I am at my most uncomfortable when there’s a camera in the room.
Just because a tiny black box with the word Nikon (or Canon or Polaroid or whatever) is around, I smirk, I tilt my head in strange ways, I suddenly look 15 years older, my face develops tics, I begin to cry on the inside, etc. (Seriously—if you think I’m an awkward hugger, you should experience my awkwardness in front of a camera. If anyone tries to take a photo of me hugging someone, I’ll most likely explode.)
A few days ago I finished a cardigan that I’ve been working on (not consistently, mind you) for two years. To take it from Work in Progress to Finished Object was HUGE, and I decided to document my victory on Ravelry.
Jeff followed me (with camera in hand) to the back yard, where I instantly smiled all crazy and proceeded to do my infamous camera freak-out.
I loaded his photos onto the computer, sighed and shook my head at the results, and quickly came up with a solution.
Until I learn how to smile for a photo, I’ll simply have to live my life as a treeface.
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17 responses so far ↓
1 Mitzi // Oct 5, 2010 at 4:52 pm
You take great pictures compared to me. I am not at all photogenic and I tend not to know how to look or smile for pictures. I either look pissed off, crazy or I dunno… I just know that I hate to get my picture taken. You are not alone!
On the other hand, that sweater is gorgeous. I love everything about it. I can’t wait to see what tree face looks like when the colors start to change.
2 Carroll // Oct 5, 2010 at 4:58 pm
Is that some sort of sweater pin??? I mean, the cardigan’s nice and all, (and I totally love the hairdo) but a sweater pin??? I believe my daughter in law might really need one of those for Christmas. Where would I find such a thing??
3 Dooley // Oct 5, 2010 at 6:23 pm
This picture is disturbing AND awesome. Proceed as planned!
(And I’m an awkward hugger also. Hugger? I hardly know her!)
4 orooni on ravelry // Oct 5, 2010 at 7:32 pm
Awesome sweater, treeface!
5 pharmgirl // Oct 5, 2010 at 7:35 pm
Wow. That’s gorgeous.
Every thought of selling your stuff on commission?
And I’m with Carroll – the pin rocks!
6 EvilScienceChick // Oct 5, 2010 at 9:19 pm
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!
(great cardigan!)
7 Alli // Oct 5, 2010 at 9:57 pm
That is gorgeous! You should sell stuff, you know, during your free time. Ha ha ha hahahahahahhahahha
8 Lori // Oct 6, 2010 at 7:42 am
The cardigan is gorgeous!
I love your solution for photos. I always end up just cropping my head or most of my head off in pics because I always look like i’m about to cry or can’t look into the camera.
9 elandsimom // Oct 6, 2010 at 10:28 am
bizarrely effective! Love the sweater! Perfect time of year for it.
10 Jordana M. // Oct 6, 2010 at 12:02 pm
Beautiful sweater. How much is your life worth to you to make another?
And mad photoshop skills, too….I’m impressed, beleaf me.
(I’m terrible with puns, too…)
11 Amy in StL // Oct 6, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Really gorgeous sweater. I’m also not a hugger and I’m definitely not photogenic – unless I’m half lit then I’m kind of both.
12 Sarah // Oct 6, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Cheers all around for finishing a project and double cheers for finishing a TOTALLY GORGEOUS one. :)
13 Esther // Oct 7, 2010 at 12:36 am
Gorgeous sweater! It actually looks more impressive than on the Twist’s own pattern page.
And the green of your tree-face is a perfect compliment to the colour.
14 barbara // Oct 7, 2010 at 8:59 am
Love that photo. Count me among the camera-phobic too – I don’t think a photo of me exists where I don’t look googly beyond belief. Funny because I *love* taking photos (my camera odometer just rolled past 9999 for about the 4th time); I just hate being IN them.
The sweater is gorgeous!
15 Lisa // Oct 7, 2010 at 11:29 pm
Awesome photoshopping! I can’t see your face, but I like your outfit!
16 Hi, I'm Natalie. // Oct 8, 2010 at 9:50 am
lol – People like you are the reason I”m having so much trouble finding people to model for my class!! Argh! (Beautiful cardi, btw. =)
17 Christina // Oct 11, 2010 at 11:37 pm
I’m the opposite…while I also hate having my picture taken, I pretty much wreck every photo I’m in on purpose, because then, well, it’s supposed to look stupid, right? Then I put them on my blog. Scary, really. Once my husband was trying to put a Christmas album together for family members and he said,”Do you know that I can’t find a single picture of you where you are not making a silly face?” Dude. We have a lot of pictures on our computer.
I, too, think the sweater is gorgeous. And your most recent post (with the gaping fish mouth building)…brilliant.