Time for a new blog circle!! Some of the ladies over at ClickinMoms have started a blog circle for those of us participating in the CM project 52 for 2015. Project 52 means taking a picture based on a different theme ,each week, for a year. For week one, the theme is "You". Self portraits are something that I am incredibly uncomfortable with. I despise being in front of the camera. All I can see when I look at pictures like this are flaws. Flaws in how I look, and in the photography itself.
Despite my distaste for photos of myself, I owe it to my family to occasionally get in the shot. When I look back through the last few years worth of pictures on my hard drive, there is very little evidence that I even exist. If something were to happen to me I would want my son to be able to remember me, imperfections and all. For that reason I am thankful for the push to do this.
This is certainly not the most creative self portrait ever taken. It doesn't say much about who I am. I was short on ideas and time the day I did this. Since then I've come up with something better...but I won't be including it here. It will be the basis of a new personal project for me. One that will involve me getting out from behind the lens more often! Look for that project on my blog soon.
So... here I am. Week 1/52
Despite my distaste for photos of myself, I owe it to my family to occasionally get in the shot. When I look back through the last few years worth of pictures on my hard drive, there is very little evidence that I even exist. If something were to happen to me I would want my son to be able to remember me, imperfections and all. For that reason I am thankful for the push to do this.
This is certainly not the most creative self portrait ever taken. It doesn't say much about who I am. I was short on ideas and time the day I did this. Since then I've come up with something better...but I won't be including it here. It will be the basis of a new personal project for me. One that will involve me getting out from behind the lens more often! Look for that project on my blog soon.
So... here I am. Week 1/52