Fun with self-portraits

I have been trying out self portraits since the begining of the year and want to add them into my 2011 album (it’s becoming more like an illustrated diary now, I love the way my yearly albums have evolved, maybe the details of that will form a future post).  I am even more inspired by Embrace the Camera (see http://www.andersonfamilycrew.blogspot.com) which I found via Margie’s blog.  I usually take pictures in the mirror:

But in my quest to understand my camera better, I recently tried out the self-timer.  First in the conservatory:
OOPs, missed!

That’s better, but not too happy with exposure

Then, I went out into the garden, placing my camera on the back steps.  The white thing across the bottom of some of these pics is the book I balanced the lens on!  As you can see I had trouble with a certain dog!  Merlin was a bit confused by the camera taking pictures on it’s own and kept barking at it!  In the second picture I caught him mid shake!  Then I thought about putting the camera down on the grass and lying down.  Merlin thought this was very funny, and his cue to lick me!  We did have fun.


Finally, I sat at the kitchen table and got this one:

Not bad eh?  That is, apart from the camera lead in the way!  Note to self, clear the table in front of you first!  Oh well, keep practising!