on exposaroonie challenge #1...

This is my first exposaroonie.com photo challenge entry! Hurrah for photo challenges! Hurrah, I say!

The theme is Self Portrait, which is something I honestly have entirely too many of and enjoy taking entirely too much. And it's not a matter of self obsession as much as a lack of willing participants to indulge in my photography obsession. Although, it certainly does feel good when I take a photo of myself where I look totally better than I do in real life. Kind of makes my day. Not sure if I've said it before, but if I want a good photo of myself, I'll probably just take it myself. For some reason I just like being able to sit there forever to make sure I get it just right, and also enjoy having the power to delete about 90% of the photos without hurting anyone's feelings.

I am seriously picky, by the way.

So, this morning I sat down for a while on the couch by our front window (hello, good lighting) and started snapping away. I took between 20 and 30 photos, and then sat down to begin cropping and editing and, oh yes, deleting. It came down to three photos, but I ultimately decided on this one just because I thought it was the best representation of me. (The other two runners-up are showcasing my hyperactive and dramatic sides. Enjoy.)

Oh, and all of you lovelies should head on over to exposaroonie and enter your self portrait! As they say: share the roonie! Booyah!

(Okay, so maybe I added the "booyah" on there, just for kicks. You know you liked it.)