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self portrait artists.. where are you?
I have only done this one... But I have a few conceptual ideas I might work on some day...  My fav self portrait artist is definitely Brooke Shaden; she has some pretty awesome work! Jan 15 13 08:57 pm Link Hero Foto wrote: THANKS for that link. Awesome work there. Jan 15 13 09:02 pm Link bw fotograf wrote: You're welcome ... she ROCKs ... Jan 15 13 09:57 pm Link I agree that sometimes it's fun to mix it up and shoot yourself. Sometimes after a great photo shoot I look at my photos and want to do the same concept myself haha. I think it's a good idea to get in front of a camera just as often as you are behind it. Just a handful of my selfies.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessraquel … 298326717/ Jan 16 13 01:03 am Link Only to test new lighting setups - like this DIY 'kinoflow' rig.   Jan 16 13 04:32 am Link Shooting yourself is artistic suicide.     Jan 16 13 04:55 am Link   Jan 16 13 07:53 am Link Ken Marcus Studios wrote: This guy is pure genius. Jan 16 13 08:32 am Link Hi Tina, I go through it. Some times I feel like I'm stealing a shot. I'm on the set on someone's dime and I sneak a shot. It's a funny feeling, like I have stolen something. In reading the other threads I realize I do it for some of the same reasons as others posting yet many of the things you say ring true like always available, how you learn so much about your self and your craft. How fun it is to follow through on "those short lived moments of conceptual inspiration". A lot of my work is documentary, I have been doing documentaries many years among other assignments and I can share that it's hard to sell your work if you are not doing it too ,e.g., documenting yourself, your family, your work. And also as you mentioned you learn so much, like how hard it is to be comfortable before the camera lens. Thank you for your thought provoking insights. Jan 18 13 11:38 am Link   Jan 18 13 03:23 pm Link I've been using myself as a test subject for an upcoming project.   Mar 09 13 05:16 pm Link Mar 09 13 06:03 pm Link I used to do lots of self portraits before kids. Now I do sometimes but it's mostly headshots. Not a fan of the body changes and I'm finally starting to show my age =/ but I am *very* vain and am trying very hard to get a good looking lingerie shot. Here are some recents: http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd23 … l/EMD2.jpg http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd23 … 800--1.jpg http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd23 … 0-6465.jpg Mar 09 13 07:56 pm Link  Mar 09 13 08:13 pm Link -JAY- wrote: LOL you keep those ? Mar 10 13 01:23 am Link    here are three of mine... different styles I guess  Mar 10 13 04:59 am Link I have been wanting to do one and even gave it a half-assed try once but it turned out bad. It is a lot of work and can be frustrating. There are very few photos of me that exist so I might give this a try again soon. It would certainly be a fun challenging project when I have time to work on it. Mar 10 13 08:39 am Link I've done the self-portrait thing from tome to time, though I prefer to be on the other side of the camera. If I have a concept I want to try, but no suitable subject I'll move to the other side.  Mar 10 13 08:48 am Link I used to do a lot of self portraits, that's where I get more creative and test new things, I have some on my port on MM    more here https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set … 524&type=3 and more to come in the future... Mar 10 13 09:10 am Link Mar 10 13 10:34 am Link Mar 10 13 10:35 am Link Heres one I did testing the light for the next day shoot for a fitness model client. Waiting for the time to go off seems like forever!  Mar 10 13 10:36 am Link My avatar is me ! I always felt that it was a little strange that an avatar was of a beautiful woman, and the photographer was some guy that I was talking to in the forum. As if I was talking to the one pictured in the avatar. So, I just made my avatar a self-portrait. Just a personal quirk, but I "fixed" it. -Don Mar 10 13 10:51 am Link Don Garrett wrote: I thought I was the only one to think it strange for a male photographer to use a photo of a female as an avatar. This self-portrait thread brought out a few others showing themselves in their avatar. Mar 10 13 12:13 pm Link  Mar 10 13 12:34 pm Link My latest two...   Jun 15 13 06:15 pm Link  I am neither photogenic nor pretty, and I enjoy my Jager. And thus a masterpiece was born out of drunken ideas. Jun 15 13 08:04 pm Link I allow myself to be in a shot once in a while Or else I take silly naked webcam portraits of myself because otherwise it's just an uncomfortable ordeal   links for boobs and bits here, here, here Jun 15 13 09:03 pm Link Jun 15 13 09:27 pm Link One of my latest, this time by my painter alter ego.  Jun 16 13 01:20 am Link pellepiano wrote: Fantastic! Jun 16 13 02:19 am Link Jun 16 13 06:19 am Link Jun 16 13 07:04 am Link Gulag wrote: badass! Jun 16 13 12:06 pm Link I think a lot of photographers might take time to self-test new ideas or concepts before using them with a model, especially if they're paying for it. Unless it's something that's just so difficult you can't do it yourself. I often play around with new lighting ideas, some of them turn out okay. But like many others, I tend to hide myself in many shots. These are a couple that worked out..    Jun 17 13 04:09 am Link I like being behind the camera best, but I still enjoy being in front of it. https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos- … 9793_o.jpg https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos- … 1714_n.jpg https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos- … 0451_o.jpg https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/ … 9054_n.jpg https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos- … 1622_n.jpg https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos- … 8429_n.jpg https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos- … 5251_n.jpg Jun 17 13 04:44 am Link My favourite on MM: https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/2154608/viewall My favourite not on MM: https://www.google.fr/search?q=yulia+go … 41&bih=615 me:  Jun 17 13 05:22 am Link and this is mine...  Jun 17 13 11:35 am Link I take self-portraits from time to time. Here's my latest:  Jun 17 13 12:01 pm Link This is me testing a home made beauty dish. The beauty part didn't work but I like the dish!  Jun 17 13 12:23 pm Link |
