This is why Tyra would kick me off America’s Next Top Model:
(Though I might penalize the photographer for shooting from an angle that make my hips look HUGE and make me look like a giant.)
I have one look.
And I don’t do it particularly well. Just what is in the upper corners of an elevator?
Though let’s not pretend that the retouching and skin-lightening does anything for my lack of facial expression variation.
I fare a little better with candids. (And yes, the photographer told me I could keep my camera on my shoulder.) (And no I’m not motioning to Brandon for a hug.)
But I don’t fare much better. And yes, I am a giant.
I’ll be known throughout the land as “That giant elevator laowai.”
I feel like this could be like a New Yorker cartoon captioning contest.
You just need a picture of me in the elevator for perspective. Then you’d be “the average laowai looking up in the elevator”.
I’m chuckling, my daughter as a model, doing the far away model stare. I love the photoshop effects, makes the elevator look downright inviting. Hey, let’s spend the day, just riding the elevator. Welcome you to my vertical taxi.
wow…very pretty.i like these pics.
Haha, thanks. And now that TJ got this gig, you are dating a model. I’ll bet he worked the fierce better than I did.
Wow, you look fabulous, Ellis! I think you worked the fierce fantastically, and, as Nigel would say, “the camera loves you.”
Hi Ellis,
Yep, Fierce, the photographer did get a angle making you stand out a mile. ^_^
BTW,I love your perspicacious articles , particularly The Chopstick Manifesto.
You may have a wonder who I am. You could inquire Jocelyn Eikenburg.
Best,
Chique
@Chique, Thank you! I visited your website and you’ve got some gorgeous photos (and models! Much more professional than I).
@Jocelyn, Thank you as well! And I think the shoot would have been quite exciting had Nigel been the photographer…yum.