Self Portrait 2
10 - Have fun with it. Be sexy. Be yourself. Be
awesome. Be different. Be creative. Whatever you do, have fun with it.
That’s part of the point, after all.
The settings in which you make pictures of people are important because they add to the viewer's understanding of your subject. The room in which a person lives or works, their house, the city street they walk, the place in which they seek relaxation—whatever it is, the setting provides information about people and tells us something about their lives. Seek balance between subject and environment. Include enough of the setting to aid your image, but not so much that the subject is lost in it.
A mirror or some other reflective surface offers an even easier way to take a self-portrait. In most cases, the camera will be included in the scene (but this can help make a statement about your enthusiasm for photography). You can use your camera as a prop, and hold it away from your face. When you photograph into a mirror, be sure your reflection is in focus. An infrared autofocusing system will usually focus on glass if it's aimed into a mirror, and will focus at infinity if aimed at an angle. You might try focusing at an object that's the same distance as the distance from the camera to the reflection, lock in the focus, recompose the image to include yourself, and take the picture.
I like this one because of the background, because it's the ocean, and it looks exotic.
I like this one because of the smoke it looks like clouds.
I enjoyed this one because Dwight Howard looks like he's having fun.






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