show me yours

GOD this is impossible.

(sighs in disgust, hovers on DELETE)

Screw it. I can't do this. I don't know how anyone does this.

(yanks exposure slider to far right in frustration +3.35 stops)

Hey.

(ups brightness and contrast)  That's kinda cool.

(cools temperature to 2250 - strong blues)  You know, I think that's actually... me.

(opens raw file as JPG)

(fails to resist spot-removing bubonic cold sore with crust like g-d crème brûlée, thanks the gods for digital herpes cure, lifts middle finger to no one in particular in counter-salute to authenticity)

(runs action or two for zip, zing)

(saves)

++++

Something Cheeky is playful. Myinspiredheart and camera shy momma wear hearts on sleeves. Lucrecerb is pure... well, you know. And in those jeans, so does she. Miss 1979 is interpretive. Miss Vivienne gets grassy with her polaroid. Mainemomma revels in her mommahood. Cherryvanillastudios is ‘messy', and sharp.photo is ‘drunk and dressed up'... and fabulous.

There's nothing I admire more than a well-executed, patient, soulful self-portrait - except maybe one that's impulsive and scruffy. Love ‘em all, props to all.

I've shown you mine, this keepsake. Hyper-processed, a slippery slope like that song you adored until the 472nd time you listened to it (and swore you'd never play again). But refreshing, in this rut, for being completely unlike anything I've done before. Reminiscent of the bliss and broodiness of being delicious in stiletto musk perfume, up to my neck in the decadence of my very own hotel room in my very favourite mistress-city.

Show me yours?

Comments

[carrie]

I love taking self portraits. Mainly because for years I believed I was not photogenic. Then I got a digital camera and started playing and now I know how to take them to make it so I don't gag when I see myself.

This is one I took the morning of my grandpa's funeral.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/carrielouise/2907965607/in/set-72157602022643378/

[Steph Wiese]

Like Vicks Vapor Rub to your nasal passages is self portraits to your soul... well, maybe I should put the Vicks vapor rub away now... here's my sp

http://stephwiese.squarespace.com/

[melody is slurping life]

Here ya go...midnight, wine, ratty t-shirt, no make-up, my canon and a mirror...me

http://flickr.com/photos/melsphotophun/3004214793/

[Carrie]

There are times when so many emotions are played on my face that trying to hide them is easier to do. So I take pieces.

I was shooting from the lap on this one, and the framing is exactly what I needed.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/carrielkoch/2956794013/

[Jamie-o-e-e]

Just a few days late....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrs-eaves/3005437119/

[june]

I always try to have a self-portrait that reflects what I did that day. Like this one with my son's Halloween costume.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/junedel/3005320164/

[Kate at LIttle House]

First try at this..... :)

http://littlehouse-monday.blogspot.com/2008/11/first-monday-is-tuesday.html

[elizabeth]

here's my contribution - albeit belatedly:

http://retinalperspectives.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/oh-what-a-night/

I don't know why I have such a hard time with these shots. They are always out-of-focus or I'm not in them or I look mad. I don't think I'm always crabby, but perhaps I really am and the photos are trying to tell me something, heh.

[mamie]

a little late. here is 33...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16401019@N00/2986991910/