Self Portraiture : Week Two - Colour

The theme of colour seemed to be a pretty open choice for my second week, with plenty of scope and possibilities.

After my second week I've learned lots, mostly what not to do, like the discovery that I could use my tripod to take a portrait photograph - umm silly me had been perching my camera on top of a book, on top of the tripod. But then, hey nobody had showed me what it could do and basically I hadn't used it up until now. So my first photo by the tree had me precariously balancing my camera, then trying not to slip over once the timer was set due to wet leaves underfoot! At least I'm being honest!

 

So now for something a bit wacky ... but fun. I randomly decided to buy a $4.50 wig with the intent to use it as part of my 'silly' photos and I loved it!   Made me feel energetic and young. See what you think of this.

Following the colour theme gave me a last chance to capture something of autumn's fading glory so I went walking around the river banks.

The hard part was getting something at the right distance to focus on, since I had to do the quick 'run thing' and sort of guage where I would be. I was a bit disappointed with my efforts and quickly realised the time of day wasn't ideal.  The old midday sun thing!  All the more learning!

My initial thought for this next one was to imitate a fire side glow in a darkened room - you know, a quiet glass of wine in a cosy atmosphere. Well with only a gas heater all I did was get hot!

I was stretched to get the right light and virtually gave up on my original idea. However the end result was ok. Not great but ok.

It's interesting to observe how we change depending on what we wear, perhaps our environment?

Here I was in a summer colour mood.

My final photo for this week was to capture a more formal pose - you know the more mature look.  So here's my attempt at supporting my American bound son, hence the American flag - trying to look somewhat regal.

So at the end of week two, I can see reality hitting hard in that I know I won't make the one photo a day ideal, but that's ok, and I'm just going to continue however often it works out.