This week the photo challenge was to create a self portrait
with full creative range. I quickly realized that while I take well over 2000
photographs a month and have no problem being creative I have no creative
examples of me as the model. The next thing that I realized is I truly enjoy
photographing models and not being the model myself. I enjoy retouching images
for my clients, fixing blemishes things like that but when I have to retouch my
own image it’s different. I decided to stay simple headshot in black and white
for no other reason than it’s my favorite type of self -portrait. I used one
Paul C Buff Einstein Strobe with a 36 inch soft box six inches from the side of
my face, placed my Nikon D700 with a 70-200 lens at 200mm on a tripod set to
the timer and got in position. Actually I lied first I placed my son in as a
test subject to test lighting and focus then I got in position. Once everything
was set I started shooting, it took a few shots to get the framing and
expression the way I wanted it but I got there. The next step was processing
the photo in Adobe lightroom and Nik Silver Effex to make it black and white
and finally in Photoshop to retouch and sharpen. I think the end result was a success
and I definitely learned that my place is behind the camera and not in front of
it, being behind the camera I have a level of security and comfort where in
front of the camera even when I’m setting the timer and taking the shot I feel
a certain level of vulnerability that I don’t like.
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