Cassie, Musings of a Cheshire Tart

I am camera shy, very, very camera shy.
It’s not that I’ve fallen out of the ugly tree, but I don’t think I am photogenic and think I am so much more attractive in the flesh. So whenever a camera used to make an appearance I’d either hide in the crowd or be the one behind it taking the pictures. As I have got older I have lost a bit of that shyness when it comes to group shots with my crazy friends and we all look daft anyway and I am not the centre of attention.

The thought of a photo shoot where I am the feature was and is terrifying, but what would my site be like without pictures and what about those guys who just like to look whilst playing with themselves (yes you naughty boys, you know who you are, lol).

When it all goes wrong!

My photos on the first site were taken by myself with a camera stuck with a huge blob of blue-tack to a stack of books on my ironing board and using the 1 minute delay timer. This was fun, but also exhausting as it took a number of goes to perfect the height of the camera, position of background, props, lighting, myself and my attire for just one shot. The lighting was sunlight through my window, a desk lamp and a bedside lamp on its side on the floor.

That's more like it!

There was nothing sexy or sultry about the whole palaver, hehehe. I’d set off the timer on the camera, race over to my position, slip-sliding over books and discarded lingerie, burning my toes on hot lamps and getting my knickers caught on the door handle whilst trying to get into a sexy pose within the one minute.
Funny how fast that minute could speed by and take forever on other occasions, for instance when the camera positioning and my sexy pose was perfect and I had to helplessly watch the camera tip backwards in slow motion, only to be pointing at the ceiling by the time the shutter was activated.

The results from that afternoons frolics ranged mostly from the tragic to hilarious and kept me amused for hours, but there were a few useable pictures amongst them.

Before you ask – all comic photos have been deleted, I love digital!

Once I decide to have a new website, I realised that I needed new and better pictures, so gathered all the guts I have and decided to give the photographer I fancied using and had send a query to over 6 months ago a shout. To my discomfort he replied the same day (like a good businessman should)forcing me to make a final decision. So we agreed on the date …
Thats enough for now and I’ll tell all about it in my next post.