Self Portrait Project

   

      

I was not particularly excited to do this project. 

I am very comfortable being behind the camera. I am alright at being in front of the camera. But, I have trouble with the idea of doing both. Over the period of time I had to do this project, my family was away for the break, and so I didn't have the familiar comforts of my own home to place myself in for these photos. However, I think they turned out alright. 

One of the ideas I toyed with here was the blur. I've come to a point in my life where everything is sort of whizzing too rapidly for me to sometimes keep track of, so the blur is sort of my visual attempt to convey what my brain feels like. Another pattern in these photos is the 'looking down' shot; apart from the fact that I find these photos extremely powerful, I suppose this can be linked to the fact that I'm not particularly extroverted. I'm introspective and I over analyze quite a bit, so it sort of makes sense to use that type of photo as a representation of that. Yes. My guitar is another thing that makes an appearance. I can't really say any more about that than that music is such a huge key factor in my life, and to not use the guitar in this project would be silly. 

In the end, this project wasn't as taxing as I thought. It sort of gave me a tremendous sense of self satisfaction to have captured a successful image of myself. (Especially the blur photos - those were tricky.) But, yes. Self photos, man. What are they? I don't even know. But this project was interesting. I'm glad we were assigned it.