In general, I tend to be the shooter (the photographer) and rarely in many photos, especially with my family and friends. I don't mind really (maybe I do a little), but every once in a while I like to make a rare appearance.
Mainly because one day, when my kids are grown up, I would like to pull the old photo book out.... okay okay... old iPad out and say.... look that's me.. I was not always old.
In that effort, I took a self portrait, a little vain... yes... but it was for science (experience) sake.
I decided to go with B&W, I just like B&W photos better. Maybe next time I will smile more.
Here is the result.
Lighting in my garage was challenging, even with a external flash.
Settings
ISO = 100
Local Length = 55
F-Stop = f/11
Shutter Speed 1/30sec
External Speedlight to left (Photographer propestive)
Black sheet as background
Nice portrait. You even got the required light spots in the eyes. I heard somewhere that "B/W reveals the person; color only shows the clothes." or something like that.
ReplyDeleteIf you are really brave you can keep that set-up and repeat the shot each year.
Thanks BigOwl. I really like the idea of a yearly shot.
ReplyDeleteI agree with BigOwl, nice work. Here is a suggestion that might make the shot even stronger. Lighten the image about 5-10% and then tone it a little just a touch just enough that you think its pure B&W until you really look at it.
ReplyDeletePhotographer some times refer to themselves at the model of last resort. We can't always convince the family to play along with dad.
@Rich: Thanks for the suggestion. I will have to try that next time. "Model of Last Resort"..isn't that the truth. Did you ever start a blog here on Blogger?
ReplyDeleteI'm still planning to set up a blog. The last week I spent cleaning up my website the were some things needed fixing and I also posted some new photos. Now I'm stuck on picking a name--I always do that It took me two weeks to pick the name for my site.
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