Self portraits
Just for the record, I had a nightmare that I posted myself naked on the internet. Please try to avoid doing that, it was horrible.
I'm not writing this blog to tell people to stop posting pictures of themselves on the internet at all; I'm actually supporting the idea of being your own model.
I'm into photography. I've got no models. I'm not good at coaching models. Therefore, I will be my own model when lacking others.
I think there's a certain difference between a so called "ego picture" and a self portrait. We all may be judging the "attention whores" who just got a camera and spend most of their time posing in front of it.
I'm not saying I'm better than them.
I'm saying there might be art in it.
Yesterday, I felt creative, looked for attention but found none, wanted to pose etc; and so I did! Here's just some examples of how "ego pictures" could be more like art. Thank you!, and please tell me your opinions on them, ego pics and self portraits!
Explaining things like this always makes self-contradiction :>
here they are, five minutes before going to bed, no make up, no hair styling. Dad's vintage shirt. 8]
I'm not writing this blog to tell people to stop posting pictures of themselves on the internet at all; I'm actually supporting the idea of being your own model.
I'm into photography. I've got no models. I'm not good at coaching models. Therefore, I will be my own model when lacking others.
I think there's a certain difference between a so called "ego picture" and a self portrait. We all may be judging the "attention whores" who just got a camera and spend most of their time posing in front of it.
I'm not saying I'm better than them.
I'm saying there might be art in it.
Yesterday, I felt creative, looked for attention but found none, wanted to pose etc; and so I did! Here's just some examples of how "ego pictures" could be more like art. Thank you!, and please tell me your opinions on them, ego pics and self portraits!
Explaining things like this always makes self-contradiction :>
here they are, five minutes before going to bed, no make up, no hair styling. Dad's vintage shirt. 8]
tip! sepia makes for better "old" looking pictures...
black and white are best for clean, crisp ones.
=P
banquo, July 19th, 2009 at 04:58:58pm
first off.
O_O
you are totally gorg.
i mean take me out of make up, and babies cry.
no but really, these are pretty good photos. lots of thought. and i to, am my own model most of the time xD that or i make my mum do it.
i love photography but still need to get a "good" camera. xD failage.
the third one is great ^^ its all, like it was a candid shot. like no one but the person behind the camera new it was going to be taken. and thats usually the best kind of photo. that way you dont over do the pose, or the facial expressions.
i have no idea if any of that made sense. so ill stfu now.
good pictures ^^
Pretty Rave Girl, February 27th, 2009 at 03:00:39pm
it's not fair, you're extra gorg ):
icegirl., February 25th, 2009 at 03:05:33am
I like the third one best. :)
You're gorgeous.
Skippy., February 25th, 2009 at 02:09:28am
i fear the fifth one because you look like you're plotting my death.
no, but thank you for the advice about the nudes and i like these photos, tbh. they look like they had thought put into them, which is always nice. [:
get famous, February 24th, 2009 at 10:05:03pm
lol your welcome i think
if you want it to look old, you can probably still take a good quality picture but still making it look older than it really is, im just not sure how. idk loladg
JEW., February 24th, 2009 at 08:18:28pm
thanks for the criticism :]
i do have a "good" camera, i use a nikon d40. The reason the pictures are blurry and quality-wise sucks, is because I wanted that 'old' look in them, and they were taken in very poor light.
Lissie!, February 24th, 2009 at 08:13:05am
to start off, you're reallly pretty omg
i could go on for hours and like ~defend~ photography but i dont feel like being like rude or something. i'm just going to say that it's a good idea, maybe try getting a good (or dslr) camera because those take crisp pictures that really show detail, color, emotion etc. pictures also taken in black and white are rarely good unless you have different shades of the black and white in the picture, that can really stick out. self-portraits are a good idea and a fun thing to do, coming up with new ideas & stuff. i like the second one the most, but i think it would be better if it were a solid background, (like without the door) so if you can do something like that, it'd be cool. also to make pictures or self portraits more unique have something obscure as a prop, like the bow kind of was good because your hair is so light and it reflected off of it kind of.
this probably makes no sense but it 6AM and i'm usually a b*tch and probably was in this. idk omg. this was a good start for the self portraits. so in the end, i think you should ~research~ other people's self portraits, and get ideas from them, but make them original from yourself. (flickr.com has A LOT of people there with self portraits). good luck!!
JEW., February 24th, 2009 at 07:32:22am