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Self Reflection

I took this photo around mid-morning at Red Town. I had my subject, Exilia, look into a mirror. I had the f/stop low so I could focus on her in the foreground and make her reflection blurry. This created a very shallow depth of field. I thought the vantage point was interesting because I was standing behind her, but slightly to the side. This made it so her face is angled, but you can still see part of her chin through her hair and you can follow where's she's looking. I think this represents encounter because she is having an encounter with herself. She's staring uncertainly into the mirror and her body position suggests she's worried or scared of something. Since her reflection in the background is blurry, it makes you feel that she is uncertain about herself and the future.

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Uploaded on November 1, 2011
Taken on June 18, 2010