Many are aware of my ongoing self portrait work dating back to like 2014.I don't think I've ever actually blogged about any really, though.Now seems as good a time as any since my latest self portrait was chosen as THE COVER PHOTO for Dear Photographer Magazine's next issue!OMG!
I woke up that morning, like I do most other mornings that I so a selfie, and decided that day was selfie day. I knew I wanted to do something different and bright and make use of color theory. So I grabbed my new favorite skirt, a shirt my little sister gave me and went to town in front of a pink seamless backdrop.
For the photographers interested in my lighting set up for this:window light to camera left, flash bounced to the wall directly behind the camera, and OCF in a soft box to camera right.
I got the appearance of motion in the skirt by simply raising and dropping it in different ways until I got it right.
Also, I shot with my camera on "interval timer mode", so no remote.
Edited using my own Melanated Film presets(x2)So, I used one of my presets, then pulled the image into PS to edit some details, then pulled it back into LR and applied the preset again to give it a more punchy color.
That evening, the theme for the issue was announced -- "colorful" -- and it turned out that this photo was PERFECT to submit.I DEFINITELY did not think that it was cover-worthy at all...so I was so surprised and humbled when it was chosen.
Here's the photo, it's my new favorite selfie..lol:
And here are some more from 2018:
And here's some of my favorites from past years in no particular order:
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