That's me.

Hey you.

Like I wrote last time, I've had a remarkable about-face from when I was in 5th grade and burrowed into my hands instead of smiling for the camera. Today, I present a few more examples from my debut as a "model" -- I was teaching camera skills to Maddie and Joanna while letting them shoot at me...

After we took pictures of me and my camera, it was time to explore the ghetto.

You try posing in the ghetto on a 35 degree day in a summertime dress. It ain't easy. Lemme tell you. Brrrr.

And my stylist only let me wear my coat for a few minutes in between shoots. (But I tried to grab it every time a car went by. Just saying. Too much attention is a bad thing. You catch my drift, no?)

Spotlight on the shoes. THE shoes. =) I've owned them for about 8 months now, but was saving them for a special occasion before letting them make their debut. Well, here they are. First time out of the house. And, by the way, these are Naughty Monkeys - the same style (different color) as Sarah Palin wore when she was announced as the vice presidential candidate.

So grateful for that coat. So so so glad for warmth.

AND my photographers made me stand in the snow ... in a sleeveless dress....and heels...and open-toed heels, at that. Ah, the price of beauty.

(By the way. I sometimes ask my subjects to do random, crazy, ridiculous things. But this picture is proof that I, too, will experience discomfort for the sake of a picture.)

And, by the way, have I mentioned that it was cooold? I think this is my death glare toward my photographers; a little bit of a smirk, a little bit of a smile, a little bit of a glare.

And, to close this massively long (and ridiculously self-centered) post: a story.

On Sunday, I went to a meeting of the North Carolina Photography Group - it was my first one, and it was amazing. I walked up to Chris, the organizer of the event, to tell him how pleased I was with the meeting experience and caliber of the photographers and models, I started into my rave review and he stopped me.

"So are you a model or a photographer?"

I laughed, clarified my photographer point of view, and continued with my exuberant evaluation.

But, hey, definitely an improvement from the hand-in-front-of-the-face Jennifer. Just sayin'.