This was my first picture.
I spent the last few days fiddling around trying out taking self portraits using my compact digital camera, handheld or with timer (a function I didn't realise it had). Using a compact camera like this is awkward and doesn't strike me as a good way to learn to take better photos. I have been thinking I need to buy a new camera for the project, eg one with a screen that flips through 180 degrees, so you can compose the shot even if it is of yourself. My friend commented that maybe a special quality of this photography is not being able to see what you are taking a picture of as you take it. In the context of self portraiture maybe this is appropriate.
There was a lot of snapping and being "disappointed" (not flattered enough?) by the results.
I do have a camera with a remote but Im too lazy to set it up and I dont really like that camera.
I also worked out how to take snaps with the webcam on my laptop, but I hesitated to upload this to flickr as the first self portrait, because I don't think would normally do this.
I don't make a habit of taking pictures of myself. (But now I am.) Although the year before last I think my new year's resolution was to draw, and I thought maybe self portraits was a good subject. Someone commented it was egotisitical, but I didnt think it was, if only because the pictures were ugly. Again, we were doing self portraits in the art class last year. The teacher criticised me for always making myself look a lot younger than I actually am. I thought it was a fair criticism.
Ok so lots of self justification about whether Im narcissistic or not.
[Running: I ran for 40 minutes, but very slowly as I was stiff from running yesterday and we had been for a long walk].
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