Superhero Photo Challenge: A self-portrait of your feet

If you haven't already discovered them, I can't recommend the Photojojo newsletter enough! It offers up tips, photo ideas and resources in a fun, unintimidating way. Their article on sharpening images totally changed my life. They did a piece recently on vacation photos with a twist, that included one of my personal faves: pics of your feet! 

As I searched around for images to inspire you, I learned a thing or two about good feet photos!

1. Feet up against the sky is my all time favorite method. You can grab or friend or go solo.

2. Cool backgrounds for your feet always help.

3. Feet on the counter totally works too (who would've thunk?)

4. Putting your feet at the bottom of the frame, or leaving a lot of space has a cool effect.

5. Simple is always beautiful.

I look forward to hearing what you discover and what creative ways you take this challenge on. Up with feet! or down with feet! Your choice.

Comments

[vivienne]

ooh feet. lately one of my favourite ways take self portraits of my feet involves been a light-hunter in fancy shoes and seeking out the final rays of light of the evening as they stream between trees:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/missvivienne/2656858304/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/missvivienne/2629702025/

i love photojojo too....so many good tips!

[Michelle Potter]

This reminds me of the time my family was at the Renaissance Festival and I let my son use my camera. I guess he was pressing the shutter and then immediately dropping the camera, because we ended up with a whole series of shots of his feet. I kept them all just to remember the day my son shot himself in the feet. ;)

[brittany]

We went to a small city in the Czech Republic a few weeks ago. It was during a holiday weekend and no food establishments were open, aside from McDonalds. So here we are in Europe, and we ate about four meals in a row at McDonalds because we had zero other options, literally.

Just wanted to explain why I took the following picture...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/britspit/2674241723/in/set-72157606203266234/

[cloudscome]

Here are my boys with their feet in the mud. http://flickr.com/photos/cloudscome/2711080436/in/set-72157606250721422/

[Secret Agent Mama]

I recently did a whole series that involved my feet!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretagentmama/2677101159/in/set-72157604353847422/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretagentmama/2677915928/in/set-72157604353847422/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretagentmama/2677101339/in/set-72157604353847422/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretagentmama/2677101413/in/set-72157604353847422/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretagentmama/2679152249/in/set-72157604353847422/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretagentmama/2677918632/in/set-72157604353847422/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretagentmama/2686726974/in/set-72157604353847422/

[Jeanine]

I love taking photos of my feet. People think they look funky because I have the whole `second toe longer than big toe` thing going on but I love them anyways. This isn't a photo of me barefoot but it's still my feet wrapped in pretty little shoes.

http://wonderingsandwanderings.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/making-a-path/

[e.darcy]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/edarcy/2725129576/
thats for the days that I HAVE to wear shoes...
but other than that, I'd rather run around barefoot... It's when I feel most comfortable, and myself. socks and shoes are just restriction.
Have to be free to run around in the grass and mud with my dancing feet.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edarcy/2379390394/

[margie]

http://3yrplan.typepad.com/photos/margies_photos/good-foot-bad-foot.html

this is not a recent photo, and the explanation will seem rather odd, i often test myself to gauge the weakness in my left side. nice colour on the toes though.

[Rhiannon]

Photo jojo is a favourite of mine too. Love the leafy foot portrait ! I'll make sure I do one too when I'm off on my next little trip tomorrow :)

[Jess]

I went to Cancun last winter and this is the photo I shared on my blog.
http://fifthlampdown.blogspot.com/2008/02/hola.html

[camerashymomma]

now, this challenge is right up my alley! happens to be that i have an entire set of feet photos... gosh, what’s wrong with me? :)

one of my favorites:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerashymomma/2287688080/

and my foot fetish set (more for the love of shoes... but whatever!)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerashymomma/sets/72157603682485173/

[Lan]

i took the sisters to the inner harbor last weekend and i snapped their feet.

http://angryasian12.blogspot.com/2008/07/inner-harbor-madness.html

[Eren]

In my yoga class we always begin by firmly planting our feet so that our bodies are free to move as they need to. I love the idea of feet firmly planted in a moment so that our minds are free to fully enjoy it.

Here is a recent photo that seems to fit.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vintagechica/2723885571/

[Kate Baumert]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/drmagoddess/2725403488/

[Wannietta]

I'm always taking pictures of my feet to share my socks, but this one is my fave!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/whatswanniettaknittingtoday/62639592/in/set-1186652/

[jfrancis]

Beautiful feet
are hard to find,
with one exception.

[ELK]

cold water....warm heart!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sammymom/2725506726/

[trupeach]

taking pictures while swinging may be a bit tricky, but it produces a pretty picture:
http://purpleinme.blogspot.com/2008/06/sky-high_25.html

[mnkathy]

I don't particularly like my own feet, or anyone else's (of the adult type!--babyfeet--ROCK!!), so this self-portrait is a rarity for me.
On vacation in Florida two weeks ago...{{sigh}}...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25773211@N07/2724869963/

[Bridget]

I love feet photos!!!
Here are mine...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/iheartjimmyhank/2687436067/

[Bet]

I SO wanted to spend more time on this one but the weekend schedule just won't allow it. I stuck to the simple approach. My feet in my favorite pair of flipflops at my favorite spot in my house.

http://www.betrankphotography.com/blog/2008/8/2/shutter-sisters-superhero-challenge-shot-my-pedi-portrait.html

[kaylaf]

on my blog...

http://livingthecreativeteenlife.blogspot.com/2008/08/art-journal-pages-and-superhero-photo.html

[kristin]

this was fun. my feet appear in a lot of my pics. the only part of me i find easy to click. today i found some polaroid film, (YAY) so took a picture in a picture.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14811117@N02/2726057350/

[Melissa (Photomom86)]

This was taken a little over a month ago.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3171/2599171299_17632da2ed_o.jpg

[Rose]

Ha! How fun! I just took a photo of my lower legs and feet at the Platte River last week. My newly turned 2 yr old is in the shot as well (he's my shadow you know).

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rstarrphotography/2725470093/

[Kathleen]

Watching the boats come in and go out of the boatyard...I LOVE SUMMER!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ko2008/2726376700/

[Kim the Midwife]

taken on mother's day, after our first pedicure date.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9032846@N03/2494728065/

[Breanne]

I love taking pictures of where I'm standing... "this is me standing [here]" I tell people. :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bleach226/213766493/in/set-72157603724913006/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bleach226/2193955265/in/set-72157603724913006/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bleach226/2193957383/in/set-72157603724913006/

[Steph Wiese]

Beach Feet!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephwiese/2726158475/

and here...

http://stephwiese.squarespace.com/superhero-challenges/feet/

[Melanie]

i take self portraits of my feet from time to time! here are a few fun ones:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/apartmentlife/2497941943
http://www.flickr.com/photos/apartmentlife/385929473
http://www.flickr.com/photos/apartmentlife/2476260329

[Lawyer Mama]

Oh gosh. I take pics of my feet TOO much! LOL!

http://flickr.com/photos/lawyermama/2503313541/in/set-72157605472764432/
http://flickr.com/photos/lawyermama/2411798707/in/set-72157604697975253/
http://flickr.com/photos/lawyermama/2313314663/in/set-72157605472764432/

[Michelle S]

I didn't know that other people did this, too. I think one of the first shots I took with this camera was of my feet. This shot is of my feet and my daughter's hands. We did our nails all special for the 4th of July.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26029966@N02/2726360263/

[raina]

I love weird toe nail polish; I was gardening the other day and there were my yellow toes peeking out!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23257912@N08/2707772494/

[Bridge]

http://flickr.com/photos/ridethewavesoflife/2727402138/sizes/l/

---it just so happens that I have that photograph!

[jag]

I took these two pics just last weekend during a whirlwind visit to my parents in New Brunswick. I don't think I'd ever immortalized my toes like this before, but I remembered seeing similar pics amongst the Shutter Sisters and figured... why not?

On the beach: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jagspace/2728541148/in/set-72157604073023608/

In the garden: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jagspace/2727713257/in/set-72157604073023608/

pace e bene,

[amanda]

mine!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/amandawoodward/522503286/

[Christina]

My girl and I with matching red piggies...my favorite foot shot yet!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/christinator/2563479618/in/pool-shuttersisters

[Julie Alvarez]

I am all around my feet this days. I also sung barefoot on a concert at a theater!
Here are mine:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/2729153823/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/2730020916/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/2729196075/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/2729193351/

[Lu]

Oh...for the love of feet...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ldb/124198929/in/set-1615802/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ldb/1375216832/in/set-72157600318344027/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ldb/473456447/in/set-72157600318344027/

[tangobaby]

This post makes me smile. For many years, I never liked my feet at all but that all changed when I started tango dancing and I could see what my feet could do for me.

When I first got my camera, I started taking pictures of my feet and came up with a couple of shots that I really liked (and now I do it off and on):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tangobaby2/2370593330/in/set-72157604032816253/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tangobaby2/2391059841/in/set-72157604032816253/

[Kim]

My Feet:
http://kimberpic.blogspot.com/2008/08/my-feet.html

I recently found your blog, and love it. Thanks for giving us girls a place to hang out and share our work.

[Briana]

So excited to have one to share for this challenge!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianamama/2638410587/

[Kate]

This was a really fun challenge, we love to take pictures of feet!

http://freemotion-kate.blogspot.com/2008/08/self-portrait-of-your-feet.html

[Cocoa]

I have zero creativity at the moment so here's my feet just as I'm starting to go down the stairs in my house.

http://flickr.com/photos/7914841@N08/2736432134/in/photostream/

[Janet]

I didn't realize I had such a foot fetish! Here is a recent shot of a mother and her two kids. They lined up like this without any prompting.

http://janetmanuelphotography.squarespace.com/blog/2008/5/6/jordan-joanie-beth.html

[Laurie L.]

Lazy August days, feet in the air.

http://woolgatheringofyarn.blogspot.com/2008/08/august-days-two.html

[claudia]

Feet are always my "go to" when I need a shot of myself...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurohunt/2329729571/in/set-72157603706688631/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurohunt/2602370903/in/set-72157603706688631/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurohunt/2735549038/in/set-72157603706688631/

[Rachel Parton]

Swinging with my niece & nephew...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/partonponderings/2747129428/

[Nicole]

I read your site all the time, but don't comment much. (sorry!!!) But I've really been trying to take on these photo challenges. They're fun and I am learning a lot, since I am just a new, aspiring photographer at this point. (still with a point and click...)

http://thenicoleshow.blogspot.com/2008/08/feet-feet-feettheyre-nifty-neat.html

[Leilalu]

Here is one from me. How funny, I just happened to take a picture of my cold toes in some leaves outside.
http://encircling.typepad.com/