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Today's Daily Create assignment is:
Create a self portrait out of everyday objects
December 3, 2013
e.g. represent yourself without you being in the photo.
Upload your photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc695
I photographed the top of my clothes bureau as an apt portrait of me--every image and item has a story.
The world can be a perverse and often baffling place. Sometimes the answer on my mind is the right one; sometimes not. Sometimes that inner voice gets a little bit out of control. Looking at the world through a viewfinder, it becomes easier to see my own life as fiction at times, and it's hard to come back from that dramatic fiction. Sometimes the world ahead is so overwhelming that the possibility of facing it seems to require more of a willing suspension of disbelief than not.
I don't think the shadow turned out right. My toy gun is too small.
Strobist: Vivitar 285HV through Opteka mini softbox @ 1/16 to camera right (shadow), Nikon SB-28 fired into white reflective umbrella @ 1/4 to camera left.
I have recently left my job, and therefore have a lot of free time. I decided today that it would be a good time to get used to using my new studio lights and practice some more with them... unfortunately I had no models, and therefore had to pose myself. The poses suck I know, but it was still good practice!
them bugz got me real good,,
canon 430exII with sto-fen
2x vivitar 285hv left & right
triggered with elinchrom skyports
"How did I know that someday, somewhere, anywhere, --- the bell jar with it's stifling distortions, wouldn't descend again?" Sylvia Plath The BellJar
A must do.
More in comments.
Ok...so, last night I took a bit of time and went through my flickr account looking at my photos from the time I started up until now. Just mentally noting what I have improved upon and things I still need to improve, etc. I also noticed that I used to take a lot more self portraits and random photos of things all around me. For some reason, since I had my surgery last July I have not been doing this. I don't know why. I just haven't. Maybe I've been uninspired. Maybe I just got caught up in things and didn't stop to realize things in MY life are important too. I dunno, i've just kind of been busy, I guess. Anyhoo. I also realized that I have friends on here. Many whom I've never met before, but hope to meet one day. So, today I decided I am going to do better. I'm gonna appreciate things around me more and share them with the people that aren't able to be here first hand...
Thank you to those few of you that have hung out and supported me through throwing up random photos and my funks and such. You have no idea what your support and kindness has done for me. :) So, here's to 2010 to. The year of the new me. Bring it on.
Also, I'll be flying to Cleveland, OH this coming week. So, expect some major snow photos from this Southern girl! :)
A self portrait from 2009.
(if you choose to use this image under the creative commons license, remember to credit my work and I would appreciate it if you would link back to my flickr account. It would also be nice if you sent me a message to let me know where you have used. By doing so, I can send my contacts and the people I network with to your site)
I saw a self portrait of someone who looked a lot like me and decided I should take my own version of the picture.
Created with cheap watercolors, ink, spray paint and some blood.
Still can't get used to scanning watercolors. There is something missing on this scan that just seems better on the real piece.