Me Then, Me Now ▌Sierra Vista Photographer, Arizona


I Heart Faces is doing something hilarious this week; a "Me Then, Me Now" theme. The idea is that you take a photograph of yourself as a kid and recreate it with as many details as you can manage. Since I have my parents visiting right now we decided to recreate an image of my father and I. The original picture was taken in upstate New York, when I was just one year old. The "Now" picture was taken in Arizona, 29 years later. I have a handful of other snapshots I want to recreate before Mom and Dad head home on Thursday, but for now we have this one, and we find it pretty funny:





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66 comments:

Kristi said... at May 2, 2010 at 10:23 PM

I adore this! I got such a smile on my face just seeing this photo. Well done. : )

Mayhem At The McNeils said... at May 2, 2010 at 10:27 PM

Thats just priceless! I LOVE IT! What a good sport your dad is too for playing along!

Amy said... at May 2, 2010 at 10:28 PM

OMG I laughed out loud! Classic funny stuff. Too bad there is no contest, for you would surely win.

Karyn said... at May 2, 2010 at 10:30 PM

The comments are always the prize for me! Thank you girls!

Christina said... at May 2, 2010 at 10:32 PM

I was already laughing when I saw the first picture...and then holding my belly by the second. Hilarious! This is such a funny idea.
I haven't done it yet, but I am going to. :) Very cute, that you guys did that.

angie {the arthur clan} said... at May 2, 2010 at 10:40 PM

Oh my word, I sucked at this theme! This is hysterically funny!! I bow down to your greatness. LOL!

Amy @ Living Locurto said... at May 2, 2010 at 10:45 PM

I'm cracking up!! Such a good one:-) LOL! I bet you had a blast doing this. ha!

Lauren A. Petersen said... at May 2, 2010 at 11:09 PM

OH MY GOSH HAHAHAHAAA!! This deserves to be on the Young me, Now me website!!

Mrs Mar said... at May 3, 2010 at 12:29 AM

This is soooo funny, LOVE IT. Glad your dad was keen to take part.

411and3quarters said... at May 3, 2010 at 12:56 AM

So hilarious!!! Love that you got your dad to do that with you. BTW, I live in Sierra Vista too :)

Drew said... at May 3, 2010 at 3:08 AM

Sweet! I love it! Just seeing the first picture, I knew the second one would be hilarious! Great job!

Unknown said... at May 3, 2010 at 4:36 AM

That is hysterical!! :D Laughed out loud.

Great job.

Weekendmedic said... at May 3, 2010 at 4:51 AM

Sis - Dad is on vacation, please be gentle with him. I expect him returned to New York in the same condition I sent him to you...

Very funny pics, thanks for smile on a Monday morning.

- Eric

Sarah Jones said... at May 3, 2010 at 5:16 AM

This is phenomenal! What a great laugh!

Julie Rivera said... at May 3, 2010 at 5:39 AM

I love that he even had the same maroon colored shirt! So great that you used a picture with your Dad! I looked through my old pictures and saw a few but ran out of time...maybe today...

Tierra said... at May 3, 2010 at 6:30 AM

That made me laugh out loud!!! I loved it. I just love the expression of Daddy!

Lindsey Olson said... at May 3, 2010 at 7:15 AM

this is so excellent ;)

Sarah said... at May 3, 2010 at 7:20 AM

Haha! This is AWESOME!!!

k said... at May 3, 2010 at 7:29 AM

Excellent! Love it!

Danielle said... at May 3, 2010 at 7:34 AM

BAahhhhhhh!!! That is too classic...I nearly died laughing.

TidyMom said... at May 3, 2010 at 7:35 AM

LOL OMG this is GREAT!!! I LOVE it!!!

Mominin said... at May 3, 2010 at 7:52 AM

Hilarious!!!

Buckeroomama said... at May 3, 2010 at 7:56 AM

I LOVE IT!! I`m smiling so big right now. :)

Mandy H. said... at May 3, 2010 at 8:02 AM

I love this!! I love your dad! Great recreation!

Scout said... at May 3, 2010 at 8:12 AM

haha. So adorable!

Thauna said... at May 3, 2010 at 8:14 AM

Hysterical! I love it!

Unknown said... at May 3, 2010 at 8:14 AM

oH MY GOSH! I cannot stop LAUGHING!!!! This is so awesome!!!! I love that you both have such a great sense of humor to do this again, it really needs to be framed!

Unknown said... at May 3, 2010 at 8:15 AM

The original was too funny!!! Not to mention the re-creation!!! LOL!!!!
Love it!

Love Letters To China said... at May 3, 2010 at 8:15 AM

Great shot! Thanks for putting a smile on my face.

Words You Want said... at May 3, 2010 at 8:16 AM

That's great.

Chryshelle Spurgeon said... at May 3, 2010 at 8:28 AM

That is fantastic! Thanks for the Monday morning laugh. Please post more as you get them done. Hilarious!!

Judith said... at May 3, 2010 at 8:40 AM

Love it!!!!

Kelly said... at May 3, 2010 at 8:43 AM

Hilarious!! Made me laugh : )

tangie said... at May 3, 2010 at 9:15 AM

bwahahaha!!! that is hilarious!! the look on his face is EXACTLY the same!! love it -- stellar job!!!

Erica Shurter said... at May 3, 2010 at 9:17 AM

Love it! :) These are so fun to look at!

Unknown said... at May 3, 2010 at 9:19 AM

LOL! Hilarious...great photo! :)

*Bri* said... at May 3, 2010 at 9:36 AM

This is hilarious! Great job!

Michelle said... at May 3, 2010 at 9:38 AM

SO FUNNY!!!! LOVE IT!

McKay Family said... at May 3, 2010 at 9:38 AM

This is the best one I've seen so far...seriously about peed my pants!

Unknown said... at May 3, 2010 at 9:48 AM

seriously amazing! I LOVE it :-)

Jenn said... at May 3, 2010 at 9:56 AM

Wow!! This is awesome. Great work.

Unknown said... at May 3, 2010 at 9:57 AM

Oh my gosh. This is HILARIOUS! So perfect. I can't wait to see the other ones that you re create! Have fun with your parents. So glad they are able to visit! : )

Jeanne Lobsinger said... at May 3, 2010 at 10:29 AM

I laughed so hard I cried. I can't believe your dad let you take this picture!

Laurel E. Riffey said... at May 3, 2010 at 10:34 AM

Now that SERIOUSLY is pretty funny!!!

Emily said... at May 3, 2010 at 10:39 AM

so funny!!! i love it and am laughing so hard, i'm crying.

Heather {Butterflygirlms} said... at May 3, 2010 at 10:41 AM

That's AWESOME!

Unknown said... at May 3, 2010 at 10:56 AM

This cracks me up, great shot

Yolanda said... at May 3, 2010 at 11:32 AM

This? Fabulous. I’m tearing I’m laughing so hard.

Unknown said... at May 3, 2010 at 12:31 PM

Oh my heck! This is hilarious!!! What a dad you have for recreating the shot! I love it!

Mal said... at May 3, 2010 at 1:17 PM

Oh my heck! This is so funny. I have laughed out loud several times. Great job!

Anonymous said... at May 3, 2010 at 3:08 PM

OMGosh!! HAHAHAHAHA I LOVE it!!! OK, that is really really good! LOL

rowe timson said... at May 3, 2010 at 3:28 PM

oh boy... im loving this weeks entries... so funny!

Kate said... at May 3, 2010 at 4:03 PM

This is so great! I just can;t believe how great it is - love the look on your dad's face - in both photos!

Anonymous said... at May 3, 2010 at 6:21 PM

Hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brekke said... at May 3, 2010 at 6:58 PM

You couldn't have done a better job! Awesome!

Anonymous said... at May 3, 2010 at 7:59 PM

I totally love this entry!!!

Maggie said... at May 3, 2010 at 8:56 PM

Oh My, I think I just wet my pants!!

Unknown said... at May 3, 2010 at 11:44 PM

Oh my goodness!! This has me laughing out loud... I just woke up my husband, bahahaha!! Love it!

Frogmum said... at May 4, 2010 at 5:15 AM

Very Clever! :D

Tamar SB said... at May 4, 2010 at 6:38 AM

Oh is that just so precious!

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Emily said... at May 4, 2010 at 8:32 AM

LOL!!!! Oh my! Your Dad's expression seals it for me!

Ami said... at May 4, 2010 at 9:06 AM

This one actually took my breath away, so sweet.

Simply Sara said... at May 4, 2010 at 11:08 AM

I was laughing do hard my husband had to come over and see what all the fuss was about and as soon as he saw it he was laughing too :)
We both agree that this picture is perfect. Truly. You are amazing.

And your dad's expression- priceless
hahahaha!

Jan said... at May 4, 2010 at 6:55 PM

WOW!! What an absolutely wonderful entry!! Love it!!

ihavemostlybeen said... at May 7, 2010 at 6:29 AM

Hilarious and nice work Karyn's dad for playing along, bless him!