Glamour Shots
January 23, 2009This past week we had new family pictures taken to welcome our newest son to the family (that makes three). We did some “baby” shots, some “mom and baby” shots, some “older brothers welcome the baby” shots, and some “mom, dad and baby” shots. Per my normal routine, I won’t post family names or family pics on my blog; but if you’re my wife’s friend you can see them on her Facebook page.
Anyway, we did some shots of me ala 1990s glamour shots (see new blog photo above). And just to preempt all the e-mail sarcasm I’m surely facing, I thought I’d just lay it out there now. Go ahead, make fun, laugh it up—but you’ve got to admit it’s a pretty good picture. My favorite photographer probably touched it up to remove all the wrinkles, blemishes, and imperfections. Despite the touch-ups it’s not going to be in GQ anytime soon; but we actually needed to take them for the North American Christian Convention next Summer. I’m leading a workshop there and they want a photo for their publications. However, I’m pretty sure the pic isn’t going to help attendance any at my workshop.
Well, enough with this narcissistic, hubristic, vainity-ridden blog post about my glamour shot—let the sneering begin!
It would be even funnier if you could say you actually went to “Glamour Shots” to get the pictures taken. Is that place still around?