime :)
Posted by: Renee | January 09, 2007 at 08:25 AM
I really like your idea--very unique!! Thanks for sharing it!
Posted by: justjanice | January 09, 2007 at 08:52 AM
Ooh, what a fun idea! I love it. I don't think it looks too dark at all.
You look super young (you probably are and I just don't know, lol).
I love your hair, if that's what you look like with no "prep" work then you're very lucky.
I love the picture on your header, too. So cute.
Posted by: Ariana | January 09, 2007 at 09:23 AM
What an awesome idea! Very original!
Posted by: Stephanie | January 09, 2007 at 09:55 AM
SUPER COOL. I might just have to "steal" this sometime! :0)
great idea, good contrast and detail in these black and whites. LOVE it
Posted by: Laurie | January 09, 2007 at 10:10 AM
Thanks Ariana for the compliment!! 'super-young'?!?!...i love it!!...but 'that' - i'm not ... i wish...i'm actually 32... don't you just love b&w?!?!? i do!! ahhhh the beauty of b &w - it's so forgiving and great at hiding things (like your age!!).
Posted by: --cherry | January 09, 2007 at 10:18 AM
Great idea, fun shot. Nice to meed you.
Posted by: dar | January 09, 2007 at 10:53 AM
How freaking original! Looooooove this!
Posted by: Mar | January 09, 2007 at 01:07 PM
What a great idea! I love it, and I don't think the B&W conversion is too dark.
Posted by: Andrea | January 09, 2007 at 01:19 PM
This is a super cool idea. And nice to meet you!
Posted by: Lorie Ann | January 09, 2007 at 04:56 PM
OMG - if I looked like that without "doing" my hair and makeup I'd be SOOOO happy! lol.
Great pics.. I like the comp of the second one best! Also, good pic for a 4 yr old!
Posted by: Lorrie | January 09, 2007 at 05:07 PM
Ha ha, very clever! I really like your conversion, too.
Posted by: Marla (msae) | January 09, 2007 at 05:29 PM
Cool idea! I love it and I think your 4 yr old did great :)
Posted by: Jane (Sneezy1956) | January 09, 2007 at 07:17 PM
What a great idea! Hey, I might have to steal this idea. LOL! Great picture.
Posted by: Donna | January 09, 2007 at 07:26 PM
Very cool way to present your photo. Great shot.
Posted by: Christy (Krissynae) | January 09, 2007 at 08:37 PM
Oh my this is the best idea ever!!!
Cari
Posted by: cari | January 09, 2007 at 10:24 PM
girl you're sooo young! you could pass for one of my students. love the idea, very, very original...and your conversion too!
Posted by: cristina4k | January 09, 2007 at 10:35 PM
I love your introduction. Very original. I agree with you in that I like the composition on the second one better. Nice shots!
Posted by: Tammy | January 09, 2007 at 11:50 PM