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The author photo
Author: Bev Vincent
Come back tomorrow -- maybe it'll be a little bigger...
Author: Rache4173
LMAO!! Bev... I know I've said this before, but... you're a tease!
Author: Ratty
ok ok ok i promise i wont touch this one
Author: eta6
Hey, looks good.
lolAuthor: Ratty
ohhhh its got the Val Doonigan look...
Author: Bev Vincent
I dunno who that is...
Author: Bev Vincent
I ended up with 23 proofs from the shoot and at least half of them were candidates. My wife and I whittled it down to a handful. I had one that I really liked more than the others, but it was a little aloof in posture and I wasn't making eye contact with the camera. Still, it most closely matched what I had imagined my author photo might look like.
Some of the ones my wife liked, I did as well. A couple of them I didn't care for because of some detail -- mostly the way my hands or arms were positioned.
I enlisted the input of my agent and my editor. They both picked the same picture, which was one of the ones my wife liked, too. The one I liked ranked near the bottom of their list.
So, the teeny picture you see above, which will magically grow a little bit bigger tomorrow, is the one that my agent, editor and wife preferred and is the one that will be used by my publisher.
The photographer, by the way, a guy named Tom Richardson who operates Southern Exposure used to take photos for military intelligence. That made the shoot a little strange, since he insisted on hiding in the bushes and shooting with a telephoto lens... ~0
Author: Ratty
Val is an old TV celeb. who use to dominate the TV on a sunday night in his rocking chair wearing cardigans and had a guitar in his hands. He played to the masses (and old folks LOVED him) who use to sit around his chair.
Author: DTUK
Where these covert pictures taken, Bev?, or did Tom let you know before hand he would be hiding in the bushes ~0 Makes you wonder if there is a photo album somewhere with “covert” pics in it so they can blackmail you with later on down the line
lolLike paparrazzi pics...lol
Author: Bev Vincent
Today, the picture is slightly bigger. Come back on Monday and it might be large enough to compare me to Val Doonigan.
The covert photos were taken while I strolled casually around a park near a lake and adopted uncomfortable, strained poses that are supposedly photogenic.
Author: eta6
That photo looks to be shaping up nicely.
And I hate adopted uncomfortable, strained poses too. Blah.
Author: DTUK
From what i can see it looks like a nice casual photo...so many are put up “atmospheric” pics that they detract from normality because of their desire to be something.
Author: Bev Vincent
It's creeping up on you...
Author: Bev Vincent
Objects in the mirror may be closer than they seem...
Author: DTUK
Isn't that the title of a Meatloaf track?
Cool pic btw
Author: Bev Vincent
Bigger still...
Author: Rache4173
That's a nice photo of you Bev... very author-ish.
Author: DTUK
Agrees
Author: durdy
Now I don't know if it is the dark shirt or just the collar that makes you look like a catholic priest , but it is a nice pic still the same .
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Author: Bev Vincent
Well, I did play a catholic priest in a play in high school but that's about the closest thing that connects me to that profession by any stretch of the imagination!