How I (Briefly) Became An Internet Meme…

A short, lighthearted post while I continue the transition from employment to self-employment…

Earlier this week I shared one of a number of professional headshots I’d had done, taken by the wonderful Peter Rowlands of P & M Photography:

Loving the professional photos I had done by @p_m_photography last week. Here’s one of them: ow.ly/i/2jWCc

— Steve Morgan (@steviephil) June 10, 2013

I chose a green background for a few of the photos to coincide with the branding. However I didn’t expect people to make this observation…

@steviephil Looking good! Is the green background so you can photoshop yourself in front of famous landmarks and underwater scenes?

— Jen Thornton (@jenthornton01) June 10, 2013

@steviephil nice solid background – perfect for photoshopping you into random situations

— Chris Dyson (@ChrisLDyson) June 10, 2013

Uh-oh. Well you can tell what happened next…

I visited China!

@steviephil hehehhetwitpic.com/cwfyv2

— Jen Thornton (@jenthornton01) June 10, 2013

And the moon!

@andrew_isidoro @steviephil @chrisldyson twitter.com/kelvinnewman/s…

— kelvin newman (@kelvinnewman) June 10, 2013

I took Wally’s place in Where’s Stevie? (which I was a massive fan of as a kid)!

@steviephil There he is! twitter.com/nicktaylor3/st…

— Nick Taylor (@nicktaylor3) June 10, 2013

(My favourite thing about this one was that it actually took a while to find me…!)

I even made some high-profile appearances, on the BBC…

What’s this? The BBC have a new celebrity newsreader? cc @kelvinnewman @steviephil @chrisldyson twitpic.com/cwgeoh

— Andrew Isidoro (@Andrew_Isidoro) June 10, 2013

…and on Britain’s Got Talent:

@steviephil @andrew_isidoro @ffion_sian twitter.com/pete_fry/statu…

— Pete Fry (@pete_fry) June 11, 2013

(Move over, Cowell! Literally. You can sit next to me, but out of frame. Got it? Good.)

So… Lessons learnt:

• Be careful sharing photos with a green background.
• …Especially on Twitter.
• People have too much time on their hands…!
• I hate you all. 🙂
• The only thing that’s missing? CAPTIONS!

[Meme embroidery image credit: Sarah (Totally Severe)]