For those of you that would like to see the face behind Robyn Geering Photography, well this is lil old me.  This image is not taken by me, it was taken by the lovely Liana Hall nee Lehman last Tuesday.   I have been thinking it was about time I updated my profile image on my website, and Liana was kind enough to snap a few shots of me and send me her unprocessed digital files for me to do my thing.  Mind you, Liana doesn’t just snap shots.

So as I sat here this morning, I thought what can I do to this image - I want to smooth out my skin, and oh those wrinkles around my eye, curse the Australian sun on my fair skin - years of sun damage can be removed with some very handy photoshop tools.  Not to mention the grey hair making a huge appearance - damn, I thought you couldn’t notice.

It’s strange for me to say these things out aloud, and I am questioning myself as to why on earth I would.  It’s sooooo tempting for me to just make myself look 10 years younger in this image, and you as the viewer would be none the wiser, but why would I do that.  This image was taken on my 43rd birthday.  This is me, and this is who I am (with a bit of lipstick thrown on at the last minute).  This is how my friends and family see me, this is how I walk down the street - why do I want to change who I am in an image?

Hehehe, I have always said to myself I want to grow old gracefully - in saying that, the grey hair is now gone (thanks to my sensational hair dresser).  Everything else can stay, just not the grey hair - it’s baby steps.

have a lovely Monday