Little Me
An instant photo that never existed
Hug your younger self.
Pick a photo of you today, and one of you as a child. Little Me puts the two of you in the same room, in the same light, in a single instant photograph: the one nobody was there to take.
How it works
Three steps, a minute or two.
Two photos
One of you now, one of you small. A scan of an old print is fine, creases and all.
Set the scene
Two looks, three poses and two film stocks. Or change nothing at all and let the camera decide.
Your polaroid
Up to three versions come back: half a minute on the faster setting, a minute or two at best likeness. Sign the one you keep in your own handwriting.
Examples
Nobody was holding the camera.
This is the kind of photograph Little Me hands back. Both faces are kept as the photos you gave it show them. The point is that it reads as a moment you forgot, not as a picture of someone who resembles you.
Two looks
Pick the room it happened in.
Flash & Curtains
One direct flash in a dim room, white curtains behind. The one from a shoebox of prints.
Soft Daylight
Window light from one side, quiet shadows, warmth. The Sunday-afternoon version.
And a film stock on top of either, if you want one: Quiet B&W, or Digicam '04, the crisp and slightly cool look of an early-2000s point-and-shoot.
Your photos
The photos are not the product.
A childhood photo is a picture of a child, and one of the two photos you upload is always yours. That shapes every decision underneath.
Go and get the photograph.
It takes two pictures you already have.
Hugs run on credits, sold as a pack or as a subscription. There is no free trial: every hug is a real, paid call to an image model, and we would rather say that up front than surprise you.