Self-portraits

My school photo when I was in 2nd grade and lived in Cali. I haven't had a professional photo of myself taken since I was a senior in college.

My friend Raluca treated herself to a portrait session a couple of months ago. The photos are amazing (sorry, she won't let me share any!) and she captured a really cool time of her life -- being young, single, and carefree.

I gotta admit, though -- at first I was taken aback by the idea of getting self-portraits. But then I started thinking: I'm only going to get fatter, wrinklier, and uglier. Shouldn't I be capturing myself now?

Have you taken any professional photos recently? Should I?