Day 14 - so today's topic is eyes. At first I wasn't too thrilled with this topic, but it turned out to be pretty fun to take pics of Cookie & Jack and their eyes. Cookie is terribly unphotogenic. She is a beautiful dog with a very expressive face. I get good pictures of her when she is outside and playing and things like that. But if you try to get her to sit still inside it always looks like her head is too heavy for her body (which I think it might be because she rests her giant head on laps, tabletop, beds and couch arms any chance she can get), like she has horrible posture and really dopey eyes. Cookie is a St. Bernard, which is a breed that usually has those really sad droopy eyes. But Cook is a smooth coat saint and her eyes aren't nearly as droopy as other St. Bernard's...her right eye is a bit sadder looking that the left, which we think is sweet - but she is a giant dog (145lbs+) with really great facial expressions and the ability to make hilarious noises that sound like talking. I keep waiting for her to say "I Love You" like that crazy Internet sensation dog. I'll be sure to post if she ever does! =) Any other photographers out there - can you tell me how not to make her eyes glow every time I take a picture of her inside? Silly reflecting corneas!
And then there is Jack...what can I say about this kid and his hilarious facial expressions. I think I posted on the Someone You Love day that he has some really funny antics and when he gives me the Big Eyes I pretty much always pee my pants! One of my other favorites is the wink that you see above. When he was small he used to wink by holding one hand over his eye. And then with time he sort of taught himself how to do it. I love that he scrunches up his face on the one side and the other side looks smooth with the awesome one eyebrow thing going on. He usually tosses in some crazy hand gestures to truly capture the "hey baby" look. You aren't going to believe this because I am not going to post it but I actually took a picture of myself today in my new glasses thinking I would use that as my eye pic (wasn't sure how cooperative my subjects would be)...and even more surprising I didn't hate it! I didn't have on any make-up, my hair was wavy from air drying and being pulled back into a pony tail for part of the day and it is a sad dreary day out the car window that you see in the background of the picture - Oh, and I was able to fool around with the coloring on Instagram which helped a bit - but I think that is a true testament to my journey of discovering balance in my life. In 2 short weeks I have gone from avoiding any pictures to snapping secret self portraits on my iPhone in the cover of my car...and blogging about it! Not bad huh? Maybe a little less self loathing is just what I need to bring a bit of balance?!? I am going to not think about the fact that I was in the dressing room at Macy's today trying on clothes and about threw up at the sight of my underwear clad self in the full length mirror and fluorescent lights...why do they torture us like that? Hell no I am not going to by any clothes when my reflection looks like that! Now if they could install fun house mirrors where I looked like a 5'8" supermodel and magic soft lighting that gave my reflection a flawless appearance I would buy absolutely everything that I could squeeze myself into...you would think with the advent of vanity sizing someone would have thought of revamping the whole dressing room experience. It could be a huge revenue booster! The economy is bad? So what, if there was a place I could go and look that amazing for even a few minutes I would gladly spend money I don't have (pronounce charge it) to have those wonderful happy blissful ignorant feelings about my appearance. Come on ladies - you know you totally agree with me! =) Wow, once again, blog has gone nutty. Well hopefully with the next 16 days I will be able to take even more steps to finding balance - even if it is just in not fearing having my picture taken - I would say it will have been 30 days well spent.
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Chris
4/30/2012 11:53:12 am
Great Jack photo!
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