my thoughts on the previously posted pics -- don't read if you haven't looked yet

[rm]

I keep going back and forth on the first one. Tragic or alien? Tragic and alien? I need to shut up before I write myself a TV show. Oh, wait.... Anyway.... tragic/alien -- are either of those things good? I should also note that this photo was literally the first shot of the day. It might be the one. I don't know. It's a strange photo.

The second one -- it's a great pic, right? I feel like it says, "I should be a cabaret singer." I am NOT a singer.

Third one -- not a headshot, was never meant to be, but I do like it. Will wind up on my website in some form.

The brick fucking shirt -- god, I hate my hair there. I've found a few others in the set that I like a lot though. It's a good shot and represents me pretty well and are more accessible. But I don't know... they don't wow. But the wow me is so scary (see photo 1 again), that maybe gentler is a good way to go?

Black top, leaning against the wall -- I have no idea who that woman is. NONE. I want to like it more. I don't like it AT ALL.

The suit pics -- EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS FANTASTIC. Actually there's a bunch that blow, but all the ones where I'm STANDING ON A TABLE ON A ROOF are awesome. It's both unsurprising and a little confronting to me to see. It's also sort of hilarious: "Here, stand on this wobbly fucking table, on the edge of this really windy fucking roof in sub-zero temperatures, and pretend that doesn't make you feel like you're about to die."

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[elynne.livejournal.com]

The red shirt shot is one I'd pick for a book jacket photo; out of all of them, that one seems to have the most - closest-to-surface personality, least mask, but it's much more personal and less fronty. WORDS ARE NOT MY FRIENDS RIGHT NOW I HAVE NOT HAD COFFEE but yeah.

Black shirt woman is Meryl Streep. That's who I think of when I see that picture.

The last picture, where you're in the suit looking straight at the camera, is sex. That and the first blue picture. Both gorgeous.

I have to admit, I was really hoping for a picture of you laughing, or a generally more "candid" photo - but I suspect that's very much not what headshots are for, so.