Sally's userpics through the ages
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annwfynDue to a session with a digital camera (proper pics to follow) I have found myself with a bunch of new userpics (some of which may, sadly, entirely confirm lexx_uk's suspicions about my cowgirl like proclivities. Anyway, it got me looking through my userpics. Now, I've got a fairly good collection of pictures of me up there. This is a personal preference - I don't like the idea of all my userpics being generic and skanked from communities. I want my LJ to be about me, I want it to be personal, and I don't believe in the anonymity of the internet.
However, I'm a bit camera shy, so what I've got is a selection of pics of me that I like, which actually date to a whole bunch of different periods in my life. My favourite pic of me (which is on my userinfo) actually is me at seventeen. Others are two or three years old.
So, today I decided I'd post up all the actual 'user pics of Sally', and put up when they were taken, and what they remind me of.
Blimey, I'm all self referential today.
This is me at the age of about seventeen. It was taken by my little sister as part of a series of shots of her, me and my youngest sister so my Mum could have three little pictures, in small frames, that she could take into hospital with her while she was having chemo. Apparently Mum got more random compliments from the nurses about 'your beautiful daughter' than almost anything else while she was in there. She loved that pic of me, but oddly I really disliked it until I was about 21. I always thought I looked too dark in it, a bit too odd and foreign. It's grown on me over the years, and now I truly wish I could look that cute and young again!
This is me in April of 2004, at a BBQ atriksowden's place. melsner was visiting, it was just before I started seeing pierot and it was about the time I started to get to know ksirafai well. It's me lying in the grass. There are similar shots of aardnebby and pierot around as well, all taken by ksirafai. It's a nice pic of my tattoo as well, which is why I use it.
This is me two years ago, the summer before I started at Oxford, and just before I had my hair dyed red. It was taken atksirafai's house, immediately before bleaching commenced. I like the terrified expression in it. It's used for alarmed and fearful posts/comments.
This is me at Ginnie's party, I think a couple of months later, with dark red hair. I liked my hair that colour, but it was incredibly high maintanance, as my hair is too dark to go red without being bleached first, and bleach makes it much more brittle, and tends to lead to the red fading to a rather nasty pinkish colour very quickly, so the dye needs topped up a lot more.
I don't think I'll ever get that colour again, so I'll appreciate the memories of the brief time I had it.
This photo was also taken the day I found out that I was going to have breast reduction surgery - my bra size had reached back threatening proportions - and I was sitting at Ginnie's wearing a baggy t shirt and feeling very very unsure about the whole thing, not to mention very uncomfortable with my own body at that point in time. It's probably the reason for the rather uncompromising and slightly uncomfortable expression.
Still, it's quite a nice pic of me, and the hair looks good, which is why I use it.
This is me just afterpierot, rweishaar and vilenspotens moved in together at Acorn Walk. It's a close up shot. I don't actively dislike it, and it's not a bad pic. I tend to use it when I'm saying things which are relatively personal, or involve me thinking about things a bit - as it's a personal and up close shot, mostly of my thinking parts.
This is one of the shots frommortalcity's Women of the Camarilla photoshoot. It's me about 18 months ago. It's pre-operation, it's a reminder of a good day out, and it's me looking great. Kudos to Brigitte for being a great photographer.
These are all pics from the photoshoot thatksirafai and I did on Tuesday. These are nice pics of me, as I look at the moment, I think.
And yes, there's a bit of a cowboy hat theme going on here. I like my cowboy hat, OK! And I wanted to play with it.
So, that's me. At the moment. And in the past. Erm. Not sure what the point of this is. Just that I figured it was worth clarifying.
And I've got to get a proper entry up soon with full size versions of all the pics of me and Ginnie that got taken that day.
lexx_uk's suspicions about my cowgirl like proclivities. Anyway, it got me looking through my userpics. Now, I've got a fairly good collection of pictures of me up there. This is a personal preference - I don't like the idea of all my userpics being generic and skanked from communities. I want my LJ to be about me, I want it to be personal, and I don't believe in the anonymity of the internet.However, I'm a bit camera shy, so what I've got is a selection of pics of me that I like, which actually date to a whole bunch of different periods in my life. My favourite pic of me (which is on my userinfo) actually is me at seventeen. Others are two or three years old.
So, today I decided I'd post up all the actual 'user pics of Sally', and put up when they were taken, and what they remind me of.
Blimey, I'm all self referential today.
This is me at the age of about seventeen. It was taken by my little sister as part of a series of shots of her, me and my youngest sister so my Mum could have three little pictures, in small frames, that she could take into hospital with her while she was having chemo. Apparently Mum got more random compliments from the nurses about 'your beautiful daughter' than almost anything else while she was in there. She loved that pic of me, but oddly I really disliked it until I was about 21. I always thought I looked too dark in it, a bit too odd and foreign. It's grown on me over the years, and now I truly wish I could look that cute and young again!
This is me in April of 2004, at a BBQ at
riksowden's place. melsner was visiting, it was just before I started seeing pierot and it was about the time I started to get to know ksirafai well. It's me lying in the grass. There are similar shots of aardnebby and pierot around as well, all taken by ksirafai. It's a nice pic of my tattoo as well, which is why I use it.This is me two years ago, the summer before I started at Oxford, and just before I had my hair dyed red. It was taken at
ksirafai's house, immediately before bleaching commenced. I like the terrified expression in it. It's used for alarmed and fearful posts/comments. This is me at Ginnie's party, I think a couple of months later, with dark red hair. I liked my hair that colour, but it was incredibly high maintanance, as my hair is too dark to go red without being bleached first, and bleach makes it much more brittle, and tends to lead to the red fading to a rather nasty pinkish colour very quickly, so the dye needs topped up a lot more.
I don't think I'll ever get that colour again, so I'll appreciate the memories of the brief time I had it.
This photo was also taken the day I found out that I was going to have breast reduction surgery - my bra size had reached back threatening proportions - and I was sitting at Ginnie's wearing a baggy t shirt and feeling very very unsure about the whole thing, not to mention very uncomfortable with my own body at that point in time. It's probably the reason for the rather uncompromising and slightly uncomfortable expression.
Still, it's quite a nice pic of me, and the hair looks good, which is why I use it.
This is me just after
pierot, rweishaar and vilenspotens moved in together at Acorn Walk. It's a close up shot. I don't actively dislike it, and it's not a bad pic. I tend to use it when I'm saying things which are relatively personal, or involve me thinking about things a bit - as it's a personal and up close shot, mostly of my thinking parts. This is one of the shots from
mortalcity's Women of the Camarilla photoshoot. It's me about 18 months ago. It's pre-operation, it's a reminder of a good day out, and it's me looking great. Kudos to Brigitte for being a great photographer. These are all pics from the photoshoot that
ksirafai and I did on Tuesday. These are nice pics of me, as I look at the moment, I think.And yes, there's a bit of a cowboy hat theme going on here. I like my cowboy hat, OK! And I wanted to play with it.
So, that's me. At the moment. And in the past. Erm. Not sure what the point of this is. Just that I figured it was worth clarifying.
And I've got to get a proper entry up soon with full size versions of all the pics of me and Ginnie that got taken that day.
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Date: 2006-08-17 09:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-17 10:01 am (UTC)Oh and in all the photos you are Sally. That's an important thing to remember, you're still the you (in some ways) that you were at 17, and in 04 and now. :o)
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Date: 2006-08-17 10:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-17 04:33 pm (UTC)Thank you. That's really made me smile.
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Date: 2006-08-17 10:13 am (UTC)Sort of straight out of the Transilvanian Rodieo......:p
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Date: 2006-08-17 10:30 am (UTC)the only pic that my neurons don't think is you is the 'before hair dye' one. neurons with the job of facial recognition refuse to match the pic with you, how odd.
any chance of showing full size pics from your photoshoot?
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Date: 2006-08-17 04:34 pm (UTC)I shall put up the proper pics soon, as soon as I've resized all of them and got them in some kind of order.
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Date: 2006-08-17 10:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-17 04:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-17 04:58 pm (UTC)