Self-Portrait Update

Just a little update on my latest self-portraits

This has been one of the most enjoyable/hateful projects I've worked on.

I love seeing how far i've come, from my first one to my eighteenth picture.

More to come...a lot more. haha

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Self Portrait 8/52

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Self-Portrait 7/52_Light Leaks

These were done in 30 minutes, right after a two hour nap with nothing but my camera, tripod, and my Valentine flowers. They were dying already so I had to use them somehow. 

My first plan was to incorporate them into the picture, maybe on my hair...but nothing looked right. Then i decided to use it, like i would use it if i were only behind the camera...which was to attach a couple of petals to the lens using my hair tie,  so that it would create some kind of lens flare but with color. This is how it turned out. pretty cool. My original plan was to fake the light leaks on photoshop, but thanks to the sun & some rose petals, I was able to achieve it on my own.

Awesome.

Self-Portrait Project 6/52_None

I've had these ready for a few days, but too busy to post!

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Self-Portrait Project 5/52_Flowers

I know I've been MIA.

But I'll be back soon.

Here's week #5 of my project.

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Self-Portrait Project Week 3_Sky

This week was extremely tough to sit down and plan a self-portrait. 

Between my mom's 50th bday party & an engagement shoot on Sunday, my mind was somewhere else. Still, I took time to drive around and try to find a cool spot. Then, I looked up and saw what a pretty day it was. No rain, no heat, no humidity...Miami's best. 

So I went for the sky.

Self-Portrait Project 2014- Week #2

If you read my previous post about my new idea for my self-project 2014, you know I made a list of items/things/ideas I wanted to include in my photographs. As a challenge to myself

This week I decided to do one of the things on the list...lips.

I wanted the focus of the photograph to be on the lips.

I hope it did.

xoxo

SimplyLively

Self-Portrait Project 2014- Week 1

This year I've dedicated myself to getting better at photography, a passion I discovered over 4 years ago. One of the things that have taught me a lot about photography and my camera is taking self-portraits. It its harder and more frustrating than taking pictures of someone else. It has tested my patience and perseverance. So many times i've wanted to quit because I couldn't get the picture focused correctly, or I couldn't get the colors right, or the edit wasn't working. Pure frustration, but I came through.

This year, I decided to challenge myself by doing one a week. Which means I MUST have 52 images by the end of the year. Hopefully.

I decided to challenge myself even more by making a list of items/things/themes that need to be in 24 of the 52 pictures. There is no specific way to these things, they just have to be incorporated in the picture somehow. I left myself room for just regular portraits since I know some weeks will be hard to get creative.  Here's a list I created in no particular order. I think playing around with these items is going to help me be more creative as well as help me edit pictures much better. If you have any ideas of other items please let me know! I would love to try it. 

Wood

Confetti

Colored Powder

Polaroid

Glitter

Shadow

Double Exposure

Light Leaks

Flowers

Grass

Sky

Rain

Braid

Tulle

GlowSticks

Light

Lips

Water

Movement

Eyes

Lace

Colors

Bubbles

Freckles 

Here's week 1/52_None

this last one is blurry...but i really love the look of my shirt with the background...hehe so I kept it! 

These were all taken at the Marine Stadium in Miami. Check out this website to read more about it

http://www.marinestadium.org 

xoxo

SimplyLively