Self portraits

As part of our course, we had to get on the other side of the lens with self portraits. Here are some of mine...

 I added a warm tint and a vignette to this photo  to focus the viewers eyes on me and what i am looking at.

 This was took in the studio. I have edited the colours of my hair, skin and eyes. I tried to add a pink tint to my lips but it went wrong and i couldn't undo it so now they look fake.

This is the same image as the one above but in monochrome. I have added colour only to my eyes and i think that it is very effective in capturing the viewers attention.

See no evil...

Hear no evil...

Speak no evil.

Self portraits of famous people

This is the self portrait of Jeanloup Seiff in 1978.

This is a very captivating image. Jeanloup's use of shallow depth of field makes it almost impossible to look away from his face. When taking the picture, he has kept his other eye open so that we can see it, it feels like he is looking directly at me which is very intriguing.

This is the self portrait of Sally Mann in 1974

The strong vignette around this image makes the viewer's eye focus on Sally and her camera. I like the brown-ish tinge in this image, it makes it more interesting to look at rather than just black and white. Sally is also looking straight ahead at the viewer and holding her shirt together, giving the image a personal feel.