the tall perspective
Most of the time, I really loose track of the fact that I’m “tall.” Well, that is until I try on clothes at a store or get asked by someone to help them get something off the shelf at a store. But I realized this weekend that I rarely see myself as tall in pictures either… and I think it’s because I subconsciously choose not to look at those ones or that perhaps I just delete them. I guess my brain hasn’t figured out how to photoshop height yet.
When I was going through photos from this weekend, I kept these two… and it took all of my will not to erase them from all forms of memory. And why? Just a form of self-consciousness that I impose upon myself…
In retrospect, it’s just me. In a photo. And it doesn’t look bad. But it’s hard to admit that my brain has to be censored into thinking that they are fine and ok to keep. I mean, I’m just tall. :) That’s it.
Do you have an evil photo editing demon in your closet? What do you try to edit out of your photos by omission?
17 Comments
Maya
You look so great in these photos — in that first photo, especially, your legs seem to go on forever! As a shorty, I’m self-conscious about looking stumpy in photos and I’m also shy about photos that emphasize how round my cheeks are.
Laura
What is wrong with these photos? They are adorable! I especially love the 2nd, so cute!
Buccinator
My fiance loves to take pictures, yet when I insist he only take the picture if I don’t look fat he rolls his eyes. Aren’t good photographers supposed to be magic like that?
I do feel bad for deleting or refusing to pose for pictures though. I always think “When I look back I’ll be upset that I didn’t get a picture doing this or with that person.”
HamiHarri
I think they are great photos…well, the first one is sorta funny, but I think it’s more to do with the perspective. An adult on a child’s slide :) Your legs do look gorgeous and long though :) From where I sit, there isn’t anything to be self conscious about there :)
I suffer from winky eye…you know when one eye looks smaller/squinty-er in photos than the other? Hubby teases me about it sometimes too – lol – but I know it comes from a loving place if that makes any sense.
I remember trying to keep both of my eyes wide open in photos…lol…but that only made for bug-eyed photos :p I’m trying just to live with my winky-eyed-ness ;)
serena
Like HamiHarri, I suffer from winky-eye syndrome as well! I would LOVE to have your long legs – we’re our own worst critics, right? :)
Megan
I too sometimes wince at photos where I’m clearly a head taller than everyone else (I recently attended a party where all the other women were 5’5″ or shorter – I look ridiculous in the photos) but the only photos I actively try to delete/avoid are the winky-eye photos like HamiHarri and Serena! I’m glad you kept those two photos though, because I think they’re both adorable.
girlLawyer
I am terribly unphotogenic and about 15 pounds heavier than I’d like to be so I automatically delete photos in which I look fat or just don’t look good in my opinion (I’m terribly vain, I know). Even more horrifying is when a friend posts up an unattractive picture of me and TAGS ME IN IT on Facebook. I will IMMEDIATELY untag it and once (since it was a picture of JUST me) even went so far as to ask the friend to take down that photo of me. *sigh* I hate being so unphotogenic. I really do.
Mrs H
omg look at you and those gorgeous long legs! i’m jealous! i must admit, i do the same thing with every picture that makes me look fat. they are immediately deleted before even uploading to the computer!
kelsey
Do you know how often I wish I was taller than I am?? Instead I’m 5’4″ so I usually wear heels.
AmyC83
Tall like a model!!
I have an issue with my arms. I usually pose with my hands on my hips in pictures because I hate the flabby arm look when they’re right by my side.
Karen @sugarspicelivin
Ummmm. I have no sympathy for you- your long legs are gorgeous and Little L is so freakin cute!!! Those photos are total keepers.
-says the little girl who was always the shortest in her class
Amanda
I’m totally jealous of those long legs! I’m super short and I hate how stumpy my legs can look. I love those photos!
Julie
I LOVE these photos! My legs look really stumpy in photos, and I always feel like I am out of proportion. I don’t see that in these photos at all! :)
Lucy
Hi Kim! Thanks soooo much for being honest about a subject like this. We all have our little things, don’t we! For me it would be a little pooch in the tummy as well as round cheeks… If I look too plump I either crop above the navel or just … forget … the picture exists! So I feel ya. Props for putting your own demons out there :) xoxo
tracey
Add to me to the ‘i completely forget that i’m tall until i see myself in pictures’ club … pictures of Rosie and I put it all into perspective .. just remember TALL GIRLS ROCK !!
Cathleya
Those gams. To die for. I never actually knew you tried to make yourself look shorter! I always cut my butt out of pictures. Haha. :) But I know it must be obnoxious for you to have to scrunch down and get on everyone else’ level for pictures, when the most flattering positions are to stand up tall! I totally understand where you’re coming from!
Tamara
I try to pretend the right side of my face doesn’t exist in pictures–my face is seriously asymmetrical and my jaw is kind of distorted, and I just hate my right side–almost all of my pictures feature my left side which is kind of silly.
But your height is gorgeous!! I’m tall-ish but jealous, i want to be taller!!