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Sweetney formed a Flickr group called “Truthiness in Self-Portraits”.
Basically? Point and click when you aren’t glammed up, primped, curled, powdered and pressed and let people see “You”.
I mainly lurk at Sweetney, but when the awesome Mrs. Flinger slapped her photo up, I thought strongly about participating. When two of my crushiest of blog crushes posted their morning glam for the internet I knew that I was going to be a big, fat lemming and participate.
Personally, I don’t mind having touched up self-portraits of myself on my blog. However, I also have thousands of grody “ACK!” photographs for every shot that is so pretty or amazing that it makes me want to make out with myself, so I think it is a good thing that the un-gussied up me should be brought to the surface from time to time.
So, here you go:
I took this photo a couple of months ago before I got my hair dyed and cut for the King and I. I am fresh out of bed with no make-up.
I know that my mouth isn’t showing and that this isn’t the worst photo I’ve ever taken. It’s not a bad photo at all, actually, (that would be this one) but there is a very specific reason that I chose it. For one, I actually do roll out of bed like this a lot of the time and for another, this photo illustrates one of the flaws that bugs me the most.
No, it’s not my nose (Although, that is something that bugs me. It’s large and crooked from being broken.)
It’s…
My forehead.
Or shall I say, the vast canyons that are running across my forehead. I don’t have crows feet, a double chin or laugh lines. What my super-special aging trait is giving me is the strong resemblance to a bassett hound with each progressing year.
I don’t play around with photoshop all that often. Usually I just use correct levels, etc. I DO use the clone stamp if I have an unseemly zit or cold sore, but the thing that I fix on my photos the MOST is my forehead lines. (Well, that and I often “Wax” my eyebrows if I am channeling Burt from Sesame Street.)
Don’t get me wrong, I do NOT feel like I need to wear a bag over my head. I think I’m definitely ok looking. We ALL have our “Things” and looking like a hound dog with a biggish-nose is mine.
So? Do you have a thing or feature you do or would photoshop and correct if you could?
**OOPS! I didn’t realize I was supposed to linky! Check out these other babes in the morning:
HBM
Sweetney
Breed ‘Em & Weep
Missus Mamalogues
Mrs. Flinger
Ms. MotherBumper
Izzy
OTJ
Loralee
CamiKaos
Petroville
Redneck
Mrs. Flinger says:
I LOVE that you make fun of your forehead! I have vast canyons, too! We’ll stand near each other and blogher, giggle, and yell across our Grand Canyon-est Foreheads together. (I’ve yet to find a freaking cream to do it justice)
March 14th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Kimberly says:
Does my ass count?
You look beautiful, darling. Almost to the point that you don’t qualify. xo
March 14th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Angella says:
You still look HAWT.
I have two lines that run in a V in between my brows.
Not that you would know that, THANKS TO PHOTOSHOP.
March 14th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Christine says:
My hair never looks that good no matter what.
My photoshop fix is freckles. Especially now that I’m on the other side of 40…they start looking like liver spots. ACK! At BlogHer we can be the ones covering our foreheads.
Why can’t I photoshop my face in real life? WHY???
March 14th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Bridge says:
Undereye circles… they get zapped repeatedly.
March 14th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
rima says:
I would make myself a good half a foot taller.
BTW, I sleep in scrubs, too!
March 14th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Jill - GlossyVeneer says:
I still think you look great.
I’m very self-conscious about my nose and my teeth. I have some photos that were taken at angles that I feel make me look really snaggle-toothed. And pics that make my nose look too big or emphasize the unevenness of it make me uncomfortable too.
March 14th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
hairyshoefairy says:
I’m so joining this flickr group. I photoshop freaky stray hairs that grow the wrong way and make my hairline look all wacky. I also photoshop zits on occasion.
March 14th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Redneck Mommy says:
I like the canyons. They look similar to the STRIPES my son likes to point out (at the most embarrassing times) on my forehead.
I really would like a chin. Or as a small compromise, to lose the chin hair. This waxing bit is costing me a fortune.
You look lovely darling.
March 14th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Sizzle says:
I’d “correct” all the chub on my body if I could.
March 14th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
heather says:
I have the forehead lines too, and really I do have a crooked nose (deviated septum). But really, I’d get rid of the pudgy jowel area…
March 14th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Craig says:
I usually have to Photoshop blemishes onto myself, because people see my perfect complexion in pictures and assume I Photoshopped myself that way.
March 14th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
180/360 says:
Craig- HAHAHA!!!
I don’t think you can take a bad photo! Even your sick one isn’t THAT bad.
I hardly ever take photos of myself- I’m definitely meant to be BEHIND the camera. But I would photoshop out a zit for sure and I probably should start getting rid of the ever growing lines, too.
March 15th, 2008 at 12:23 am
Julie says:
You always look pretty great even when you think you look dumpy!
I would definitely change my hair and the age spots on my hands–I’m not even out of my thirties, and I have age spots! What is that all about?!!!
March 15th, 2008 at 8:03 am
holli says:
I’ve seen a couple of these - and each time I’ve commented (and here again) that you look beautiful, because I still haven’t seen one of these where someone really looks awful. Go look for my unibomber picture on Flickr - that is an example of someone actually looking bad in a self portrait, but I didn’t post it on my blog.
I see the bad in myself enough lately.. I just don’t see the point in focusing on it. I need to try to stay positive as much as possible.
March 15th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Marilyn says:
I *HATE* my forehead and nose, but for different reasons. Forehead: too big to not have bangs and nose: too big in general. GAH.
March 15th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Sra says:
I have a rather large scar on my chin, very similar to Harrison Ford’s. I’ve thought about Photoshopping it away sometimes, and I think I maybe even tried it once, but I looked too WEIRD without it! It used to really bother me, but I’ve accepted that it’s part of my face now. Maybe if it ages badly, I’ll get it fixed later, but for now, this is the result of already trying to get a not as bad scar fixed, and so I’ve learned my lesson.
March 15th, 2008 at 10:36 am
The Over-Thinker says:
My crooked smile. And I mean crooked. My teeth are super straight but my smile/jaw is so weird. I can’t see it when I look in the mirror, but I see it in all of my pictures. What don’t they make Photoshop Dental????
P.S. You are freakin’ beautiful.
March 15th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Doug says:
Yeah, I’m getting the forehead canyons too. It’s disturbing and I can’t help but to feel them. I think I’m actually making them deeper through gradually rubbing off the top layer of skin. I think it’s the same sort of deal as how the Grand Canyon was formed. At this rate in 10 years I’ll be able to hide Skittles in there. Or maybe a rain gutter so sweat doesn’t get in my eyes at the gym.
I did a lot of self portraits in late 2006 when I was thinner, but haven’t in a while. Maybe soon.
March 16th, 2008 at 1:35 am
SparklieSunShine says:
I am starting to get those same lines and I’m still only 23. You still look fantastic. I need to learn how do photoshop. That would be helpful.
March 16th, 2008 at 8:24 am
Heather B. says:
I posted mine yesterday. I look like I’m seven.
March 17th, 2008 at 3:42 am
RkSteady2 says:
Damn you’re hot
March 17th, 2008 at 10:07 am
Rachel (Louisiana) says:
You crack me up with your forehead lines. I never even noticed before. But after I saw the pictures of me from last weekend, (especially early morning wake up call photos) I wanted to crawl in hole and never show my face to the light of day again. The point? Everyone has things about their appearance that they don’t like, but most other people don’t notice those things.
March 17th, 2008 at 10:29 am
Adria Sha says:
you have pretty incredible eyebrows though.
March 18th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
rebekah says:
ok im a 15 year old from england and i have crooked teeth, NO I DO NOT HAVE THE STEREOTYPICAL BRITISH BAD TEETH, i have no decays or yellow teeth, never have done, according to my x-rays my jaws too short so my teeth wont align, the only way to fix this is to have my jaw broken and metal plate put in, obviously a 15 year old like me who has never been in hospital since the day i was born is afraid of this so can i make myself look pretty im always compared to my twin who has no jaw problem and perfect teeth she also has a straight nose i broke mine when i was 8 but didnt realise at the time so now it is crooked i have been told several times that my nose is scary so please i beg of you tell me how to look pretty!! i am serious here dont give me the whole make up n dress nice thing tell me how to have glowing smooth skin lol
July 5th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
rebekah says:
whoever u r in the photo i think ur beautiful seriously! i would be lucky to look that nice
July 5th, 2008 at 10:56 pm