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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