Practice Series…
The next unit of Taya Iv’s course, SELF PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY, as offered through @photographycoursenet examined ways of ensuring you get your focus right - which can be difficult if you can’t see yourself through a viewfinder or view screen. It also discussed using foreground objects while keeping things sharp, as sometimes, when you’re holding something, things can go out of focus easily, with the object becoming the centre of focus instead of yourself (although there are times you might want that!).
My first and last photos in this post don’t exactly fit the unit - somehow I had it in my mind that we wanted to shoot through layers. Having said that, there is a later module where Iv explores just that. But they were still fun to make.
This set of photos were also posted to Instagram and Flickr.
Pill & Supplement Series…
I also created the following short series, focussing in on my hands as I added my prescription medication and supplements to the palm of my left hand. In hindsight, I wish I had taken a shot of my hand full of pills. I feel some supplements that I take are beneficial for me, but many I could likely cut from my life. Sadly, in many ways, it’s just another kind of addiction for me.
This series is also posted on Instagram, here and here, as well as on Flickr.
Sleeping Series…
These photos are just me playing around... I had just binged several YouTube videos I had saved on a SELF PORTRAIT playlist I created a year or two ago, but never watched a lot of what I saved to it… and it inspired me to play around with my hand in front of my face or alongside my face, and then play with the blanket against the other side of my face. I like the results here. I like the fourth photo, which has a hazy look due to the fact I picked up the camera too fast before it was finished what was essentially a 2-3 second exposure due to the low light of my dark bedroom. In the last two photos I let myself breathe through my mouth and it was normal breathing but the penultimate photo looks like maybe I’m turned on or something which wasn’t the intention honestly! 🤣 … I also like the shot of my hand, as I’m trying to explore shots that aren’t just of my face.
INSTRUCTOR FEEDBACK…
NOTE: this feedback was for the units 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 combined.
The following was feedback given for unit 2.5 specifically…
