Today I will start my 365 Day Self Portrait Project! If you read the last few posts you will understand the take two part. I’ve tried this once before for about a month, but my circumstances have changed and I am here to try again, this time I’m going to make it!!! I’m sure your comments will help me have the drive to post things as well so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE leave me some blog love!!! Each day will have a self portrait as well as an explanation.
Here’s to Day 1………..
I was preparing for an engagement shoot I wasn’t too happy about since it’s been super rainy. I wanted sunny skies so I could get some of that yummy sun flair. I got all ready for the shoot and felt like I was going off to battle someone with all my straps on! I felt it would be an appropriate start to the project. So to explain why there are 5 images instead of 1……..the first shot in this series was my first shot and as you can see it was out of focus but it was my favorite! I loved how Ellie was sitting right behind me wondering what in the world is she doing? So I checked the camera and I was bummed since it was out of focus so every shot after that was an attempt at the first. What I liked about this shot is you can tell it’s rainy, I’m wearing my favorite jeans, and Ellie is in it. Perfect opening to my project. Well as you can see I failed in recreating my first dreamy image, but I feel having this series makes up for it. You can see we actually have two dogs (which is probably why it was so hard to recreate) but Ellie is the queen around here and I quite frankly don’t like putting up with my husband’s dog because she’s not too bright. My Ellie is so smart and a quick learner, which is exactly why I love her so much! In the end you can see my frustration as I walked back toward the camera while the timer was going off.
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I love it Erika! This is so much fun! I really like the first shot as well, the colour on the trees are so beautiful! Hope you keep doing this, It’ll be great!
HAHA. i love it, and look forward to the rest.
Aww, I did something like this a long time ago back when xanga was big. My username was even ‘selfportrait’! It’s really therapeutic once you get into it. (: