Since 2/29/08, I've been uploading a photo every day to this gallery. The idea is to challenge myself to take interesting shots, even if it means having to stage some sort of random scene. Some photos are heavily photoshopped, but the rule is that I have to take the source photo on that particular day - no pulling from the past. I also try and add comments about how I shot/edited each photo. Please comment and let me know what you think!
8/16/08
I'm nearing the 6 month mark on my dailies project, but I hadn't done a self portrait until today. I got this idea when I was trying to come up with creative uses for a long exposure other than cityscapes at night for a workshop I'm helping to teach. I used my compact to prove that compacts can do cool effects just like SLRs, you just need to find the settings.
This is a single exposure: I set up the camera about a foot away from a candle on my gorillapod, set the shutter speed to 4 seconds. I used the self timer to give myself time to get my head still. After the camera fired, I counted to ~2 and then quickly moved my position and changed my facial expression to "envious" and tried to hold still until the 4 seconds was up.
In case that sounds easy, I should also add that I took over 80 shots to practice and get it right.
I'm nearing the 6 month mark on my dailies project, but I hadn't done a self portrait until today. I got this idea when I was trying to come up with creative uses for a long exposure other than cityscapes at night for a workshop I'm helping to teach. I used my compact to prove that compacts can do cool effects just like SLRs, you just need to find the settings.
This is a single exposure: I set up the camera about a foot away from a candle on my gorillapod, set the shutter speed to 4 seconds. I used the self timer to give myself time to get my head still. After the camera fired, I counted to ~2 and then quickly moved my position and changed my facial expression to "envious" and tried to hold still until the 4 seconds was up.
In case that sounds easy, I should also add that I took over 80 shots to practice and get it right.
8/16/08
I'm nearing the 6 month mark on my dailies project, but I hadn't done a self portrait until today. I got this idea when I was trying to come up with creative uses for a long exposure other than cityscapes at night for a workshop I'm helping to teach. I used my compact to prove that compacts can do cool effects just like SLRs, you just need to find the settings.
This is a single exposure: I set up the camera about a foot away from a candle on my gorillapod, set the shutter speed to 4 seconds. I used the self timer to give myself time to get my head still. After the camera fired, I counted to ~2 and then quickly moved my position and changed my facial expression to "envious" and tried to hold still until the 4 seconds was up.
In case that sounds easy, I should also add that I took over 80 shots to practice and get it right.
I'm nearing the 6 month mark on my dailies project, but I hadn't done a self portrait until today. I got this idea when I was trying to come up with creative uses for a long exposure other than cityscapes at night for a workshop I'm helping to teach. I used my compact to prove that compacts can do cool effects just like SLRs, you just need to find the settings.
This is a single exposure: I set up the camera about a foot away from a candle on my gorillapod, set the shutter speed to 4 seconds. I used the self timer to give myself time to get my head still. After the camera fired, I counted to ~2 and then quickly moved my position and changed my facial expression to "envious" and tried to hold still until the 4 seconds was up.
In case that sounds easy, I should also add that I took over 80 shots to practice and get it right.
Camera: Canon (Canon Powershot Sd400) |
More details: exif |
Original size: 2592px x 1944px |
Current: 600px x 450px |
filename: 2008-08-16 Candle Two Head Self Portrait |
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