365: Best of Week Three

So, I have already posted my best of Week Four. I didn't know it at the time, but "Her Heart Bursts Open" was the best from this last week.
However, in getting behind on my processing, I missed posting the best of Week Three.

I have been generally unable to focus on picture taking these days when the sun is still up in the sky. So most of my photos are being taken in mirrors or close up with flashes on. I normally like to use natural light, but this circumstance of busy making has actually allowed me to play with flash, light, and mirrors. I have been having fun with it. For those of you following my (sadly neglected) Flickr stream for this project you might notice that I am enjoying my washed out face with an intense close flash. This photo for Week Three was taken at night with a minimal flash in the mirror right outside my bedroom door.
There is something deep for me in this photo. It took me a long time to name this photo, to find the right word for how it makes me feel to see this expression on my own face.

~Rapture~

Her Heart Bursts Open

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30/365 FAIL

I woke up this morning and realized that I had forgotten to take my photo for yesterday. My first fail of the year.
My excuse; the weekend was rife with non-routine inducing activities (like not even being in the same city the whole weekend!!)
My ideas to avoid said fail in the future; take a photo in the mirror every single morning, just so that I have at least one!!

365: Best of Week Two

Here is my fav for week two of 365days...
While I have not had time to process or post my photos in over two weeks, I can report with pride that I have taken a self portrait every single day!! Yipeee!!

365: Best of Week One

Week one of Project 365 has passed with success; I took a self portrait every single day. Overall the photos I took required some creativity and thought. However, I often found myself taking out my camera long after the sun had gone to bed. This produced a lot of noisy photos and made me yearn for a SLR camera. However, I still like most of the ones I have taken so far. Case in point...

My pick for favorite from Week One



I took this picture late at night while waiting around in the pouring rain. Although there were street lights nearby it was still fairly dark where I was standing. I noticed that I could see my shadow quite well. I whipped out my camera and started shooting pictures. This one was shot with a 4 second shutter speed, yoozzers!! I knew I would have to process it to get anything out of it at all. Yet all I did to this photo was increase the contrast as far as it would go. I didn't even alter the exposure or colour. It turned out fabulously!! Someone on Flickr said it looked like Mary Poppins evil twin :) Perfect!!

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I have decided to embark on a journey this year. I am commiting to take a self portrait every day for the next 365 days. I know to many people it may seem self indulgent and silly to take photos of one's self. However, I would argue that taking self portraits is not only very creative but it is also an amazing tool for self exploration and awarenss. It can be a fabulous way of documenting ones own journey through life and I am excited to be commiting myself to this goal.

The Rules:

1. a portrait taken every single day
2. i must be the one who manipulates the camera (settings and hitting the shutter button)
   
3. part of me must be in the shot

I will be posting my favorites, at least once a week, here on this blog.
You can also check out and follow my Flickr 365 Set to see the self portraits for each day.

Without further ado...(I ended up with three for today)

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Shovels

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Start the year dancing...



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Parrot Cat