Edmonton Portrait Photographer| Self portrait homework

Hello again.

One of the many cool things about being a photographer is talking to your peers about your work. What you like, what you do not like, who you admire and who you scratch your head at and wonder why.

I was out for dinner with a very dear friend who is a photographer too and she and I were talking about self portraiture.

**For those who know me and my work, I have done at least 2 years worth of self portraiture …. probably why I can not keep a profile photograph for a long time on Facebook or on Twitter for very long, I keep discovering new things to photograph about myself.  ANYWAY, I did a self portraiture project of 366 days and 52 weeks of music. You can find the 366 here and the 52 weeks here. It took a lot of time and I have learned plenty about myself in those 2 years. I am thinking about picking it up again, but I am not ready yet. Time is not on my side like it was when I did it before.**

Now, back to the moment when I was at dinner with my friend. She and I have similar backgrounds, values,  love in art and in good food, good wine and good company. She was talking about how she wanted to do a self portrait that was true to her and her personality. So I encouraged her (naturally) to do it and then she dared me to do a self portrait almost straight on. These were her words:  “Take a general photograph of you and see what other people see in the photograph-other than a face.”

Now I admit I let my creative imagination guide my own self portraiture as I see visions of what my personality is like. This test was hard. I am used to capturing the real person who are my clients…but I am not used to seeing me as a real person.

So you be the judge. What do you see, other than a face.

Until the next blog post…which will be soon.

See you soon.