tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post7145419121848373558..comments2024-01-11T18:39:50.665+00:00Comments on Painting With Shadows: Are you scared of your face?Kim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-89209348315745484972010-04-01T16:58:46.771+01:002010-04-01T16:58:46.771+01:00Jessica - I just flipped the first image. So the t...Jessica - I just flipped the first image. So the top one is my reflection in the mirror - so how I see myself - so the bottom one is the same image reversed, so is how others see me :)Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1151124999074000622010-04-01T15:52:31.173+01:002010-04-01T15:52:31.173+01:00How can you do that with your mouth on both sides!...How can you do that with your mouth on both sides! Amazing!" My mouth only works in that manor on the one sdie :-( gutted I want to be able to do it both sides, then i could take a photograph like you! :-)Momma Moose Diarieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06809744808045673411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-63595793646214540932010-03-19T16:14:49.942+00:002010-03-19T16:14:49.942+00:00Indeed nothing but self inflicted misery...Indeed nothing but self inflicted misery...Hayaahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17587119715699668322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-44396739318398522232010-03-19T16:02:25.485+00:002010-03-19T16:02:25.485+00:00Hayaah - and yet it's true - why should we not...Hayaah - and yet it's true - why should we not embrace our face? What do we ever have to gain by being fearful or ashamed of it?Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-45778175662416830032010-03-15T11:26:58.142+00:002010-03-15T11:26:58.142+00:00LOL!!!
I loved this!
The lines that hit deep, me...LOL!!!<br /><br />I loved this!<br /><br />The lines that hit deep, meaningfuilly were, ''Very few people embrace their faces, enjoy them or are at peace with them.''Hayaahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17587119715699668322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-65525088016723746522010-03-13T09:14:36.800+00:002010-03-13T09:14:36.800+00:00Pollinatrix - I think part of our fear of cameras ...Pollinatrix - I think part of our fear of cameras is the idea that someone snaping away might inadvertantly capture an inner part of ourselves we didn't want to reveal - or that somehow that image of us in the middle of a yawn or blink, is going to be seen as truly representative of who we are. <br /><br />And yet neither is true.<br /><br />For someone who kows you, a snapshot is just a brief recognition thing - like a passport photo - it's ID, not essence.<br /><br />It's much harder to get a real sense of someone from a photograph - imagine you wanted to give a sense of smell from a picture. You can't. All you can do is try and create a mood that reminds people of a smell they might already know, but you cannot transmit that smell via a photo.<br /><br />Portrait photography (as opposed to snaps) is about setting up conditions to create a mood around a facial likeness in order to trick people into thinking they are seeing something revealing.<br /><br />With the right expression, clothes, make up and setting, I can make you lok like a powerful business woman, or a bag lady; giggling or anguished.<br /><br />It's all smoke and mirrors, as the saying goes :)Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-37329782981706480042010-03-13T04:15:13.093+00:002010-03-13T04:15:13.093+00:00This is oddly liberating, Kim - that when I'm ...This is oddly liberating, Kim - that when I'm being photographed my face is not my business, but the photographer's. I like it. Somehow I get the idea this could be applied to other things in life, as well.Susan Carpenter Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13566372904106529839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-11797222691151631362010-03-12T19:10:53.907+00:002010-03-12T19:10:53.907+00:00If someone's taking your photo, let them worry...If someone's taking your photo, let them worry about how you look. A snapshot is only a snapshot, and a portrait photographer will be looking to create something special or interestingKim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-9399975437690752042010-03-12T16:36:36.761+00:002010-03-12T16:36:36.761+00:00This post is so true!
The worst part about a photo...This post is so true!<br />The worst part about a photograph for me is when I can't make up my mind about how to smile. Do I give a wide, toothy smile? Or something that just requires the corners of my lips to tilt upwards? By the time I make up my mind the picture is taken and my bizzare expression is captured for posterity.Falakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08321524864693512771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-78531820920430625432010-03-11T21:24:35.842+00:002010-03-11T21:24:35.842+00:00Right on the mark Kim! I like to take pictures, e...Right on the mark Kim! I like to take pictures, especially of people's faces. But I almost always get "Oh no! I don't take a good picture!" How boring. You are what you are. Why so many people are unhappy with the way they look is an answer that I don't have. Like you, I've never had a problem with the way I look. Perhaps other people don't like the way I look but I, myself, have never had that problem. In fact, I like the way I look as I'm sure you like the way you look. It could be a lot worse. I'm thankful it is not.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11161930319264523497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-83307297574263556972010-03-11T19:47:12.704+00:002010-03-11T19:47:12.704+00:00It's always been why you love me :)It's always been why you love me :)Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-71405628562984761972010-03-11T19:34:16.916+00:002010-03-11T19:34:16.916+00:00You are weird. Good weird, but weird none-the-les...You are weird. Good weird, but weird none-the-less.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03828426520214270655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-10500085692319045542010-03-11T17:50:27.392+00:002010-03-11T17:50:27.392+00:00Tiffin - and yet, if someone else tells you they a...Tiffin - and yet, if someone else tells you they are embarrassed by their own face, you can't imagine why - but this is how you seem to others<br /><br />RG - I bet there are some great faces to photograph in the bars and restaurants you work in<br /><br />Mimi & Tilly - get those dimples out into the open - post close up photos of them on your blog - face your fears. Portrait Therapy!<br /><br />Minortragedy - isn't it amazing how everyone thinks other faces are fine, it's just their own that's appalling<br /><br />JohnB - but if it was upside down AND back to front, then it would just be the same but rotated 180 degrees - and that would be really odd...<br /><br />Hope - I intend to be, but if not you can use your jar fund for something else, I'm sure :)<br /><br />Mapstew - great photos :)<br /><br />Litzi - I've heard the phrase before, but never really knew what it meant - thank you :)Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-71560331848564345662010-03-11T01:55:28.464+00:002010-03-11T01:55:28.464+00:00Through a Glass Darkly is an abbreviated form of a...<b><i>Through a Glass Darkly</i></b> is an abbreviated form of a much-quoted phrase from <i>1 Corinthians 13</i> in the Christian New Testament. It means clarity on a situation that is often obscured, like looking at something in a darkened mirror.<br /><br /><i>Now we see through a glass, darkly; then we shall see face to face.</i>litzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716809746521516595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-32377261734476554782010-03-11T01:30:04.156+00:002010-03-11T01:30:04.156+00:00Kim, I had to go searching through a lot of old ch...Kim, I had to go searching through a lot of old choccie boxes, but I found a very similar image of me from the 80's! Have a look over at my gaff when you get the chance! :¬)mapstewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07159592046833798019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-16067219832013003252010-03-10T23:33:22.623+00:002010-03-10T23:33:22.623+00:00I was going to try the Grant angle and see if I co...I was going to try the Grant angle and see if I could get your Scottish folks in on the Scottish History Festival in March.<br /><br />Damn economy...they canceled it!<br /><br />I'll put a jar up immediately and we'll start a fund. You should still be taking photos in 5 years,right? ;)hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-22397190622171789802010-03-10T21:59:12.515+00:002010-03-10T21:59:12.515+00:00For years I used to puzzle over why we saw ourselv...For years I used to puzzle over why we saw ourselves reversed left-to-right in a mirror but not upside-down too.<br /><br />In case you are wondering, I know the answer now (at least I think I do) - It's because our eyes are aligned horizontally. If they were aligned one above each other we would see things upside-down in the mirror, or would we?<br /><br />But doesn't our brain automatically invert the image it sees on the back of our eyes anyway? So in that case, wouldn't that be a much better arrangement? ...<br /><br />Ahhh - Wishing I'd never started this comment. ;-)Vextasyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16643234781659037082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-8673577299809445962010-03-10T18:40:27.326+00:002010-03-10T18:40:27.326+00:00i love love LOVE this! yes it's true... i fou...i love love LOVE this! yes it's true... i found myself nodding along with this entry, having recognized these elements of fear as my very own... thank you for serving such a positive mission! :) what a wonderful thing you are doing!minortragedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07737477946933942961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-26148718783604910982010-03-10T14:12:58.991+00:002010-03-10T14:12:58.991+00:00You've opened up a whole can of worms for me w...You've opened up a whole can of worms for me with this post! I have the world's biggest dimples (officially... they've been measured), and when I smile my face disappears and cheeks appear with dimples lodged in the middle. When I was about 5 it was cute as anything but as I'm now 41, it pains me that I look as if I should be wearing plaits and ribbons...Mimi and Tillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538674717041795218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-81197482979836027282010-03-10T12:33:02.162+00:002010-03-10T12:33:02.162+00:00Some days the photos make me look younger; other d...Some days the photos make me look younger; other days I cringe at how "old" I look in another photo. Then there's the looking-in-the-mirror-while-driving test to see how many new lines appear in natural daylight! Isn't it ridiculous how we sometimes think? Good post.Restaurant Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05145289619126354138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-21839834675344053342010-03-10T02:48:26.123+00:002010-03-10T02:48:26.123+00:00I am one of those who hates having my picture take...I am one of those who hates having my picture taken. Yep, I freeze or get all unnatural. So I'm always the one holding the camera.Tiffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13778085151055551720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-24382295137155517722010-03-10T01:17:42.029+00:002010-03-10T01:17:42.029+00:00FLG - when I'd lost most of the weight, I foun...FLG - when I'd lost most of the weight, I found it quite fascinating looking at this thinner, different face to the one I'd known for so many years. How has that affected you with such a dramatic change?<br /><br />Good Moroccan - mine or yours?<br /><br />Stacia - well I can't comment on the Susan Sarandon thing, as on your blog you've carefully ensured your camera is obscuring most of your face. But the little that is revealed looks good :)<br /><br />Claire - you can sometimes be lucky and capture an "unguarded" moment, but to consistently take good portrait photographs, you need to build a relationship with the person so they being to relax and trust you. Then they have less reason to feel guarded and the results are much better :)<br /><br />C in DC - but you're looking at your body in the wrong way. If I remember rightly you became a mother a year or 2 ago - so now you have a body that was capable of growing life itself - that body of yours is miraculous and amazing - far greater and more powerful than some untested 20 something<br /><br />Katie - :)<br /><br />Eryl - I'm glad you got over it enough to become one of my favourite models :) In fact I'll be needing to call on that wonderful face of yours for a pic for my exhibtion, so expect a phone call soon :)<br /><br />Charlie - eyes are the most expressive part of the face, for sure, but it's also great to see them in combination with the lines, shadows and textures of the rest of the face :)<br /><br />56 - I took a look at that article and what I got out of it was quite the opposite - that we can manipulate our image for the photos, and other people will think they see the real us<br /><br />Hindsfeet - the fae of a 38 year old is so much more interesting than the face of an 18 year old :)<br /><br />Midnitefyrfly - you're right - until we are content with ourselves on the inside, we will never be content with ourselves on the outside :)<br /><br />Hope - have you started clubbing together with your neighbours yet to fly me out for photo sessions?<br /><br />Scotsman - you need to come round to the other side of the camera -it's therapy, eventually :)<br /><br />Suz - no problem there then :)<br /><br />Asmita - thank you :)<br /><br />Mary - We'll sort out more shots of you when you get back to Scotland :)Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-67316255064671900342010-03-10T01:17:27.306+00:002010-03-10T01:17:27.306+00:00Mapstew - as you can see - that pic of me was on a...Mapstew - as you can see - that pic of me was on a good day...<br /><br />Whitney Lee - without acceptence of who we are, contentment will always be out of our grasp<br /><br />Anna - our voices always sound very different when we hear them back, because when we talk, the sound resonates in our skull, so we hear it differently. Recordings always sound falt, tinny and 2 dimensional<br /><br />Helen - I'm constantly trying to convince my wife I find her beautiful - I light up every time I look at her. She, however, refuses to believe it. Or if she accepts that I believe what I'm saying, then it must be because I'm insane, and so she can legitimately ignore me<br /><br />Pollinatrix - you're welcome :)<br /><br />Starrlife - my voice sounds flat and 2 dimensional to me, which makes it even more surprising when each time I do an audio blog, people rave about my voice. The soul thievery thing is something I might write a blog post about, as it's been on my mind a lot lately with the way people react when I ask to take their photo<br /><br />Savannah - I would love to photograph your face and see all the subtleties and nuances in the life lived through it :)<br /><br />Gillian - it helps if you like people :)<br /><br />Legalmist - so when do we get to see a photo of you then?<br /><br />Star Child - I do more dental work in terms of digital cosmetic tweeks than any other kind<br /><br />Long Dark Hair - Take the time to explore it; take loads of photos of it; pull lots of faces. Sooner or later you begin to become familiar and comfortable with your own face - it's a liberation, try it :)<br /><br />V - according to your profile, you're in the UK, so at some point we'll have to arrange to get that photo of you :)<br /><br />Pat - but you are still extraordinarily beautiful. I love the photos of us when we met last year, but I'd really love to take some photos of you now - especially with all your modelling experience :)Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-66032039980380956632010-03-09T18:09:29.537+00:002010-03-09T18:09:29.537+00:00Hahaha! I didn't use to be afraid of my face,...Hahaha! I didn't use to be afraid of my face, but I've been getting a little scared of it lately; it doesn't look right in the morning. But you know how vain I am after all those shots.<br /><br />I still like my alien shot, though. That one is ME.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-82352791918722445282010-03-09T04:36:15.940+00:002010-03-09T04:36:15.940+00:00I agree with your observation that we are so used ...I agree with your observation that we are so used to seeing ourselves in the mirror that when we see the exact reflection we are never happy.<br />Btw, have nominated you for an award. Please check my blog. Congratulations! :)asmitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16059031837537150920noreply@blogger.com