How old is your profile photo?

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  1. michelepixels

    michelepixels A pun is not fully matured until it is full groan.

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    I was just checking my On This Day in my journal and found a screenshot of a post I made here at TLP on this very topic in 2021. Courtney @bestcee asked about the age of our profile pictures. I'm still using the same profile picture and now it's 6.5 years old. I tried to make a new one a couple of times in 2024, but didn't like anything as well as that one. Perhaps in part because back in 2017, when I made the picture that has been my profile image everywhere for the last 6.5 years, I was still actively shooting with my DSLR. With that thought in mind, I actually pulled the DSLR out of my desk drawer last summer, searched for the lens (my husband took it), and clumsily set up the old tripod. I had a very difficult time and the pictures were worse than what I got with my phone. :lol2 I decided I'm fine with the 2017 picture. It's still pretty accurate; I'm just more fully gray.

    For fun, here are the DSLR images I made last summer and decided not to use. You can see why I'm sticking to the 2017 image for now. I make selfies often though. Someday I'll probably change it.
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  2. IntenseMagic

    IntenseMagic Some grannies cuss a lot. I'm some grannies.

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    I try taking selfies every so often and never seem to get one I really like, so I can relate. I will usually keep a profile photo for years. The one I have now was taken on Christmas Day, so it's about as recent as it gets lol. The one before I'd had since the Halloween Bash in like 2022. I kind of liked the witchy filter look. No filters on the new one lol.
     
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  3. HavaDrPepper

    HavaDrPepper Space. The final frontier

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    Mine is from fall of 2014 when I went to a football game with my friend. My alma mater (Toledo Rockets) were playing her alma mater (Cincinnati Bearcats). Unfortunately, her team won. But we had a great time since the game was played in Paul Brown Stadium where the Cincinnati Bengals played (now known as Paycor Stadium).
     
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  4. michelepixels

    michelepixels A pun is not fully matured until it is full groan.

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    Still looking at my On This Day in my journal, I have come upon this photo from 2011, which includes the laptop and screen setup I used back then, with the Scrapgirls forum showing a post I made there, and you can see the profile image I was using at the time. I don't even remember it; I must have used it a very short time. But that's the shortest my hair ever was before I cut it super short in 2017. Before 2017, I used to cut it chin length like you see in this photo in late summer or early fall, and then let it grow all year so I could put it up in pony tails or buns by summer, and repeat. Just one haircut per year. Plus, look at that old fashioned reminder method I used to use, writing on paper. :lol2 It was a reminder to attend a chat.
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  5. littlekiwi

    littlekiwi I charge by the hour for anything before noon

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    Mine is from a high school ball (prom) back in 2005. I had used it on a layout & I think @MrsPeel may have suggested it at the time as my profile pic and the rest is history
     
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  6. KarenC

    KarenC Guest Designer

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    I just updated mine from one I had been using for maybe 9 years! I took a million selfies trying to get one that I could use. I think there is an art to getting a good selfie and I don't have that skill.:)
     
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  7. littlekiwi

    littlekiwi I charge by the hour for anything before noon

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    Agree 100%. Pretty sure that's why I have so few selfies
     
  8. SeattleSheri

    SeattleSheri Movers, cleaners, great hair. I'm a socialite!

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    Mine is about 5 years old. I'm due for a new one, but just haven't made it a priority :heartlub It's on my to-do list to get a new profile picture for work too.
     
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  9. Karen

    Karen Wiggle it, just a little bit!

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    Mine is SO old. I had to look it up. It's from 2010. My hair is curly now and I have glasses. Lol.
     
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  10. tiffany scraps

    tiffany scraps still plays outside

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    Mine is pretty old. I need a good lesson on how to take a selfie. I usually don't like the ones I take of myself LOL.
     
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  11. sthomas51004

    sthomas51004 Well-Known Member

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    Mine is from my cousins wedding in 2021. I recently got my hair cut and took a selfie that I do like. I might change this one but really this is one of my favorite pictures of myself. I hated having my picture taken and for that reason there are not many of me from years ago. Since 2020 I have taken more photos of myself. My sister, my Mom, and I will randomly send our group chat a selfie of whatever we are doing at that very moment. Then we reply with a selfie. It’s fun and has gotten us all taking more photos. Now I need to do a page about our “selfie chats” lol
     
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  12. Pachimac

    Pachimac Give me all the cliché Christmas movies

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    Mine is from about 3 weeks ago.
     
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  13. Pachimac

    Pachimac Give me all the cliché Christmas movies

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    I love a lot of those photos!! I think we are WAYYYY too critical and hard on ourselves.
     
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  14. A-M

    A-M Not a lot of hustle in my hustle anymore

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    The profile photo I am using at the moment was created on an online site back in 2019 ( according the file information on the image in my file).
     
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  15. LynnG

    LynnG Designer

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    I finally updated mine just a couple of weeks ago!
     
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  16. cfile

    cfile My bags are packed for Platform 9 3/4

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    Mine is old too.. when I was skinny and I like that one LOL
     
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  17. easyeyes4you

    easyeyes4you Well-Known Member

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    Like everyone else , I had to look it up... taken in 2020... approximately 5 years old
     
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  18. bellbird

    bellbird Pollywog

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    mine's from mid 2023 (but george doesn't really age)
     
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  19. Cath_

    Cath_ In my polka dot dress and apron

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    i made my blue pot holder way back when i was on glitter graphics and joined facebook. my guess 2008, guess need look that up

    i still have a pot holder from early mariage , looks like this, well when new, alittle ratty now

    12/14/2009 orginal gif

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  20. Angela Toucan

    Angela Toucan I keep looking for THAT wardrobe

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    my drawing is a few years old. I've chosen not to add the stray strands of grey hair. It's still mostly brown. I change the background and her outfit to match my sigi every time I change that. Actually I need to do that soon, it's still Christmassy.
     
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