One-eyed selfie. Image: Su Leslie, 2014
Like many people, I don’t enjoy having my photo taken. Somehow, however much others may say they like this or that image, I seldom do. The woman I see may be wearing my clothes, jewellery and hairstyle, but that’s where the resemblance ends. She doesn’t match the mind’s-eye portrait of myself that I carry around.
Selfies are a way of partially managing this discontinuity between pixels and neurons; of controlling the flow of data from physical to electronic world.
Even then, it took about 80 shots to find one I was happy with.
As chance would have it, there is some overlap in the themes for both the Daily Post Photo Challenge (Eye Spy) and Ailsa’s Travel Theme at Where’s my Backpack (Self), and this image I think works quite well for both.
Zimmerbitch 
Lovely selfie! I too hate being photographed, and suffer through the procedure in silence.
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Thank you. I think that the “suffering in silence” bit probably shows in any photos of me.
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🙂
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I know just what you mean, great interpretation and lovely self-portrait too.
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Thank you. 🙂
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Lovely captured, you could do it more often without worries… 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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Still nice picture, Sue.
Leslie
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I would say you made an excellent choice. The photo is lovely!! …. ummm, and of course so are you 🙂
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Thank you Joanne. It’s weird that I go through like feeling pretty good about myself and photographs are the one thing that can often upset that feeling.
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I know the feeling.
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Nice one, Su….
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I like it, Su. I cringe every time I accidentally turn my camera around and see myself. Doesn’t at all match what I see in the mirror or in my mind. 🙂
janet
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The mirror one is interesting. I always do a double-take when I see someone else in the mirror because, I guess, we’re not totally symmetrical and a mirror-image just isn’t quite right.
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Great image Su! You should do more!
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Strange you should say that. I’ve had a portraiture project in mind for a while and I’ll probably start with myself.
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Understood…but you did get a striking image.
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Thanks Sally.
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kewl OnE! 😎 . happy holidaZe! 🙂
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Thanks. Happy hols to you too 🙂
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Your selfie looks really nice Su, I don’t know what you are worrying about! But I do know what you mean, I really dislike photos of myself!!
You will be very glad to know however, you don’t look remotely close in age to that ‘biggish’ number, I would have guessed that you were easily ten years younger!
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Thank you Andy! I think the thing with photographs is how they expose a reality so different from our internal one (in which I am permanently about 23). All compliments gratefully received of course, so thanks again. Cheers, Su.
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I know exactly what you mean Su, I still feel like I’m in my twenties, and I think I’m of a similar age to you 🙂
But that’s a good thing we’ve got going for us, it’s far better to be young at heart, rather than old before your time (as some people seem to be).
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Lovely inside and out!
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Thank you Lesley 🙂
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Wow, I think it’s a fantastic photo and you look great!
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Thanks Amanda 🙂
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But yeah, I sure do know what you mean about the image in the mirror never coming near to how I feel inside. 🙂
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You are really unpredictable,dear Su!What a wonderful one-eyed selfie and so handsomely explaining your viewpoints.Great your response to the challenge.Nice to see you my friend!Best wishes 🙂 xxx
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All my best to you too my friend. xx
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🙂 ❤
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