Geisha.
Nothing like a killer emulation challenge in My Face is My Canvas during the last few days of my 365 to get the creative juices flowing. And it also got me to thinking about how much my style has changed in terms of processing. I mean, when I started my 365, I did little to no processing. That soon gave way to my overly-processed so you can tell I did something to this shot phase. Some of those turned out alright, but admittedly, looking back on a lot of those makes me cringe now. And it's not that I really stopped processing my shots in any dramatic way. I didn't. I just changed the way in which I attacked my processing. I started treating each photo like a unique work of art in itself. I don't use the same preset or set of actions from shot to shot. I let every shot speak to me and spend time tweaking so many settings that by the end, I have no idea how I got to my end result. I highly recommend anyone who isn't already playing around like this to experiment. Try adjusting different levels. Go for a drastically different look from day to day. It helps to break up the monotony of taking and posting a self portrait every single day. And you just might learn something along the way. :)
Only two days left...
365 Days (self portraits): Day 363
My Face is My Canvas: Emulation Challenge #28
Geisha.
Nothing like a killer emulation challenge in My Face is My Canvas during the last few days of my 365 to get the creative juices flowing. And it also got me to thinking about how much my style has changed in terms of processing. I mean, when I started my 365, I did little to no processing. That soon gave way to my overly-processed so you can tell I did something to this shot phase. Some of those turned out alright, but admittedly, looking back on a lot of those makes me cringe now. And it's not that I really stopped processing my shots in any dramatic way. I didn't. I just changed the way in which I attacked my processing. I started treating each photo like a unique work of art in itself. I don't use the same preset or set of actions from shot to shot. I let every shot speak to me and spend time tweaking so many settings that by the end, I have no idea how I got to my end result. I highly recommend anyone who isn't already playing around like this to experiment. Try adjusting different levels. Go for a drastically different look from day to day. It helps to break up the monotony of taking and posting a self portrait every single day. And you just might learn something along the way. :)
Only two days left...
365 Days (self portraits): Day 363
My Face is My Canvas: Emulation Challenge #28