This is the week I’ve been dreading as I looked ahead at the planned themes.
Take a picture of myself? And share it? Um, maybe I can skip this week?
But I don’t want to skip a week just because of my own fears and hangups.
So, hello world. Hi, my name is Sheila, and I’m camera-phobic.
Except I don’t know how to get a good picture of myself. If I take a picture in a mirror the flash is all that’s visible. It’s been too gloomy here all week with lots of rain and even snow, so there hasn’t been enough natural light + overhead light to get a focused & visible picture without a flash.
For the first time ever I tried using my camera’s timer. I just never could manage to get it to focus on where I’d be once I was in front of it. I took dozens of shots, and none of them worked.
This is the best of the bunch:
Yeah, unfocused, missing the top of my head, and weird claw-hands to boot.
As I played with the camera I did get a picture of baby girl’s hand in mine:
And despite the 50+ disappointing shots, I’m still happy that I worked at it. Because in the midst of the trial-and-mostly-error, I got this shot:
And if I want to stretch the concept of a self-portrait, she does look extraordinarily like I did as a baby. She just has more hair than I did.
Anyone have any advice on how to accomplish a good self-portrait?
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She is so cute!!!! Love her! I really think the one of both of your hands is precious.
Thanks – I really liked the picture of our hands too, which is why I included it.
I know what you mean about being in front of the camera. I think most of us are that way. Keep trying, though! Someone in the future will want to know what their mom (or grandma) looked like “way back then!”
I know, I know, it’s one of the reasons I *did* try to get a good picture . (It’s also the reason I’m trying to set up a real photo session of me and the kids; I have *one* semi-ok picture of me with the baby. How sad is that?)
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I kept missing the timer, too. My favorite is the one of your hands. Your daughter is just adorable.
Glad to know I wasn’t the only one with timer issues! I know I’ve heard of others who have success using it, but I don’t know how they manage it!
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Pratice is the only way to get a good portrait. I took over 100 pictures to get two good ones, but I don’t have a little that needs me either. Maybe Darcy will revisit this theme later in the year and we can see how we have improved.
That’s a great idea to revisit it and see how I’ve improved, even if Darcy doesn’t officially ask us to.
And that makes me feel a little bit better to know how many you had to take to get some good ones. I managed to take around 40 before having to stop so maybe with another 60+ I’d have gotten better ones.
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