Last week, I searched for a studio in one of the malls near our place. I need IDs for my application for SSS pension and I haven’t had my ID taken since I left the bank sixteen years ago.
I don’t indulge in selfies like most people do specially on Facebook where photos are so filtered you would think they all have flawless faces. They don’t look real to me. (Such an exaggeration to look good…haha). With such apps clearly on hand even with poorly taken photos, I think creativity is lost. I hate facing the camera especially in a formal one like a photography studio. I always prefer holding the camera and practise on my shots. The picture actually turned out nice with a white background to my dark pink top. “A little to the right ma’am”, the photographer said. “Would you prefer to remove your eyeglasses?” “No”, I answered. Let it be said that this is how I look on my 60th year. Mom got a copy of one of my 2″ x 2″ pictures and said, “ang ganda“. Who would admire a photo with a subtle hint of lines on one’s face except your mom? Laughs…. Oh but I had my hair trimmed and blown dry before I had my picture taken, that’s the secret 🙂
Got a total now of 1,842 blog posts including this one. I have clearly forgotten some of what I wrote a few years ago. Maybe some of the subjects are quite redundant to write about. Maybe there is a need to change the writing style or change theme. I like the clear lines of Misty Look though, I’ve been using it since I started blogging seven years ago. The theme is easy to customize and navigate and I like that you can change the header photos at every post. I must admit I often forget to update my other blogs. I have five including this main site. It is hard to start all over again but it is one of the challenges of blogging, maintaining a site and thinking of some worth-reading content of course.
How’s your blogging journey?
Lovely post-I hate having my picture taken yet photo I.D. seems necessary for everything now…
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At least they have improved with the times Samantha unlike those days long ago when those photo booths produced ugly black and white photos that won’t do justice to how you look. It’s now digital, the studio gave me a CD copy so I could reproduce the photo if I like.
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Ha ha! Yes they made everyone look like a zombie or a criminal..
How nice of the studio 🙂
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Yes, the photographer was super nice. I may bring some of Nate’s photos there for enlargement/printing.
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That’s a good idea-sometimes you can get photos enlarged and put on canvases too 🙂
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My daughter is so creative, she has some photo books made for some of their yearly vacations. I actually took pictures of a personalized journal she gave me two weeks ago and blogged about it. I love to have one or two pictures of the grandson enlarged for framing.
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Yes I saw that post and thought it was a lovely idea 🙂 My son is keen on photography and has taken some beautiful ones of the cats which would enlarge nicely.
I meant to say as well, congratulations on your blogging career 🙂 x
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Blogging helped me to stay positive always. Isn’t it nice to meet friends here? Thank you for being one.
It always makes me happy when people read my earlier posts and draw inspiration from it, being a survivor and all. That makes blogging beautiful 🙂
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WP has been a really good experience for me as well, drawing positivity and friendship from it.
Thank you for being a friend too :)x
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It is so lovely meeting you here Samantha and thank you so much for always commenting.
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Like wise 🙂 x
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Your Misty Look theme reminds me of my first couple of years as a blogger, when I also used that theme. It is a good basic theme, and easy to alter, as you rightly say. I changed to Penscratch when I was getting a bit fed up with blogging, and needed something to restart my enthusiasm. Now I feel it suits the mood of my blog, even though I don’t change the header, or alter the presentation.
I have now posted 1,050 posts, so a lot less (800) than you. Even that number feels like a lot, and sometimes it seems as if the blog has become too big, so I know how you feel.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I remember the theme you had before that was why your site was quite familiar because of it. Considering I started blogging earlier here on WP than you did, those 1,050 posts are certainly a lot. I remember too that back in 2011 when I joined the Daily WordPress Challenge there were no features yet on “like”. Thanks Pete, gonna swing by your site later, I am not updated 🙂
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Congratulations! 1,842 posts!!!! That is amazing. And you are still fresh as can be!!!
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Thank you Anne. Sometimes I wonder too at that number of blog posts I’ve written, if you would add up the posts on my other blogs, it may reach more than 2K 🙂
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