I am a member of several photography forums, but no other forum has given me the support and encouragement of The Bloom Forum. It was started back this fall by two lovely ladies who teach photography workshops. After frequenting some larger, less personal forums, this one was like a breath of fresh air! Several groups within the forum have gotten together to organize 52 Projects for 2011! These projects involve a photograph a week that is OUR interpretation of the theme decided for that week. Each Sunday we will all post our images for that week. The coolest part for YOU is that in each post, we linked to each others blog! SO after you are finished with me, you can mosey on over to the next member of our group. It will form one Fabulous circle of 15 members!
So the theme for this week is SELF PORTRAIT Needless to say this was hard. Not only from a technical standpoint… imagine balancing a camera with attached flash, while trying to BBF and keep myself in the frame and at a good angle…. at arms lenght… My nose ONLY lends itself to so many angles mind you!
This result might seem a bit “off” to some, but I actually loved the dissymmetry of it.
Now… the cool part! You can head on over to Carrie Terrones’s Blog and see what great things she has come up with!
Carrie - Oh I agree…I love that it is a bit off. Beautiful!
Amy Lucy - I love the feel of this, especially the focus. Wonderful job!
Stacey S - Technically, definitely a lot to juggle at once! I love the result – a unique self-portrait!
AmandaB - love the way you embrace the imperfection of the image! awesome.
Jasmine - Love this!
robyn - it is so hard isn’t it, I think I took 200 before I decided to use a mirror… I think this is a great artistic interpretation.
Rachel - I love it!!! This image is wonderful.
christina - I love your unique interpretation! Well done
Cara - This really draws me in, love the choices made.
wendy - I like it too. Love your crop. Selfies are tough! I have to use the self timer or the only thing you’ll see are my crows feet.
Tamara - Love your self portrait, the crop, bw all of it.
Alison Crane - I love this take on the self-portrait. BBF and self-portraits are so tough. Every time I try I fail. This works beautifully!
JessicaN - Wow very dreamy. Love the comp on this.
Carrie Owens - very fun shot – love the crop!
kristin m. young - beau.ti.ful…love the composition and dreaminess of this. you done good!!!!
jules - love this and love the title font! so cute!
Stephanie Moore - This is beautiful, love the angle and the shot!
hope - this is just beautiful. love it…super dreamy. great start to the project.
Shauna - Love it!! awesome!