Made to Look like Bobby Ball (as he is now!)

I had a professional portrait taken last week at work. Prior to going to the shoot I looked up portraits of Robert De Niro and Cillian Murphy to give me some inspiration on posing. And then needless to say my expectations were such that I would receive a portrait back making me look like either one of those 2 men. What I actually got back was a portrait of a man resembling Bobby Ball, and not Bobby Ball in his hay day either! (Note: I love Bobby Ball, I think he's a lovely person who has made me laugh since I was 10 years old and continues to do so!)

I knew it was going to go wrong. The photographer was using the wrong lens, had a rubbish background, was taking the image from the wrong perspective, and asked me to smile.

So I took my own.

'The Real Bobby Ball'

'Tonight Matthew, I'm going to be Bobby Ball'

Michael Baeron Self Portrait