https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 15 May 2026 19:52:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1975399 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:47:41 +0000 pui 1975399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would retake if I could. My family displays christmas cards well past Christmas in their homes, so I really wouldn't want them all to have a picture I hated of myself lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1975221 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 11:19:38 +0000 Adira 1975221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd use it. I feel like no one sees me in pictures anyway now that I have children, so I try to find pictures where my kids look cute and figure they'll distract everyone from how bad I look! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1975218 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 11:18:54 +0000 hellobeeboston 1975218@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Little Misters Mom: haha, ok! I'm at work and in Photoshop all day and don't mind if you change your mind. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1975174 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:50:04 +0000 Little Misters Mom 1975174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: That's so nice of you! In the small size, they look ok (even bigger I'm being over critical). I'm vain, but not so vain to make you waste a Monday morning! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1975136 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:33:34 +0000 lawbee11 1975136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd do one of just your DS if you have a good one. We do this anyways because I feel like people just want to see the kids and don't really care about what we look like! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1975127 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:31:20 +0000 hellobeeboston 1975127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Little Misters Mom: if you want to send me the pics I can try to photoshop them!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1975041 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 09:56:57 +0000 sapphire 1975041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm rarely very happy with pictures of myself, so I'd probably end up using it. However, if it was truly bad if either retake or just use one if the kiddo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1975038 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 09:54:53 +0000 Little Misters Mom 1975038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks guys. Good to know I have company in being crazy. I lack the photoshop skills some of you apparently have and I think DH would flip if I actually insisted on doing a whole new shoot. So I'm going with @prettylizy 's suggestion, and doing a big one of DS on the front and the little shot of us on the back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1974975 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 09:23:45 +0000 jetsa 1974975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ehh Id just use it, I figure there's noway we're all going to look perfect. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1974974 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 09:23:37 +0000 prettylizy 1974974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! As a compromise I once did a big shot of LO on the front and on the back next to our message was a small pic of the three of us that I didn't love of me </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1974970 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 09:21:21 +0000 bunnylove08 1974970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would retake it. Maybe a HB member can fix the picture for you? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1974969 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 09:21:07 +0000 looch 1974969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Could you change the photo to an illustration or something? My husband did that last year when we ran out of time and had no decent photo of the three of us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1974964 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 09:17:28 +0000 JerricaBenton 1974964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Heck no! New pics or just a picture of LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1974961 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 09:16:38 +0000 avivoca 1974961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would retake them if there was time, or just use a photo of your son if there wasn't time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1974956 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 09:13:15 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1974956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No choice for other, but I would send out an actual greeting card instead of photo cards. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1974946 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 09:06:39 +0000 blackbird 1974946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Little Misters Mom: Can you swap the baby's face? I've done that a bunch of times with E :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1974936 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:58:55 +0000 yellowbird 1974936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would take a new picture! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1974935 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:58:24 +0000 Little Misters Mom 1974935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: I think that is beyond my photoshopping abilities. There are pictures where I look better but my husband and baby look worse. If it was just DH, I'd pick myself in a minute but doing that to a baby seems low... :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1974934 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:58:06 +0000 blackbird 1974934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Um, no. I would totally take a new picture. I mean, it's not like you had professional ones done, right? I totally do photoshop magic before sending out photos of myself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1974929 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:56:08 +0000 ladybee 1974929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is a year. I'm prebaby weight but it just doesn't look the same. I've become overly critical and hard on myself so I know I would get my hair done, go tanning (I know I know) and try again. Tanning and fresh hair always makes me feel so much better. </p> <p>So agree about filters. It's made things better and worse all at one time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1974926 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:54:37 +0000 hellobeeboston 1974926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is there another photo at a similar angle of you that you like? You could add that face to this card! (Guilty of doing that, haha) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1974922 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:52:42 +0000 loki 1974922@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>you are not vain, i think it's normal to want to look nice in a photo you're sending out to all your family &amp; friends! i would definitely try to retake them!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1974921 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:52:30 +0000 Little Misters Mom 1974921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Littlebit: Ha, glad I'm not the only one! It really isn't that bad. You're right about other people not picking it apart like you do to yourself. And if anything, people only really care about seeing a cute baby and DS is killing it.</p> <p>I sort of feel like I've become so used to filtered, posed instagram-style pictures, that when I see just normal, perfectly fine pictures I think "oh god I"M A MONSTER." :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1974919 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:51:31 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1974919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd just use a cute pic of LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1974916 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:50:42 +0000 Synchronicity 1974916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't use it if it made me feel bad about myself! I think I'd try to retake them, and I'd made sure I got a shot of just the kiddo so I could use that if I wasnt happy with the other pictures. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1974913 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:46:10 +0000 edelweiss 1974913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i would try and retake--if that doesn't work, i would *gulp* just use the photo. unless i felt like a piece of shit every time i looked at it--if it's that bad, no. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1974912 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:44:38 +0000 Mamaof2 1974912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would retake them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1974909 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:42:18 +0000 Smurfette 1974909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1974905 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:37:22 +0000 Littlebit 1974905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LOL, I'm totally vain and won't use bad pictures of me...but I realize others aren't picking apart the photo like I would. We are our own worst critics. I mean, how bad are we talking here? You should post it so we can make you feel better! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-use-a-photo-that-you-looked-bad-in-for-cards#post-1974874 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:06:35 +0000 Little Misters Mom 1974874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Let me preface by saying I know this is vain and petty. But I am picking out the picture to use for our Christmas card (my sister just took them using a nice DSLR in front of the tree) and I look SO BAD. I just have huge dark circles no amount of editing can take out, my roots are way worse than I thought, and after working so hard to be back at my pre pregnancy weight the sweater I picked is very unflattering.</p> <p>The problem is.... DH and DS look awesome. DS has a huge smile on his face, we're all looking at the camera. If it was someone else's card I would think "Oh that's a nice picture." It just makes me cringe looking at myself, even though Dh thinks I'm being crazy and it's fine.</p> <p>WWYD? Can anyone else relate or am I acting like a high schooler? :meh: </p>