and here's my ugly mug shot taken at the recher theater in towson during a heavy metal show in febuary only difference now is that my hair is longer, as i am trying to grow it for ozzfest.
For eight years the only picture I had of myself was my driver's license photo. I scanned it and sent it to women I met online that wanted to know what I looked like. Finally a woman I was seeing wanted a picture of me so she took some.
If I were to use a picture of myself for some place like match.com I would certainly use one of me hiking or biking or something similar, it's what I feel like I'm the most natural. I'm more fond of say "action photos" where it isn't all planed for and dressed up or touched up. I never liked "high school yearbook" photos and since I spend a lot of my free time in the outdoors, naturally, I would want to meet some lady with similar tastes...
I don't have many photos of myself, because I'm usually the one taking photos. We do have a joke in my family that every childhood photo of me looks like I'm posing for an advertisement. That's because I'm the 5th of 7 and my dad was a commercial artist. By the time the 5th rolls around, taking pictures loses it's appeal and the only time I had a camera on me was when I had to pose for an advertisement my dad was doing. I have dozens of photos of me from age 3 to 18 holding things, carrying things, tying my shoes, etc. About 10 different B&W Poloroid shots of each pose, too. My older brothers and sisters have Christmas photos, Easter photos, birthday photos, and all I have are pictures of the back of my head or my hands tying a pair of Nikes. :frowning:
Don't forget cheep beer. I was trying to get my beloved Schlitz beer can pyramid on the floor to show up in the picture, but me and my wife-sister couldn't figure out how to make the dang camera take a bigger picture.
I come from a family of 7 boys... so making faces in photographs is pretty much the norm. I don't think there's one family photo where someone isn't sticking a tounge out or staring bug-eyed with their mouth agape.
In fact... my parents have a bulletin board at their house that's been dubbed the "Kevin Bacon Memorial Retard Wall" and every silly, unflattering family member picture goes up there.