I like cuddling, cuddling is my FAVORITE! I had a hard decision this week…I’m still not certain I picked the right one.
Is it creepy that you’ve now witnessed our bedtime ritual? Oh, well…remember I am always ARMED. I am posting the *reject* on my personal page…check it, YO! Which one would YOU have chosen?!
PS Sara Rae, I am sorry I disobeyed you. I’ll make it up to you…
1/10th shutter speed
f/2.8
ISO 500
Self portraits are a strange phenomenon. If you poll photographers, I estimate that 90% of them hate being in front of the camera. I do not hate being photographed, but I definitely do not love it. Plus, I am asian and so my skin tones always photograph a bit…ummm…yellow?
For this week’s challenge, I wanted to work on my off camera lighting outdoors and specifically with setting ratios for my flashes. I feel like I have subjected my wife and our canine and feline children enough in my images so I resorted to photographing myself. As soon as I saw it, I started critiquing my slouching, my hand placement, my head angle, my…oh, the things that go through a photographer’s mind.
1/10th shutter speed
f/4.0
ISO 800
Canon 600 Flash to camera right @ 1/32nd power
Canon 580 Flash to camera left @ 1/16th power
As a photographer, sometime you need to work on things outside of your normal purview and this project is going to help us (and you) challenge, grow and creatively develop your photography as a whole. Weekly for the next year, we will be sharing our images with you here!
For those of you interested in participating, PLEASE join us! The more the merrier! You definitely do not need to be a professional photographer, this is something you can easily do with your point and shoot, cell phone, ipad2, etc. You can comment with a link to your image here on our blog or on our La Brisa fan page or you can tag La Brisa Photography in your image on your own FB page or use the hashtag #52WoA on twitter that way we can share your efforts with everyone else! If you are interested in joining our La Brisa Aspiring Photographer Workshop group on FB, please request to join as we will also be sharing our images there too.
Next Thursday, May 10th, Week 41: “Something that gives you the feeling of warmth” will be due. The image must be created between today and May 10th. Good luck!
Let me know if you have any questions!
To all of you aspiring photographers, we are partnering with our awesome friends at Anecdotally Yours (www.anecdotallyyours.com) to offer an Introduction to Portrait Photography class! 100% of profits will be donated to worthy causes! For more information, click on this link – http://labrisaphoto.blogspot.com/2012/04/introduction-to-portrait-photography.html
Here is the full list of 52 Weeks of Awesomeness!
Week 41 Something that gives you the feeling of warmth
Week 42 Smell
Week 43 Water
Week 44 Animals
Week 45 Music
Week 46 Reflections/Shadows
Week 47 Flowers
Week 48 Sleep
Week 49 Action Shots
Week 50 Circles
Week 51 Your car
Week 52 Self portrait