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a little self portrait therapy
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Fully edited version of the self portrait uploaded earlier - www.facebook.com/phillippalmerphotography
Stumbled on this picture that I took way back when I was attempting the Oil Cleansing Method (for washing my face).
I carry the "blond lower eyelashes" genes, which make me look about 10 years younger. I won't complain!
i've been spending all my day doing nothing. Im tired of this, of the same shit everyday.. im trying change it im really trying but while it doesnt change i keep taking pics of myself hoping i can capture all my frustation...
Our third project at university is called Self/Other and is all about self portraits and portraiture in general. Seeing as I spent 365 days dressing up, being silly, using lots of photoshop and most of it was very light hearted, I decided I wanted to do something a bit different for this.
I'm focusing on Myself and My Other Self, the self that I don't like to let people see. My other self is chronically ill with Fibromyalgia, everything hurts and I get tired all the time. My brain fogs up, I get confused and forgetful and some days the simplest of things exhaust me or drive me to tears. It's been quite difficult to even talk about so putting it into pictures has been even harder.
These are from the first film that I rattled off this afternoon. More of a test shoot than anything. I don't think they are as powerful as I want them to be so if anyone has any ideas/constructive critism I would really appreciate it!
I've been practicing my black and white and self portraits this weekend. I didn't really like this shot, but I think the black and white really makes it.
We needed photos for our duo sax website (www.saxokado.de) so I experimented with backgrounds, lights, timer
My whole idea for this 3-part series was to portray me as a reflection in various portraits of other people. I do alot of portrait photographer, and thought that this would be a good way to show that I'm almost always behind the camera, not in front of it.
I shot this on Tmax100, Canon elan, 24-70 f/2.8 @ f/10.
This is a polaroid transfer overlaid with watercolor paints. I used my Holga 120N with a polaroid back.
I was sick with a stomach bug when I took this. See the dark circles under my eyes? I've been taking some pictures of myself since posting on flickr and travelling (which gave me the photo bug in gen'l.) I might have dismissed this as vain or juvenile before but it's useful for a few reasons I think. One is I am not comfortable getting my picture taken so this is helping me with this. Second, it's helping me see myself more clearly than looking in the mirror...with more self-acceptance, perhaps. And I'm in control of the camera, which I like. I think I walk around half the time with a distorted sense of what I look like. Anyone else relate to this?
... taken in the 'portrait studio' set up at the Robert Mapplethorpe exhibit at the San Jose Museum of Art - May 15, 2011
Had a site request a self portrait, never done one, figured it couldn't be too hard. ha. Here's one I didn't completely hate.
XTi + 10-22
Strobist:
Shiny new white B800 at 1/2 power bounced into a 32" silver Westcott umbrella camera left
580EXII at full power with an aqua blue gel stuffed inside an Omnibounce behind me