After a much-too-long hiatus, the beards.org documentary beard photography project resumed activity yesterday with another original beard photo shoot. Dale, with his amazing beard growth, kindly agreed to the beard photo shoot. Here are some preview shots from March 20th, 2009.
Beard Revue turned one year old, a month ago. In celebration, the site is selling a cool beard poster. Be sure to check it out!
Belated happy anniversary to Beard Revue!
UPDATE, October 2016: Apparently Beard Revue is no more. The defunct links have been removed from this post.
Stand up and cheer for a Happy New Beard Year 2009! Best wishes to all.
When beards go wrong, one of the most common causes is poor shaping. The most common example is defining the neck line too high. What’s the problem with a bad neck line definition? There are many. Depending on the severity of the error, it may make to the beard look just a bit odd or it may make it look like a disaster. In a way, the point of growing a beard is to cover the chin with hair. So why carve out the underside of the chin and jaw, leaving them bare? Why? Perhaps not surprisingly, new beard growers have seen someone else do it and mistakenly conclude that must be the way it’s supposed to be done and emulate the misplaced neck line.
A properly shaped beard with a good neck line can usually hide or disguise a double chin. A poorly-defined neck line, up too high, often does just the opposite: It can accentuate the double chin, often substantially, to the detriment of the beard grower’s appearance.
Defining the neck line too high can give the beard a comical look. And if the error is sufficiently severe, the beard may almost give the owner the look of a permanent clown face. Who wants that? Not even a professional clown.
So please, take care to give your beard the proper shape. You will be glad you did. And if you know someone in need of help, send them here: Designing a neck line for your full beard.
Now what about defining that cheek line? There are pitfalls to be avoided there as well. That will be the subject of an upcoming post.
Grow your beard!
It’s definitely beard-growing season. If you haven’t started growing a beard, what are you waiting for? Go here and start growing! Dale, pictured above, is doing his part by growing his beard. You can, too. Start today!
Leigh of Australia submitted his photo for the beards of the world gallery along with a couple of photos of bearded predecessors: his maternal great grandfather and great great grandfather. All three are unquestionably fine examples of praiseworthy beards.
Dr. Walter Thomas (above).
Dr. John Thomas (above).
Now go to see Leigh in the beards of the world gallery.
You may remember Dale from “adding more beards to the world“. Well, for wholly unknown reasons, he reportedly later went from the full beard down to a goatee and mustache. And from there, went down further to just a mustache and soul patch. The good news, however, is that Dale just emailed to proclaim that the full beard is on its way back!
Happily growing again:
Resting up a bit after doin’ even more heavy-duty growin’:
Good job, Dale! Keep it growing. Photos are courtesy of Dale and are used with permission.
For any of the rest of you out there who have shaved your beards, take a cue from Dale and start growing again!
I would like to heartily thank Joe for doing his part to support the bearded cause. Joe is the latest addition to our featured beards series:
Check out Joe’s beard feature by clicking on his photo above.
It’s beard-growing season in the northern hemisphere!
