When I was learning how to use my first digital SLR camera, I remember reading somewhere that children and old people make the best natural subjects for photography. It’s true. We all start out being more or less photogenic.
And then somewhere along the line, a transformation occurs and this happens:
From there we live through decades in which our photos are pretty much touch and go, unless we are naturally beautiful or handsome models, and even those people probably have their bad days, right?
I got a new iPhone recently and was trying out the portrait mode, which I haven’t had before.
The results proved to me that I am entering into the second magical photogenic phase of life. There’s something interesting about wrinkles and age spots and gray hair and the gaze of someone who’s lived through many years.
Bring it on.
This post will probably be too photogenic to delete in the morning.
Lynniebeemuseoday 
If I may caption the bottom picture: .”Who do you think your foolin’? i wasn’t born yesterday!” Or here is another one: “You may want to rethink what you just said.”
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Ha ha! If there’s a caption contest, those would be winners!
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HAHAHAHA!
Very clever pictures!
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I knew you’d get a good chuckle out of that. 😂
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The lighting, color (black and white or whatever tint the camera gave you) and your
expression makes for a very interesting photo. It would have surely been highlighted in one of my
father’s photography magazines back in the day. Having seen you recently, I do want to add that
your hair style was beautiful (as it is in this photo- same style I think) and you seemed as young as ever.
To me this says there is art in photography (I loved what your mom or dad did in composing the photo
of you as a child in the mirror), and as you indicated, life stories, real people behind the wrinkles and photos!
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I love everything about this comment and your observations. Thank you, Julie! ❤️
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