PhotoFriday: Portrait
I was pleased to find out that this week's PhotoFriday challenge was Portrait. I had just spent some time messing about with bounce flash, and since I can very rarely find a willing subject I used myself.
It's really hard to judge or rate a picture of yourself. Unless you are massively narcissistic, most people judge their own likeness in pictures rather hard. I've been told one reason is that we aren't used to seeing ourselves this way, as it is an exact representation of how the world sees us, and not a mirror reflection. Things being backwards must mess with the mind.
Out of the masive pile of pictures I now have of myself, I convinced my inner voice that this one was the best of the crop. The shadowing adds a lot of depth to my face. Given the chance to do it again, I would put a reflector on the shadowed side to reduce the contrast of the shadow against the lit side of my face. I also monotoned the picture, and added a little grain trying to make the picture look a little more antique.
