Taking your MFP profile pic

downsizinghoss · September 2014

(reprint of an old blog post of mine)

Oooh. I need a new pic for MFP! What day is today? Gun show? Argh. Why did I do legs this morning?

Ok, quickly now. Lose the shirt, where should I stand? Maybe I should go pick something up, do some curls or something. Oh well, ok, here goes....

Huh, must be the light. Just looks pudgy. Maybe over here. Now, if I wait until the sun goes down, I like the lighting in the kitchen. It really emphasizes the definiton. Good shadows. Argh. I can't wait that long. Too pumped.

Maybe in the hall way, good natural light from the door. Ok, now......

Crap, crap, crap!

I need a mirror. Let me go grab the one out of the bedroom and move it to the living room.

Ok, this is easier. No strange contortions. So here goes.... Ack. I look like I have to poop. One more...... Okaaay, now I look like a serial killer... and now... well, now that just looks stupid. Maybe I should skip the face and crop it to just the arm..... ok, that is decent, maybe a couple more....

This is frustrating.

Yay the kids are home! Hey darlin, daddy needs your help. I am going to stand in front of this wall and I want you to take a picture of me with my phone.... no, not yet, do it again.... Ok, let me see. No, one more time.... Maybe if I scoot forward a bit, more under the light... huh. maybe the left arm.... Yes, I know you just got home, you can go to the bathroom in a minute. Just help daddy out for a couple more minutes. Ok, and now.... why are you laughing at me? Ok, yes, my head does look like it is going to explode in that one. Stop laughing. Try it now.... not quite, one more....

Wait a minute, maybe I should get that sleeveless shirt of mine. Go to the bathroom and meet me right back here!

Ok this is better. RAWR and stuff. Here, just another minute darlin. Take this one... wow, my face is red. And now.... better, just a couple more.....

Ok, that will work. Thank you darlin! I am going to go upload it right now as soon as I pick out my favorite. Yes dear, I do realize my phone is filled with pictures of me in shorts.

Soooo, 23 pictures of my arm. Wow.

Damn. Going back here there have to be 173 pictures of various body parts. I really should delete some of these. I look like I am carrying my own soft core porn collection. That might take "loving myself" a bit too far.

I need a bigger phone screen. I can't even remember which one was the good one. Oh hell, it has been 20 minutes. Let's go with this one!

Good Lord, how do women do this? Pretty sure I would look silly laying on my back with my legs up against the wall....

And... it is uploaded. Damn. Last week's was better.

Maybe I should take some pics of my back..........

smantha32 · September 2014

Which is why I posted a cat taking a selfie. :bigsmile:

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Tiernan1212 · September 2014

Yep, this is me every time I try to take a pic for anything! Which is why I end up having the same profile pic day after day :laugh:

MizTerry · September 2014

Any pics I take, no matter what they are, I take at least three each. Yes, after a selfie session (which are far few, btw), I delete delete delete. Save the best one or two.

So if you find my dead body, my phone...trash it because keep in mind that no matter what pic I have taken, there will be a million angles of said photo. Yes, 10 pics of my new shoes. Yes, 15 of a tree I liked so I could get a new background.

Just trash the phone, it won't be worth it.