There is nothing
like Self-Portrait to have on your website or on your Facebook page.
Why
Self-Portraits are important?
Every
artists subject of art is different but the self-portrait is the one subject
shared by every artist.
Self-portraits
are not just what the picture looks like but self-portraits also shows how the
artist feels and see themselves and how they see the world around them. I would
say that a self-portrait is a picture of what the artist looks like on the
inside and his most important subjects.
From
another point of view, self-portrait photography is a great way to improve your
skills and make you look like a pro. If you don’t have a model you don’t need
one. You can work yourself into different poses like just a plain smile, a
crazy look, that classy suit mode or even just yourself looking to the sky and etc. There are millions of poses that you can pose in self-portraits. So next time
you have a free time and a camera available think about it and create some original
photos.
I recently
got a new DSLR and I could not wait to try. I asked a friend to take some
pictures of me, but as you know if you want something well done you have to do
it yourself. All you really
need is a tripod and of course a camera. Now if you don’t have a buddy or a
friend you will need something to focus on. When you set your tripod and camera
in place you look in the viewfinder and you will see that it will be hard to
focus when there is nothing on the place that you will be standing, this is simple one easy solution to this problem is to bring another tripod or microphone
stand (something to put on your spot) the height or size does not matter, what
matters is the distance from you to the camera. Otherwise your pictures will
look blurry.
Use both
auto and manual focus. Use the auto-focus to focus on the object that you placed
in your spot then switch your lens from auto to manual focus this will look the
focus at the distance needed.
When it
comes to lights try using as mauch natural light as you can or if you have a
studio try different angles of lights playing with your pose and the camera
angle. Maintain the ISO as low as you can so you don’t get any noise on the
picture this will help you if you are going to work on your face and need to
make some arrangements like spot remove.
Now days
most modern DSLR (cameras) comes with timers so you can set everything and go
stand on your pose, give yourself plenty of time to get ready for the shoot. Once
you have the pictures play with it until you find a filter that you like and
makes your photo look professional
My last tip
is to use this self-portrait as a source of inspiration for your self-portraits.
This is the
original picture I know it does not look professional at all but you will see
how the experience and the practice helps you get where you want.
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After a few
hours of thinking and editing I came up with this for my Facebook timeline.
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Of course you
will expend more time thinking and looking at it from different ways that actually
editing it but that is the point for a self-portrait you want it to be meaning
full.
In future
posts we will show how to do step by step editing in different kind of pictures.
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