This was me yesterday, and last night....un-adorned (save for the glasses).... as I was reading all of the heartfelt and uplifting responses to my post about my dad.
I ran the gamut of emotions through the course of the day ( hence, the representation via colour ), and in the end, just felt well loved and wonderfully supported.
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Yay! that's my favorite one :) :) I love this! I need to upload a couple of me for the theme. I think I will over the weekend...when Charlie week is over :P I really like this idea! I'm so happy you have a happy face. AH that makes me smile :)
This was a representation, I'm sure, of the emotions you were feeling as everyone responded to you. A lot of tears welled up and emotional moments were shared with you, so some of the emotion you wear came from "across the room" as we were feeling it too. In the end, it has to feel so uplifting to have reached out and found everyone reaching back to you. The "Lauren-inspired smiling Barbara" warms my heart, and I wish I could send you a virtual hug...
wow just looking at your emotions is making me all emotional again! i love that you put it all out there and that you embrace life it is so powerful and moving! great self portrait!
Aww...thanks all!
I have to admit that I was kind of emotional while putting it all together last night (well, this morning, really ), going through the various images that I'd captured during the day. My intention was to use one photo, but in the end I couldn't choose, so it seemed right to settle on a 4 frame collage, as I'd used for my dad's.
And I was happy with the way it turned out, but couldn't choose between B&W and colour, or a mixture of both.
Then the lighting was all over the place too, since the frames were taken at different times during the day..so I tried to fiddle with that, to make them uniform...but I couldn't get it quite right.
When I finally decided to play with the hues, I got excited as it started to come together, and when I tried the "kookiness" option, where it jumbled up the image sizes and left me with just portions of the frames.... it seemed right.
It's a tad dark, but I liked that too, as it did away with all of the "stuff" in the background ( my living room, and Brad slouching on the couch over my shoulder, in one... lol ), and left the purple pic the brightest, which seemed the perfect place to stop fiddling.
Thanks to you all, for helping me through the day! :-)
((we're lucky girls, you and I...it's no small thing to be taken for granted! Thank you for your note that made me smile...and then I forwarded it to "Tom"...))
gosh, what a very creative self-portrait! i like how you represent your moods in different colours...
it's a good idea, had i thought of this i would have not been too scared to post my portrait here! by the way, thanks for leaving a comment, honestly, i still could not make myself look at it compared to my other photos which i like looking at a few times a day. but that one, i had to quickly scroll down to the comments section, so as not to remind me of a nightmare!
I'm happy that you're happy!
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Have a good day, Lauren! XO
much love Barb!
julia
I have to admit that I was kind of emotional while putting it all together last night (well, this morning, really ), going through the various images that I'd captured during the day. My intention was to use one photo, but in the end I couldn't choose, so it seemed right to settle on a 4 frame collage, as I'd used for my dad's.
And I was happy with the way it turned out, but couldn't choose between B&W and colour, or a mixture of both.
Then the lighting was all over the place too, since the frames were taken at different times during the day..so I tried to fiddle with that, to make them uniform...but I couldn't get it quite right.
When I finally decided to play with the hues, I got excited as it started to come together, and when I tried the "kookiness" option, where it jumbled up the image sizes and left me with just portions of the frames.... it seemed right.
It's a tad dark, but I liked that too, as it did away with all of the "stuff" in the background ( my living room, and Brad slouching on the couch over my shoulder, in one... lol ), and left the purple pic the brightest, which seemed the perfect place to stop fiddling.
Thanks to you all, for helping me through the day! :-)
it's a good idea, had i thought of this i would have not been too scared to post my portrait here! by the way, thanks for leaving a comment, honestly, i still could not make myself look at it compared to my other photos which i like looking at a few times a day. but that one, i had to quickly scroll down to the comments section, so as not to remind me of a nightmare!