Me in one year
Me in one year

For some inexplicable reason I thought it would be interesting to do a side-by-side comparison from a portrait taken one year ago with one taken today. A year ago I brought my camera to my after school Vista program and let the kids play  around with it. One of the kids, Angel, is a natural and he took this portrait of me which I think is rather good!

In December of last year I just had my haircut really short for the last time. Around the first of december I decided to grow it out long. Since then, I have only had a few haircuts and it is now  shoulder length. Also, sometime around last summer I started using henna which has turned it red and made it considerably darker.

Oh, and I’ve aged. That’s the depressing thing about doing these sorts of self portrait projects. The whole aging thing. But the good news is that I learned to use the “Skin Softening” brush in Lightroom. so there’s that.

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10 responses to “me in a year”

  1. Silver Image Studios Avatar

    I like the dark hair a lot!

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    1. Moni Avatar

      Thanks! I like it too. It feels like me. 🙂

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  2. ZenSoapbox Avatar
    ZenSoapbox

    Maybe it’s the longer hair, (or the skin softening brush–or maybe both), but I think you actually look younger this year!

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    1. Moni Avatar

      Thanks! I’ll go with the hair 😉

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  3. Sandra Avatar

    Henna rocks! 🙂
    I like the longer and darker hair a lot and I also think you look younger this year. And your eyes! Wow!!!

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    1. Moni Avatar

      I love henna! I will never go back to regular hair dye. & Thank you so much, Sandra! 🙂

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  4. walterwsmith3rd Avatar

    Both are great photos 🙂

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    1. Moni Avatar

      Thanks! I actually really like the portrait on the left a lot because it was taken by a 1st grader. I don’t think I could smile like that for a self portrait. 🙂

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