Author Photos

By: Meradeth Houston on 1:44 AM

Yesterday was something of an adventure: I took photos to use for my author photos (on the web and otherwise). I'm lucky in that my little brother is an awesome photographer and while he's been home on summer break, I got him to promise me the morning to take a few shots. We had a lot of fun wandering around the arboretum and interesting campus buildings near my house, and took a ton of pics. I've been sorting through them this morning, and it's going to be incredibly difficult to chose! 

While taking the photos, there were a few things going through my mind: first of all, how to appear approachable. I write for teens, so I especially wanted to look casual and not too "adult." Also, it was about a 105F outside when we were walking around, so staying sort of cool was another concern. Also, I make a lot of strange faces. All the time. I can't count how many photos of myself where I'm doing something strange with my mouth or eyes, or something... It's a horrible gift :) Thankfully, my patient brother managed to only snap a few of these (to his infinite amusement). So, just as a sampler, here are a few of my fav's:








I really don't know which one to pick, but it's certainly fun to have so many choices!!