Selfie P52

This was HARD! Not only did I have to get over myself, but I really didn’t know how to tackle this.  I must be a t-rex because I could not long arm these.  The images were crazy close.  I don’t have a remote yet, so that wasn’t an option…but I have a greater appreciation of my need for one.  I suppose I could have set up the tripod and timer, but today was hectic and therefore not an option.  I went with good old reflective surfaces…or the two mirrors in my room.  On top of not knowing how I was going to pull a selfie off, I had a hair apointment today.  I held out thinking it would be great to wait to do this when my hair just got did.  In theory this would seem like a great day to take my own pictures.  Well, not so much.  My hair dresser did not flat-iron my hair.  I went home curly and frizzy.  So, I tried to flat iron it myself, but  being a rainy day it was counter productive.  I tried several things to get my unruly hair to behave.  I’m not sure I tamed the beast, but here I am!

Check out the frizz on the right….

Maybe a ponytail?

Clip back the front?  I dunno.   What I do know is that this junk is hard! I’m glad that I am pushing myself to figure it out though.  Maybe I’ll even smile when I stop gritting my teeth.

Instafun

Of course one of the reasons I am excited about my new iPhone is for instagrams.  One thing I find impressive is seeing great photographers use instagram and still rock the shot.  Their shots go way beyond taking a crummy shot and slapping an action on them.  It will be a fun challenge to apply what I know in essentially a digital Polaroid.  It will be another avenue of terrorizing my kids, this I know.  I’m only a day in the process, but it has been kind of fun.

Wordless Wednesday

I’m the proud new owner…

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