For the last couple of days, I’ve been trying to take new self-portraits and it hasn’t been easy. It’s even harder than I thought it would be. Apparently, I have a lot to learn about making an interesting self-portrait.
I’ve been trying to get some new self-portraits for my website because the photos on the website are from 2016. And I don’t feel they really represent me as a person and as an artist.
I must say, I wish I had someone like Sorelle Amore to come to take them for me and give me directions 😀
At the end of the video, you’ll know if I managed to take some more…fun self-portraits. But I will show you some of the boring ones as well because I know I’m not alone in this. I bet you’ve taken some boring shots of yourself as well.
I included some of the boring and some of the bad ones in the video if you want to see those. There are about 50 more but they’re along similar lines, so I didn’t add those.
There is also some self-critique of the photos in the video but I’m not being harsh on myself. I did that to learn what to improve and to be transparent about my struggle with this.
The best self-portrait photos I took
Are self-portraits as hard for you as it is for me?
Leave me a comment below
I think you’re on the right track – some of these are very nice! Even with a photographer, they’ll usually take lots of shots and only a few of them make the cut. Keep at it 🙂
Thanks Sibylle 🙂 I will keep going. Just wish I had more hours of daylight 😀
I think your pictures are great! Your doing a great job. As you probably know, lighting is everything! And angulation of your camera/phone.
Try some outside with natural light and a nature background. That would be fun. Also, taking many pictures and then deciding later which ones you like best is what everyone does. Including professionals. Personally my favorite of the three is the last one. It’s bright, cheery and can really see your beautiful smile and your eyes. Keep going.. your amazing! ❤️
Thank you Shanan <3 The background here right now would be monochrome and rather boring 😀 I'll probably take more in Spring and early Summer. I think I took about 50 photos on the day. I would have taken more but the light went away and I didn't have a reflector or a diffuser for the flash.