I should probably pretend I edited myself out to let readers focus on the sweater instead of the wearer. That might sound good. Or maybe I did it to save bandwidth and down load time? Of to be artsy?
Of course, none of those are the reason. The reason is vanity.
I made Jim take 4 pictures. In some, I had red eye. In others, messy hair, shiny over exposed skin and all sorts of other flaws. In others, I just looked goofy. I could have begged Jim to take picture after picture after picture. But it was pretty obvious Jim, who is preparing a presentation to give in Puerto Rico, does not want to take photos endlessly until I find one that’s acceptable to me. (Hey, he thought the first one was just fine and finding one I like could take all night.)
What to do? I think I found the perfect solution. Edit out the model! The result: The perfect photo to illustrate the sweater on the pattern directions. 