Self Portrait - Revealed
Posted by: tanweemin in Photography, tags: inspiration, life, Life issues, Photography, portrait, selfWednesday is my favorite day nowadays. Why? Because it’s my off day! This is the only day when I can wake up reluctantly. I was lying on the bed lazily, surfing through my favorite documentary TV channel (Discovery and National Geographic). Out of boredom, I’ll always take out my DSLR, D60 and start shooting around. And what can you get out of a hotel room? Besides, the room.. nothing else.. ya, sometimes I may find some interesting objects and snap some shots. What else…
Me of course. A free and willing model to be photographed by myself. Haha.. sounds weird rite. But, this is what people always do.. self portrait-ing. I’m someone who loves taking self portrait. You might be saying.. this guy is so vain. He loves himself too much. I disagree. Well, I’m vain but aren’t you? Maybe you didn’t go extreme.. but, you can’t deny that everybody loves themselves. Whenever you are in a photo with others, who do you look for, FIRST ? You! You will definitely check out whether you look good in the photo. When you found out that you look terrible in the photo, you’ll have the urge to delete disregard of your friends’ beautiful pose.
This is why I love self portrait-ing. I can snap any emotions I desired in my mind. Whether I want myself to be smiling, in deep thoughts.. or sad, I can take control of how I should look in the photo. And you know what.. you’ll definitely be satisfied with the end product.
This is what I’ve got today. An underexposed photo.. taken just beside the window of my hotel room, where the soft sunlight shines towards the left side of my face. Closing my eyes and portraying myself in deep thoughts… suiting to the today’s theme.. “Inspiration 2″. And here comes the end product taken using Nikon D60:
Get inspired for the second time since 2007
Still remember the first “Inspiration” photo I’ve shot. It was on 2007. I could still recall, that was during my campus life. Back from my last Faculty Nite party, I was thinking.. why waste? I was with my new shirt.. and start posing in front of my little tiny Panasonic Lumix camera on the cheap Sakure tripod bought for just RM20. I was very happy with the photo.. and yet, the best pose I had of all until today, when the second version was produced.
Close your eyes, breathe, relax and get inspired
Another reason I love self portrait so much is, it is one of my way to keep records of myself. How do you look during these dates… you’ll start realising that you’re getting old through the photos.. I bet you! I’ve already felt that…
I could still remember the first time I start self portrait-ing… it was with a green apple. So satisfied with the portrait that gave me the drive to continue until now. And that’s how I improve my photography and photoshop editing skills to this extend. I believe you can see the difference.
An Apple a day keeps the Doctor away
So, stop wasting money paying for studio photos… with lots of makeup and sometimes ending up not satisfy with the photos. Get a camera and do it yourself!
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