a picture’s worth a thousand words.

December 26th, 2009 at 7:33 pm. Posted in Crazy Love Life, Just Rachel.

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As a girl that wants nothing more than to become someone who takes pictures as a living, it comes as no surprise that I am so much more comfortable BEHIND the camera lens.  In front of the camera, i’m awkward.  I don’t know how to pose, i’m not a natural when it comes to looking “natural”.  I snapped this picture this morning just being goofy and then I really looked at it.  Sure, it doesn’t show my face, but does it have to?

You can see my hair, so carefully parted on the right (seriously, the side part was a REVELATION in my late teens).  This (after I googled it) means that i’m “smart & together.  When things aren’t fair, I just work harder”.  Hm.  Not quite accurate, but i’ll take it.

You can see that the walls are blue.  This (to me at least) screams calm.  It is, in fact, my bedroom.  This place is my sanctuary.  It’s my escape.  It’s where I go to feel energized and centered.

You can see the insane amount of light pouring in behind me.  I love bright spaces.  This seven foot high window is what drew me to our little house.  I love it.  All I saw when I first stepped foot in this room was the crazy amount of natural light for taking pictures.  Eeeeek.  Love.

You can see that I have a DSLR camera.  You can also see that it’s a Canon.  Having a DSLR just screams “budding photog” (at least to me) and having a Canon?  Well, that just screams “budding photog that’s got a brain”.

You can see that I have a ring on.  Which means i’m taken.  TAKEN.  Ah, happy.   You can see that there is no wedding band… which means I haven’t had a wedding yet (I HAVEN’T!  Real wedding?  October.  Jamaica.  Be there.) and that i’m probably in the throes of planning.

You can see my lovely chipped manicure.  This, I think, says I care about my appearence… obviously.  I mean, I made the effort to go and actually GET a manicure.  The up keep, however…  Well, let’s just say they aren’t thinking of all the women that have men currently deployed to Iraq when they think of the staying power of this polish.  I picked it all off yesterday morning while waiting for a phone call from my love that never came.  I haven’t gotten around to taking the rest of it off just yet.

Find a picture of you and post it!  Tell me what it says about YOU! :)

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There are 19 comments to this post.
Doniree said... Dec 26, 2009 @ 7:36 pm

I LOVE THIS! And my first instinct is one of the “naked face” photos. But we’ll see… :)

Therapeutic Ramblings said... Dec 26, 2009 @ 7:55 pm

Go shoot some photography! I haven’t shot in months, but I can at least appreciate other people getting out.

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Jessica said... Dec 26, 2009 @ 7:55 pm

Love this! :)

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ashley said... Dec 26, 2009 @ 8:32 pm

LOVE this!!! We’ll see what I come up with :)

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cassie said... Dec 26, 2009 @ 8:33 pm

That’s great! It’s true that it says alot about you!

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kali said... Dec 26, 2009 @ 9:45 pm

love it!!! such a cute idea!

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erin - heart in ireland said... Dec 27, 2009 @ 9:08 am

love it!

i’ll have to find a good photo to use!

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Lisa said... Dec 27, 2009 @ 11:14 am

Thank you, I learned a lot. :)

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Karen said... Dec 27, 2009 @ 12:19 pm

Hey now, as a Nikon lover I resent that! Can’t we all just get along? :P

Lovin’ the pic, I have about a few bazillion of these.

ReinventingAmy said... Dec 27, 2009 @ 12:22 pm

hey now…. I have a Nikon DSLR and it’s pretty awesome. :)

Love the post :)

mandy said... Dec 27, 2009 @ 4:49 pm

Love this idea!!

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nicoleantoinette said... Dec 28, 2009 @ 12:44 am

I don’t have any pictures. Because I never take pictures. Because you clearly need to take pictures *of* me one of these days. Except ew, I hate having my picture taken. Maybe I’ll get drunk first. We’ll see.

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admin said... Dec 28, 2009 @ 6:59 am

when you come to jersey (or jamaica) i’ll take pictures of you. good ones. yes. and obviously we’ll get drunk first.

Lauryn said... Dec 28, 2009 @ 9:08 am

Great photo! It really does say a lot. That’s why I love photography :)

Amy said... Dec 29, 2009 @ 9:55 am

I LOVE this post! What a great idea, maybe I’ll get around to doing one myself! :)

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Sebastian said... Dec 29, 2009 @ 7:49 pm

Good choice of camera.

We Canon users ought to stick together.

If I find some secret way to make a living as a photographer, I’ll let you know.

Admittedly, as I’ve decided to go the fine-art route, rather than commercial/wedding stuff, it might take a while :P

Suburban Sweetheart said... Dec 31, 2009 @ 1:09 pm

Love this. Wonder if I’ve got one of these somewhere…

I really want to start taking pictures but haven’t been able to save for a good camera… because I suck at saving… thanks for a little inspiration. ;)

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