Shattered

I had the itch for a self-portrait for quite a few weeks, and finally had a chance yesterday to do one that I had sketched out a while ago.

For the most part it turned out how I had wanted it to. I do wish that there was more glass on my face, but it just kept sliding off. I plan on doing a sequel of sorts, and have figured out a way that should get the glass to stick, so hopefully I can get to that in the near future.

I am really drawn to the one with the eyes closed, but have heard from many that the prefer the opposite. So I am curious to hear, which one do you here on my blog prefer? I would love to hear some feedback!

45/365 – Wasting My Time

I thought of this one sleepless night a while back, title and all. I had been trying to get together with my friend Susannah for ages so that she could do hair and makeup for me, but we both have been extremely busy. Our schedules finally worked tonight, and so I went over to her house, and she went to town on my hair and then snapped the shutter for me. My hair was (well, is) so big that it got squished while getting into my car. The editing process for this image was almost absurd. It took close to three hours, and went through maybe six different versions before settling on this one.

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19/365 – Untitled

Goodness this burned my eyes. I am still finding clumps of mascara on my eyeball, hours later.

Sometimes, I feel like the watermark just doesn’t belong on certain images. I left it off this one on purpose because I felt like it destroyed the clean simplicity, and was just a distraction from the emotion I was trying to convey.

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8/365 – Harsh

I almost forgot about my self-portrait for the week. I had this idea sketched out in my sketch book for quite a while now, so I thought it was about time to do it. And for future reference, acrylic paint that close to my eye is a little bit scary.

48/52 – Tears.

I was stuck in bed all day yesterday with an awful stomach virus, so I just got around to last week’s picture today.

345/365 – Frost Queen

Meet the wonderful Kathryn! When I lived in Minnesota Kathryn was always my model, and we did quite a lot with her. It had been a long long time since we had been able to do a shoot together, and so I knew I wanted to do something over break. I got home yesterday, and she heads out tomorrow, so today was our only chance to see each other. I had in idea in mind for what I wanted to do, unfortunately we ended up chatting for so long we lost all natural light. Luckily she has a pretty bright light on her back porch, so we used that for our shoot. I did her makeup (which is why it isn’t all that great, haha), and she was brave enough to be willing to stand outside in the snow in just a tank top. I may upload a few more later on, but for now, enjoy!

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{I forgot to add my logo, and then decided to change some of the tones, so I have re-uploaded the photograph}

124/365 – Lashes

A little reverse lens action on my friend’s eye. She is living with my for part of the summer, so there will most likely be lots more pictures of her to come. Luckily she is a willing model!

Fish Face

I really think I like this one better than the one I chose for my 52 week picture, so I may replace it.

I really should be writing a lesson plan or doing one of the other millions of other assignments I have, but my mind is in a million other places and I just cannot focus on those things for the life of me.

14/52 – Fishy

I have had this idea in my head for the longest time, and finally was able to do it today, with the help of my friend Danielle. It was a hilarious shoot, always is with her.

I am pretty happy with how it came out too, although I wish I had even more vibrant blue makeup for it. Perhaps another time. Pretty much straight out of camera, just a small crop and some minor retouching to get rid of spots from my dirty sensor.

20/365 – Colors

I just recently started wearing makeup more often. It is partly because of a picture from last semester, because I needed good makeup and a range of colors for it. This kit is from Sephora, and I have fallen in love with it pretty much.

And, on a side note, I have decided to pretty much end my 52 week project for now. I don’t know why I started the 365 when I had just started the 52 week project not too long before. It was silly of me especially knowing my school schedule for this semester. So, there will no longer be a specific 52 week shot sadly. I will try to do a self portrait from time to time for my 365 however.