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“Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow." – Imogen Cunningham

“A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.” – Edward Steichen

Self Portrait


We have an elephant mirror in our bedroom that we brought back from Thailand. I thought about doing a self portrait in it, and then I noticed the selective focus and decided to make a diptych out of it. I'm not in love with the light, and I probably could have shown a little more finesse in putting the two images together in Photoshop, but I kind of enjoy the concept. Maybe I'll try this again later with a more interesting photographic subject.

11 comments:

  1. This is the kind of stuff I'm talking about in my Phun Phriday! theme. It's trying new and different things and just having Phun! You should make a comment and link to this post as your submission for Phun Phriday!. Great job.

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  2. Jessica, this is great...(and what a cool mirror). For some reason I am humming the song "man in the mirror" now LOL Fun fun idea!

    Don't forget to link this to Mr Linky over on the main blog!

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  3. Ah Jessica, I think I see flowers on that elephant. LOL. Great concept. I'd like to see you expand it to include another photo with a focus somewhere right in the middle.
    My daughter would flip for this mirror 'phants are her favorite.

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  4. Cute elephant and great self portrait. Very neat idea.

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  5. Fun indeed and a clever self portrait.

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  6. Very clever - and your focus is dead on in both images. Fun!

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  7. Clever you! Nice to see you!

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  8. Another original. Great take on the assignment.

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  9. Could swear I replied to this post once already. Must have been at the time that wordpress was having those huge problems. Anyway, this is a unique treatment of showing off your treasures and getting a shot of yourself at the same time. While I love your cute elephants, I am disappointed we did not get a few words about yourself and who you are.

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  10. Don't know why the "LCRC" should have been attached to the previous post. This is Iona. The LCRC is short for Lawrence County Republican Committee - I manage the website, but it wasn't even open so it should not have been attached. I did not notice the ID was on the page below when I went to post the comment. Sorry.

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  11. Great idea for a selfportrait and whata lovely mirror!

    Christina, Sweden

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