There exist only 4 photos of me that I really like
- I hate having my picture taken - actually, that's wrong; I don't mind being
photographed, it's the results I don't like. I'm perfectly comfortable
with how I look in the mirror, but as soon as my features are immortalised in
print I'm transformed into a squinting, lopsided maniac. Now, though, I
have to come up with a stunning image of myself to go on the back cover of Lost
Prinsipels (Available soon! I promise!) that will complement the fab
picture on the front by the highly skilled and scarily insightful Jon-Paul McCarthy.
I do actually have a good, recent photo of myself. Trouble is, there are people in the
background, and I have no idea who they are. I tried blocking them out,
but I can't get the shading right. Also, the colour of my scarf looks
terrible with the cover colour. {I tried making the picture greyscale,
but it just didn't look right. And the aforesaid strangers were still
there, so I gave up on that idea.}
The other picture of me that I really love is of
when I was 16. It's on my facebook page
but, sadly, the quality is too poor to work in print. I rather like my
old school photo too, but that's one of those great long ones that, allegedly,
people run round the back of and appear in twice. If I can't remove a couple
of strangers from a restaurant, I'll never manage to block out an entire
school. Also, it is too big to fit on the scanner.
That leaves me with my final photo. I'm very
happy with how I look in it, even if it is rather an odd pose, and the quality
of the original image is quite good. However, it was taken some time ago,
and I don't think it really conveys much of my character now.
I suppose I shall just have to be brave and have a
new picture taken.
