There are many reasons why people turn to photography but wanting to be behind the camera, not in front of it must rank near the top of that list. I truly hate having my picture taken. I'm tempted to take a course at the local photography center on self-portrait as self-expression as a way to get over this hang-up but I'm not sure I would survive 6 weeks of assignments using myself as the model.
That said, today's picture is a self-portait of sorts. Actually I was messing around with infrared photography again and was trying to see what skin and eyes looked like under bright sunlight. As you can see the effect is a little freaky looking. In real life I am decidedly unfreaky looking; not old or young -- exactly the average height for a European male -- no distinguishing marks, tattoos, piercing's, strange hair styles, etc. -- in the looks department I fall somewhere mid-way between Brad Pitt and the John Merrick on the scale. 'Average' does have some advantages though; fading into the background even when you're carrying a large camera can help to get the shot. |
