Hazy self portraits- landscape orientation...

[thetrue]

On the other hand it might say something about how we feel about being photographed, or perhaps how we no longer feel about being photographed in this age of Everything Is A Camera All The Time.

That's an interesting thought. It could turn in to a nice series!

 

[KmH]

"If you’re pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough” – Robert Capa

 

[Derrel]

I'm back.

I don't think that it's the chopping off the head that bothers so much as much as the fact that there is lots of room on the left and right that calls attention to that and makes it seem like a mistake.
That graceful hand in the lower right is terrific.
You have a nicely symmetrical face, great eyes and cheekbones and excellent chin.

If you have any flaw in your face at all (and its a minor one) is that your upper lip isn't quite as full as the lower. A smile or a slight outpouting of the upper lip might be an attractive route to try.

But I "like" all that dead, empty,unused black space...and I mean, come on man...it's a portrait, so using a landscape orientation is therefore counterculture! Why, one might even say it's expedient! Maybe, just maybe, it's even innovative--it leaves extra room for Photoshopping in other people, who simply, due to circumstances, might not have been able to be there when the piccie was snapped! And the Duck Lips expression is new and exciting!!! Go back through thousands and thousands and thousands of archived images from the 1840's to the 1940's to the early 21st century--the Duck Lips expression is, honestly, all kidding aside--a VERY RECENT, NEW development. The Duck Lips expression is "new"...it truly,truly is. Hard to imagine, but we are living in an exciting time, when a new facial expression has swept the self-portrait field! I have NEVER, and I mean NEVER, seen a Duck Lips shot from the pre-Internet era. Not one. So, by adopting this facial expression, it does actually add a time-based clue to the self-portrait.

 

[_jessicalynn_]

Thanks for all the cc. I will take it all into consideration next time I take a self portrait.

 

[DiskoJoe]

Lose the duckface.

 

[o hey tyler]

Lose the duckface.

Glad you chimed in to add that. I don't think it was said prior to your post.

 

[CA_]

Thanks for all the cc. I will take it all into consideration next time I take a self portrait.

Jessica, were they cropped to this frame or are these how they were shot? Would you be interested in letting me take a swing at the RAW files? I think we have somewhat similar tastes in processing, and maybe I can give you a couple pointers?

Also, keep doing the landscape shots, I find them to be more interesting than traditional portrait oriented framing. I love this site, the members are great, but sometimes you'll get Kmart-Photocenter type of advice. It's good advice for foundations, but don't worry if your stuff doesn't resonate with everyone. Keep being different!!

 

[The_Traveler]

Also, keep doing the landscape shots, I find them to be more interesting than traditional portrait oriented framing. I love this site, the members are great, but sometimes you'll get Kmart-Photocenter type of advice. It's good advice for foundations, but don't worry if your stuff doesn't resonate with everyone. Keep being different!!

I like portraits that use space interestingly also but I find that kind of remark bolded above rather passive aggressive and unpleasant.

 

[_jessicalynn_]

Jessica, were they cropped to this frame or are these how they were shot? Would you be interested in letting me take a swing at the RAW files? I think we have somewhat similar tastes in processing, and maybe I can give you a couple pointers?

Also, keep doing the landscape shots, I find them to be more interesting than traditional portrait oriented framing. I love this site, the members are great, but sometimes you'll get Kmart-Photocenter type of advice. It's good advice for foundations, but don't worry if your stuff doesn't resonate with everyone. Keep being different!!

The first one is slightly cropped but msg me your email and I'll send you the RAW files. I'd love to see what you do w them

 

[cgipson1]

Thanks for all the cc. I will take it all into consideration next time I take a self portrait.

Jessica, were they cropped to this frame or are these how they were shot? Would you be interested in letting me take a swing at the RAW files? I think we have somewhat similar tastes in processing, and maybe I can give you a couple pointers?

Also, keep doing the landscape shots, I find them to be more interesting than traditional portrait oriented framing. I love this site, the members are great, but sometimes you'll get Kmart-Photocenter type of advice. It's good advice for foundations, but don't worry if your stuff doesn't resonate with everyone. Keep being different!!

You see millions of shots like these on Facebook on every MWAC Pro's page! how is THAT being different?

I love it when an amateur tells another amateur to ignore the advice from all the long time shooters and established pro's! If you are here to learn, who are you going to listen to.. the other Amateurs? Yea.. sure.. you will learn a LOT there!

 

[cgipson1]

Jessica, were they cropped to this frame or are these how they were shot? Would you be interested in letting me take a swing at the RAW files? I think we have somewhat similar tastes in processing, and maybe I can give you a couple pointers?

Also, keep doing the landscape shots, I find them to be more interesting than traditional portrait oriented framing. I love this site, the members are great, but sometimes you'll get Kmart-Photocenter type of advice. It's good advice for foundations, but don't worry if your stuff doesn't resonate with everyone. Keep being different!!

The first one is slightly cropped but msg me your email and I'll send you the RAW files. I'd love to see what you do w them

If you only "stick" to those that tell you what you WANT to hear... might as well be on Facebook!

 

[Robin_Usagani]

We aren't arguing about feminine and masculine tilt here? Wow!

 

[cgipson1]

We aren't arguing about feminine and masculine tilt here? Wow!

Hahaha.. good point!

 

[_jessicalynn_]

If you only "stick" to those that tell you what you WANT to hear... might as well be on Facebook!

You didn't see that I said thanks for the input? And I'll take the advice into consideration next time...

 

[amolitor]

Pretending that landscape portraits with the top of the frame mid-forehead are "always wrong" and that "pros never do them" is ridiculous and wrong. The professionals in the mall never do them, for sure. Professionals producing specific types of portraits never do them. This makes as much sense as saying that landscapes are always wrong, and pros never do them -- the portraits-for-money guys don't shoot landscapes either, or macros, or, or, or ANYTHING except a specific kind of portrait.

HCB made an entire book of portraits, about half of which are landscape. And so on, and so on. The fact that Nadar never did it tells us a lot about Nadar, but almost nothing about portraiture.