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[bennym]

Gracey,
That reminds me of a joke personal ad....
French Canadian man looking for a good wife.... must be able to cook, clean, sew, be good in bed, and have a boat..... Please send picture of the boat !          

I know what you mean about the winter.... IF I were younger I'd be out taking those great winter shots.... but... as an older person.... I don't want to be out in the cold any more...

The wife is addicted to the TV.... so I just take pictures of me all day !    

[Gracey]

The wife is addicted to the TV.... so I just take pictures of me all day !

Well, TV doesn't turn my head much and I tried the "use yourself as a mode" which I tell everyone to do when they say "I don't have anyone to model".  For me the problem is I squint all the time - two reasons - one, I am always looking through a viewfinder and two, I have glaucoma and the light often bothers me - and - I have bad skin (psoriasis, thankfully not on my face) so I can't even use my own hands for shots. Took a hundred shots a couple of days ago, hence the new avatar, but it was the only one I could stand to look at out of them all    Most of them, I looked at and said "who is that old person?"  

Then I ran right out to the drugstore and bought Loreal's "Wrinkle Decrease" cream   ...hope it works.

I love to shoot my grandkids, but they live a whole town away now, and are in school all day so I don't have the same access to them I used to. My husband, well he's not much of a model...

stuck his face in my lens the other day and got this 'give away' pic of him:

http://www.morguefile.com/archive/?display=104466&

dirty glasses and highlights, so no good for stock, but it made me laugh, which is always a good thing.

Oh yeah...did I mention...I am  BORED  

...I do have a picture of the boat  

[doosem]

Hey Gracey, this poster idea sounds pretty interesting. Can I join?

[Gracey]

Hey Gracey, this poster idea sounds pretty interesting. Can I join?

Hi Mike - nice to see you in the forums. I noticed some of your shots on MSP - I especially like "Missing Identity" and "Peering Inside" - super shots.

And yes, you can join , the poster will be for all the members here.

[bennym]

Gracey,
I like the new avatar picture.... you're an attractive lady, I think it came out well..... I too have glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy in both my eyes.... in fact they had to put a tube in my left eye two years ago and I still don't have any sight in it yet.... but I'm doing pretty good as a one eyed jack  

Your hubby looks like a cool guy too.... he should pose more !  

When I take pictures of me, I use a flash... that helps the squinting....
The other thing I did was I took a 2" x 2" lat and cut it to my height... then I tool another one and cut it to the lenght of my shoulders.... I then nailed them together in a "T" leaving some space at the top for head space.... put a base on it and now I use it as a stunt double for me to set up the shot....  I use a small piece of masking on the floor to mark where I'm going to stand... then after I set up the lights on my double, and compose the shot, I just remove the "T"... stand on the X and have 10 seconds before the camera takes the shot...

It's been working pretty good !    But it hasn't improved on my looks      

Anyway... that's my secret......    

[Gracey]

Well, you are just too sweet - you cant see all my wrinkles in a pic that size.

Funny - I don't very often run across many people with glaucoma. It's a nasty thing to have, but thankfully there's some control for it these days. Guess it depends on what variety you have...some day I may go blind, but for now - I squint  

Thanks for the 'stunt double' idea. I guess I could give it a try, but it definitely won't be "wide" enough, lol. And I'm pretty sure doing a full body shot of myself is NOT an option   I would be like Kirsty...end up doing ads for Jenny Craig or Weight Watches (which I do follow).

I've been trying to get my husband to pose for me, but he's just never home enough. I'd have to catch him sleeping...you don't wannna see that  

[bennym]

I don't see any wrinkles in that picture, in fact you look young, and slim too....  

My eye problems are a direct result of the diabetes.... and like everything else, it can progress to blindmess.... unfortunately, I have a number of health problems brought on because of a wild and crazy life style when I was younger and not taking care of myself....  but I'll just keep on truckin' as long as I can and enjoy everything along the way.....

I should have mentioned too... that my "T" is cut to waist height... only because of space limitations.... and I place it on a stool.... sometimes I sit on the stool in the shots too....

You know.... when the hubby is sleeping... that would be a good time to put funny hats and stuff on him and get the pictures... and if you slip on a pair of sunglasses.. no one could tell he was asleep !  

[timbo]

Gracey,

Are you still thinking of doing the poster, or have I missed it?

Tim

[Gracey]

Yes, I'll still do the poster and no, you haven't missed it  

I'm just waiting til we have enough forum posters to start collecting up the photos.

It doesn't do much good until you've got about 15 or 20 people.