Self 2012

I honestly am not used to taking self-portraits. If you have been following my blogs, you will rarely see photos of me. Rarely. But recently, I have been really thinking of giving my photography a slight make-over. I feel that I want my photos to be more of art than just pictures. Though I will always love travel and photographing places and landscape would always have a special place in my heart, I'm now experimenting on more creative portraits and some really inspiring series.

So, I am starting my creative portraits with some of my own. They are nothing great and these have gone through post-processing (overlaying photos and turning them into black and white). Please excuse if you find some poses awkward, I am not a model.

I actually took a gazillion shots and am only posting these as I find them the most presentable.

I am also working on a project, a series inspired by the Weight of Objects. I am naming it "Sentimental Value" and now currently thinking of the first few participants. It is really a lot like the Weight of Objects in concept and I am hoping that it's alright that I make a series of my own just like theirs. I am thinking of ways to make the project more "me" though so it doesn't end up exactly the same as theirs.

Anyway, here are the self photos I took today. Good thing I got a remote trigger a year ago, or the focusing would just have been impossible.

 

  

I love collecting photo series

If you have been following my blogs for quite sometime, you'll notice I have this thing for photo series. I collect all different kinds of photos that i similarly take in places and shoots i go to. My first set was my feet series, which i continue to collect until now.



Another is self-portraits taken usually in front of mirrors. Here are some i took using film.








And here are a few digital ones:









And i recently have been taking pictures of my shadow when i see it visibly on the ground. I try to be a little more creative everytime but sometimes, all you really see is just that – the shadow.






I'm thinking of more series to do. I wonder if you've noticed some photos of mine which are similar like the ones above, i could make a series out of those. Let me know if you have ideas. :)

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My Christmas present to myself - an SB-700.