A Self Portrait Day
I've been toying around with different photo a day ideas. Checking others out online, different blogs and such, and I'm thinking I'll try anything for about a week. So far I like the portrait idea, but haven't decided anything firm yet. We'll just see what develops. Yeah, I know, bad pun. That ones for my dad. He's quick with those and it makes me laugh so i don't care if it's cheesy. I like cheesy.
I also like reflections. They are vague and interesting in that you have to look again to really see anything of detail. You have to invest some time and interest. That's what I like for portraits to be. To cause the viewer to try and find the story, not just know. To think over it and accumulate an opinion, as opposed to just looking at a picture. So here is me. or a reflection of me, leaving for the gym.
I took some others but these are the better ones. The others turned out blurry. I was too quick with the draw, and wanted it all to be over, even before the image was completed. I just hate taking pictures of myself. I feel very self conscious taking my own picture. I love being photographed, having and especially scrap booking pictures of me, but a self portrait means I've thought through the concept, set up the camera and posed for the picture. As a photographer, I like giving direction to others and thus like to turn off the brain when I have someone else give me direction. With these I had to think about all the things a photographer thinks about and review the image immediately to see if my thoughts are represented. Its hard to look at an image and separate that part of your brain that says, "this is you. I don't like it because it's you." and the part that says, "concept complete."
As a result of this struggle, i'm going to work on it. Give ya some more self portraits and become more comfortable with the idea of multitasking in a way. Assuming both roles. and liking it.
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