Thanks so much everyone for your help on the bio picture thing. It is much appreciated. Following you all’s suggestions, I ended up going with a more contrasty version of shot number one.
Here is the final bio I went with. Bios always feel weird to me, even if someone else writes them. I can do kickass jobs of writing them for other people, but I always need help writing one for myself.
Amelia G is an editor, writer, and photographer best known for founding Blue Blood the seminal magazine of counterculture erotica. In the early 90’s, Blue Blood challenged conventional concepts of beauty and sexuality in print. Online, Blue Blood has achieved those goals and more. Amelia G has enjoyed great success transitioning her brand to the web and now helms an extended network of entertainment sites of both the naughty and nonnaughty variety. Standouts include the BlueBlood.net cultural hub, SpookyCash.com affiliate program, and GothicSluts.com and BarelyEvil.com membership sites. Her fiction has been honored with inclusion in Best American Erotica, Best SM Erotica, and Best Women’s Erotica. With her creative partner Forrest Black, she has created culturally important projects in multiple medias. Their work has been featured in numerous magazine cover stories, newspapers, webcasts, radio and television stations from FOX to MTV. Amelia G was born in London and, having lived all over the world, now makes her home in Los Angeles. She likes pretty boys, pretty girls, iced lattes, pinstripes, and original ideas.