Category: Self-Portraits

Three images from Orlando

A series of unfortunate events, on top of the cold weather we always have this time of year, has prevented me from getting out and taking pictures.  I've been in a bit of a funk lately and I asked my husband what he thought might be the problem.  "Well, you haven't photographed anything in a while," he said.  But that can't possibly be the issue, could it? In any case, I'm writing this from the Orlando airport en route to birthday celebrations in even-colder Chicago.  But David always drags me around to see fun things so I'm hoping to get plenty of shutter clicks in there, too.  Meanwhile, here are three random images from my travels.  First up - shuttle launch.  The planets (har, get it?) kind of aligned for me to go see Discovery's last launch.  We drove for what seemed forever and got about 5 miles away.  It was pretty seriously neat watching something launch that was headed for space.  I didn't photograph the liftoff but wish I had now.  Lesson learned: just take the damn picture. last Discovery shuttle launch And two more - one in the hotel's bathroom as part of my hotel self-portrait project and another from the Orlando airport (on the way in). b&w self-portrait at buena vista palace resort Orlando airport in black and white On deck for tomorrow: Gatorland!
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by Amber Categories: Self-Portraits, TravelTags: , ,

MCP Week 2/52 – Self-portraits

I've talked about the windows in my apartment before, and I probably will again.  They are fantastic.  After this maybe 5 minute self-portrait session on my bed, I'm very much thinking about doing some boudoir right here in my home.  Is anyone interested in boudoir photography?  First serious person will be my guinea pig in this space and won't have to pay.  Everyone else will have to make it rain. I think I'd be really, really good at boudoir.  I'm not scared around nekkid people and I've always been fascinated by sexuality.  I secretly think it might be my destiny.  Anyway, I shot these for MCP Actions' 52 Week project.    The theme was "illustrate a song" and I have had Tom Petty's "Free Falling" in my head all week.  I ended up making a diptych, which you don't see here because I used the full images alone. self-portrait on my bed me in my amazing soft window light What makes this light so lovely is that part of my building juts out a few apartments down, which blocks the sun after 3pm or so this time of year, taking away any direct light and deep shadows that would ensue.  This lets the very soft, even light from the sky to fill in through these enormous windows.  Pretty, right?  No not me, the way I'm lit! looking out my window self-portrait on my bed - thinking jumping on the bed
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by Amber Categories: Self-Portraits

LE Week One – a self-portrait and a mission statement

This week, Lighting Essentials asks us to do some self-reflecting about photography: What do you want to do photographically? Tell us with a single paragraph what you want to be able to do with your images. Tell us what you do without telling us you are a photographer. Accompany that message with a single image taken around your home. Inside or out, make a photograph that adds insight into the mission statement you will be writing. Here is my submission: I want to help people to see the beauty in themselves, particularly if they normally have a hard time seeing it.  I want to create images that perfectly capture who someone is and how they were feeling at that precise moment, to capture their very essence on film.  I want to delight and inspire. unguarded self-portrait
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by Amber Categories: Photo 11, Self-Portraits