I suppose it is possible that a photograph taken by a top-flight professional can make you look stunningly gorgeous when you are not, but if so he’ll probably need plenty of time and the help of a good makeup artist. Kyle Cassidy’s fan photo shoot at Worldcon had neither. Kyle was getting through people very quickly because he had a lot of customers. So the end result is that I still look fat and craggy, because I am overweight and old. But at least I was wearing my speccy Camden market dress, which hopefully helps a bit.
Photo under the fold, and the full set (including some much more attractive people) on Flickr.
Stop that! You are not fat and craggy. Btw, there are a few very nice (at least I think they are) photos of you from the “Private Passions of Neil Gaiman” panel in my Worldcon pix on Flickr photostream.
You look very nice in that dress, Cheryl.
I just wish I’d remembered about the photo shoot, because that afternoon I was in my WSFS uniform.
g33kboi:
Thank you! Nice picture of the squid too. Though I must admit that my favorite is the bottle of Balvenie Doublewood. It looks positively delicious.
I like the photos from the panel better because you don’t look stiff or nervous . . . you are smiling and enjoying yourself.
That said, I remember admiring your choice of that dress and your accessorizing of it on the day.
*win*
I think you look great in that photo. The dress is nice, too.
And trust me, you are neither fat nor craggy, but I left that out of my original comment because I knew you wouldn’t listen to me, just as I don’t listen to people who tell me I’m not a pizzaface when I have a teenage-face-on-a-nonteenager-week (like a bad hair day, but longer).
Cheryl:
The Doublewood is devine! I highly recommend it. Btw, does the squid have a name?
devine ≠divine. Doh! I can too spell. ::embarrassed::
The squid’s name is Aloysius.
You look fantastic, so there!
I have been following Kyle’s work for many years- he has “it”, whatever it is.
I think you look lovely!
I didn’t get my picture taken by Kyle (except in the bathroom with Neil and I still have no copy of that)…
But what I wanted to say was you certainly weigh less than I do and I think that I look good in pictures, so there’s no need to beat up on yourself like that! =)
When I went over there, he took about 2 seconds to pick an angle and snap the best photo of me that had been taken in at least a decade. (He took a second one, which is the one that’s actually on Flickr.)
I feel much the same about my photo as you do about yours– but I think your photo is lovely.
It’s a real bear getting a subject to relax and feel confident before a strange photographer in just a few seconds. Kyle is way better than average at achieving that and producing a good picture.
As it is, your picture is representative (which is good, and something I strive for in my own photos) and attractive (which is also good, and something I strive for in my own photos).
It’s a beautiful picture. I’ve been wandering through that set and they’re all amazing pictures, but I really like this one of you. It’s a gorgeous dress and you look really happy.
-kat
Cheryl, every time I see a woman say something like this, it drives me mad that I don’t remember to say more often what so frequently comes to mind when meeting women I know from online; “You look great!”
You looked fabulous in that dress.