Monday 9 May 2011

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:
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But in my quest to understand my camera better, I recently tried out the self-timer.  First in the conservatory:
OOPs, missed!
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That’s better, but not too happy with exposure
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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 funSmile.
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Finally, I sat at the kitchen table and got this one:
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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!

9 comments:

scrappysue said...

Looks like you had tons of fun getting these shots Linda! LOL about Merlin sneaking up and licking your face, I like the one of you on the grass with Merlin behind you the best. I must try this on the beach before we leave! Thanks for the link too, I had to go over and check it out.

Chicken Licken said...

Hee hee! How funny! I can't lie down anywhere either or I get jumped on by 2 dogs!

Jo.C said...

I liked the one of you kneeling down and then saw where the dog was and thought maybe not :0)
Great one in the kitchen though - could crop it.

Jane said...

looks like you had fun!

Shoshonee said...

My dogs too get overly excited if I get anywhere near the ground! Very cute pictures and great self portraits.

Sue Althouse said...

That last photo is a winner for sure! I also like the outdoor shots. Animals make any photo fun!

Shari said...

Fun photos Linda - looks like Merlin really enjoyed your photo shoot. I do like the last one of you.

Margie S (Nihao, Cupcake! xnomads.typepad.com) said...

I love these! Your dog is a riot. You are motivating me to take some more self-portraits. I used my self-timer for a week or two and I'm already not doing it again. Not to mention, I am not always presentable! Ha! Better get over that. Yours are adorable.

WendyB said...

Found your blog through BBfS and just wanted to say that I loved your set of self portraits, really made me smile :-)