Warning: I am a dork.

Why yes, yes I am. I have been on a rampage lately about my inability to have a good picture taken of myself. (You can see previous posts on this topic here and here) I must say that I was thrilled when Laurence Samuels aka Dave London emailed me this evening providing me with three fabulous photos of myself. Laurence and I both attended LUMU which I blogged about here and here a couple of weeks ago.

First up is this FABULOUS photo of me taken when all my photographer friends turned on me. I was sitting on a picnic table taking a break when all of the sudden, one photographer showed up with his flash and started taking pictures. I started teasing him about how the model was "over there". Before I knew it, I was surrounded by photographers! I've never felt so strange in my life esp. considering how "comfortable" I feel in front of the camera. ha ha. Here is a picture Laurence took of me while sitting on the picnic table. Isn't he awesome??



Now these next two photos come wit a very serious warning label: I, Melissa Powell, am a BIG dork! I have this thing that I do sometimes when I'm just being me and having fun. I like to make funny faces. I can't tell you how many photos I have of me sticking my tongue out or intentionally crossing my eyes. I like to make people laugh, and normally my weird facial expressions do the trick. Its hard to be serious around someone like me that is so fun loving (and well, like I said, a DORK) ha ha.

Laurence was playing with a 10.5 fisheye lens and needed a subject, and I was close by. I gave him my best silly face with his lens about one inch away from my nose. Good times.





Wow. That's all I can say is WOW. Laurence in a fabulous photographer and is such a joy. I had a great time hanging out with him and all the other photogs as well out at LUMU. Definitely check out Laurence's work on his online gallery at www.pbase.com/yesmate. His work is amazing! I love how the colors really grab your attention!