Selfies

For quite a while now I've been wanting some new headshots of myself. The pictures I'd been using for my profile picture here on Blogger and my about me page were two years old, so I though it was time for an update. But the problem was, taking pictures with the timer was difficult. The camera can't auto focus when the timer is being used and running back and forth from behind and in front of the camera is tiring. 

So I finally got a wireless remote for my Sony. It's very simple, just two buttons: the shutter release and a shutter release with a two second delay. It focuses before snapping the photo and was only $7 on Amazon. And I love it!

I was finally able to get some beautiful headshots that I love. The forest area next to our house made a perfect background for some simple and classy portraits.

Which shot is your favorite?

Monday Randomness

{a self-portrait from the other day}

It's already February 6th, my how January just flew by! I've been keeping busy doing quite a bit crafting, particulary sewing. Some of my latest project are a bucket hat and a stuffed cat. The cat turned out kinda funny looking, but it's not too bad, considering it was the first stuffed animal I've made. I've also been having fun making desktop backgrounds for my computer. My latest creations is a Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers one and one inspired by the song Blue Skies by Ella Fitzgerald.



{a candle holder I made by gluing strips of fabric to a jar with mod podge}

It's been unusually warm around here lately. The last several days the sky has been clear and blue and the temperatures have been getting into the high fifties. I wonder if it will stay or if the winter weather will be coming back...





Yesterday I turned a purse into a camera bag by adding foam that I covered in fabric to add some protection inside. After months of searching for the perfect purse, I finally found one, and I can't wait to use in on our cruise we're going on at the end of the month.

{a shot of Tiana before she and Alina filmed a little movie}


Saturday I tweaked the blog design a bit. I replaced all the green with blue, which I think fits me a bit more. There are also new images in the header and made several social media icons which are on the sidebar. I also created a Google+ Page as well, which I've been having fun playing around with.

Project 52: Week 9

{9/52}

Sometimes taking self-portraits is lots of fun, while other times it can be quite frustrating, when you can't seem to get the look your going for. On a whim I decided to take some portraits of myself this morning, so I put my hair up in new favorite up-do (thanks to Casey's tutorial) and headed to the living room, the best lit spot in the house. I ended up with quite a few keepers that I'm quite fond of. The two below are my very favorites.

Vintage Portrait

When I posted my vintage self-portrait on Friday, I couldn't decided which picture to share. I posted the black and white one, but I also love this shot as well. I usually don't like it when only part of the the subjects face is in focus, but love how this one turned out.

Project 52: Week 3

{3/52}

I was trying some new red lipstick to see how it looked, and decided to get dressed up a bit, and take some self-portraits. Since I was going for a 1940's look, I did an old black and white edit.

(Linking up at Simple Days)

I Heart Faces - Self-Portrait

If you've been following my blog for a while, this photo will likely look familiar to you. Remember those self-portraits I shared back in August? Well, this is the same photo as the first on on that post, before I cropped it. It's a favorite of mine. ♥

Happy Monday!

Yours Truly

For the assignment in my photography class this week, we had to take a picture that represents ourself. We could put ourselfs in the photo if we wanted, and that's what I did. It took a long time to finally get something that I liked. Over 100 pictures... None of them that I really liked. Self-portraits are harder than they seem.

I went around the house and found different items that represented "me": and old film camera since I love photography, a couple of Trader Joe's chocolate bars, two Disneyland tickets from our trip last year (I love Disneyland!), a photo of two of my favorite actors/dancers; Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, All of the Astaire and Rogers films on DVD, and some of my classic Nancy Drew books, since I have read almost all of them.

Self Portraits

Or more like self-timer portraits.

I had been wanting a new profile picture for Facebook, Blogger, ect. I couldn't find any photos of myself that I really loved, so I decided to take some pictures of myself.

I put on my favorite skirt and blouse, brought out the tripod, and would set the timer, run into position, and pose. I ended up stepping on many rocks while running to pose in the outdoor shots.

Many of them turned out with my head cut off, our out of focus. Luckily, some of them turned out. :-)

Group Shot!

The Photographer

I love to take self portraits of myself with my point and shoot camera. But a couple of weeks ago, I snapped a few self portraits with the DSLR. Here's one of them:

Have a great Tuesday!

The Magic of Editing

Today I'm going to show the difference between my straight out of camera shot and the edited one.

Here we have the before, a self portrait of myself:

And the after. After a little work in Photoshop, one can turn a good photo into a great photo.

Here are some other edits of the same photo:

A vintage look.

Golden Vintage. This one's my favorite.