If you're just joining us for Self Portrait Saturday, this is a little series I started about a month or so ago to encourage you ladies to take the reigns and step in front of your cameras. Sometimes there is an optional theme that I announce during the week on my blog or Facebook page, and sometimes it's just a free-for-all, like today. I think it's important that we celebrate ourselves and become self aware. These photos are a learning experience, in a way. How can you improve from one photo to the next... from one week to the next? Become aware of your features and body through the lens and learn to embrace them. Don't be shy, be proud. You are unique and the only you.
Instead of doing these every week, I decided to do them every second weekend. All you need is a camera and yourself. Take the shots, pick the best ones, and put them into a blog post along with this button below so others can join in. Link up your blog post below!
What I'm still learning:
How to work my face in front of the camera. So often my mouth does such wonky things. My lip naturally curves up on one side so it's hard to pull off some straight-faced moments with everything being symmetrical. I'm also still learning how to take full body shots. I find it extremely difficult given the lack of open areas I have to work with here. Maybe when the weather warms up again. Show me what you've got!
You get prettier & prettier!! (:
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ejc
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Gorgeous.
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I know exactly how you feel! My mouth does weird things in front of camera all the time. Turns out the pictures, I didn't know a picture was taken from me, are the most natural and in my opinion the most beautiful.
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Very inspiring blog post! Definately following you now (:
tjaana
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such beautiful photos. your series sounds great. part of me wants to jump in and do the series too but another part feels like I've hated every picture of me ever taken. something to ponder though, thanks :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful self portraits. There is something vulnerable and soft about these shots. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteohhh, I loooove your hair in these pics, Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteYou look good with your hair up. I struggle with up-do's. I need to try some new ones out! Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteYou are gorgeous! Your boyfriend is a super lucky man!!
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Hi i'm in :) This a cool idea.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic idea! I'm new to your blog and I'll definitely be joining in these posts whenever I can. And you look beautiful, especially in that first shot. :-)
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I love your hairdo! :)
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I love this! I'm definitely going to try it soon. I just can never get self-portraits quite right.
ReplyDeleteI adore this. You look so stunning.
ReplyDeleteI'm generally terrible at self-portraiture, so perhaps I'll join you on this.
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LOL I've totally become the opposite - couldn't stand to have my hair up, now I can hardly stand to have it down unless it's straightened and smooth.
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You're so pretty! I love how you edited the colors in your photo, it sooo fits your blog layout! Vintage-y!
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You are so pretty!
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